{"id":68167,"date":"2025-12-12T14:15:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T06:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teampcheng.com\/blog\/?p=68167"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T06:15:53","slug":"abi-marquez-and-chef-morris-danzen-catanghal-bring-filipino-flavors-to-the-2026-melbourne-food-wine-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teampcheng.com\/blog\/lifestyle\/abi-marquez-and-chef-morris-danzen-catanghal-bring-filipino-flavors-to-the-2026-melbourne-food-wine-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Abi Marquez and Chef Morris Danzen Catanghal Bring Filipino Flavors to the 2026 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Melbourne, Australia   Filipino cuisine steps into the international spotlight as award-winning creator and culinary storyteller Abi Marquez<\/strong>, known globally as the \u201cLumpia Queen,\u201d joins the 2026 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival<\/strong> for a special one-day-only Boodle Brunch<\/em> in collaboration with South Melbourne caf\u00e9 Nine Yards<\/strong> and Chef Morris Danzen Catanghal<\/strong>, the Filipino-Italian chef, globetrotter, and Italian TV champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Represented by NYMA<\/strong>, Abi continues to elevate Filipino food on the world stage. With more than 10 million followers and international honors including Forbes 30 Under 30, James Beard, Webby Awards,<\/strong> and Tatler Asia Gen.T<\/strong>, she has become one of the Philippines\u2019 most influential food ambassadors bringing Filipino flavors, creativity, and stories to audiences around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This festival marks a major milestone for her: her first time cooking inside a professional restaurant kitchen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Boodle Brunch offers diners a four-course communal feast that blends Filipino flavors with Australian ingredients while reimagining the tradition of boodle-style, hands-only dining. Abi brings her inventive culinary style, made widely known through her globally viral lumpia series, into a live and collaborative kitchen setting for the first time. \u201cCooking in a restaurant kitchen for the first time and doing it at Melbourne Food & Wine Festival is an incredibly proud moment for me as a home cook from the Philippines,\u201d<\/em> Abi shared. \u201cThis is a chance to share the joy, spirit, and creativity of Filipino food with a global audience. I am very grateful to the Nine Yards team and Chef Morris for this collaboration and excited to bring our flavors to Melbourne.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Chef Morris brings a unique culinary perspective shaped by his journey across the Philippines, Italy, and Australia. He added, \u201cCooking has always been my way of connecting with people. When I present the flavors I grew up with, blending them with the native ingredients I have come to love in Australia, it feels like sharing a piece of my own journey.\u201d<\/em> The exclusive Boodle Brunch features a four-course Filipino-inspired feast, a welcome drink on arrival, two limited sittings, and banana-leaf-lined tables for an authentic boodle-style dining experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What: Boodle Brunch \u2013 a four-course shared feast with a drink on arrival<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where: Nine Yards, South Melbourne<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When: March 28, 2026 – One day only, two sittings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets: Available via the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival website<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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