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When Ricco Ocampo opened Kitchen in 2000 to deliver "home-cooked meals for everyone in a democratic setting," not everyone expected the setting to be quite so fashionable. And with prices ranging from P90 to about P200 for appetizers and rice meals, which often come in large servings, not everyone expected the food to be quite so appetizing either.
It was high noon at Ricco and Tina Ocampo’s spacious home when she walked in the door, and then it began to simmer even more. As she glided through the foyer and into the living room, all eyes were upon her, but this woman’s gaze was transfixed on an object of special interest planted in the lawn: A large billboard of Senator Loren Legarda, endorsing The Black Shop.
It’s been said that most of the significant vices were discovered during the war. Heroin, cocaine and chocolate were abused by soldiers with gusto and for the desperate bid to last through the day (and night), exerting their full effort while numbing the pain. Included in these vices that have found its place in contemporary society is the ubiquitous T- shirt.
When Kitchen opened a few years ago, we knew we had found the Pied Piper of restaurants. It was a place that set the standard in restaurant design and experimental cuisine. Back then, our middle-class pockets and upper-class penchant for design had no place to be satisfied. All that were offered were nice places that we couldn’t afford or affordable places that could be best described as "blah" in terms of food and design.
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[Title] => Ebun: Hatching an all-Pinoy resto
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Since about a week ago, those who pass through the bustling Greenbelt Park in Makati must have caught a whiff of something refreshingly different. Make that refreshingly eggciting. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Ebun!
They are already the new retail royalty. At breakneck speed, they are also becoming among the country’s most influential restaurateurs. Barring disaster, combined sales of their Astoria Group of Companies–the umbrella group comprising fashion outlets, lifestyle stores, eyewear kiosks, and restaurants–will approach the one billion-peso mark in the foreseeable future. But are the knives being sharpened to cut short Ricco and Tina Ocampo’s stratospheric ascent?
How do you combine three accomplished entrepreneurs under one corporation without sending egos and designer executive desks out the window?
Tina Maristela-Ocampo was a sought-after ramp and commercial model. Ricco Ocampo has always been a trendsetting entrepreneur. Today, they are both leaders in the fashion retailing industry and serve as role models to many.
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