A Restaurant Owner and a Certified Chef with a Heart in Helping the Front Liners

<p>Chef Pauline Gorriceta Banusing came from a family of entrepreneurs and politicians in Iloilo City. She grew up with a liking for cooking and coming up with dishes.<br> After graduating from college, Pauline began to take up culinary courses like in Culinary Institute of America and other schools.<br> Thereafter she returned to her hometown in Iloilo and began to have an authentic Italian Restaurant called Al Dente. Many did not believe her even her friends or the town folks. For them Iloilo eas not ready for such a business concept.<br> However 31st October, 1997 she simply opened the doors as many were curious. She, her husband and a bartender were expecting just a handful of customers. This was considering it was Halloween. Pauline also was about to give birth. Unexpectedly, the whole restaurant was jam packed! Pauline was cooking, her husband as a waiter and bartender as cashier too. The following day Pauline gave birth!</p> <p>Watch this so enlightening interview</p> <p>By the way during this Pandemic, she resorted to doing a Barter meaning exchanging her personal stuff for sack of rice, potatoes, onions all for the sake of cooking food for the front liners. In fact donations were coming slow so she decided to LET GO her precious GUCCI bag which she hardly have use. Yet Blessings poured in; people began saying keep the bag and we will procure the ingredients</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/businessmentor?__eep__=6&amp;source=feed_text&amp;epa=HASHTAG">#businessmentor</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pauline.gorricetabanusing?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&amp;eid=ARAecvwVokH4SH9k6uEms5ws4BCGgTNuoz0-lpkJX7rEVTjJnC-HQZAJAsbqYrpdZnUtzlR3RG5ZThM0&amp;fref=mentions" title="Mary Pauline Gorriceta-Banusing">Mary Pauline Gorriceta-Banusing</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/aldenteiloilo?__eep__=6&amp;source=feed_text&amp;epa=HASHTAG">#AlDenteIloilo</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/livebygrace?__eep__=6&amp;source=feed_text&amp;epa=HASHTAG">#LiveByGrace</a><br> <a href=