Meet Executive Chef Jailin Tabares, a Filipina, born and raised in Bato, Toledo City, Cebu, Philippines.

Her passion of culinary arts, unbeknownst to her, started as a young child assisting her Mother and Lola (Grandma) in the outdoor “Dirty Kitchen” preparing the family meals.  At the age of 7 you would find her with a knife at the sea processing fresh catch of the day from her fisherman father and brother. 

Jailin learned of organic cooking before the word “organic” was in Webster’s dictionary, harvesting fruit & vegetables grown in her backyard, butchering raised chickens and pigs, along with having an abundance of the fresh seafood. 

It is this experience that led her to mastering the family recipes that have been handed down from generation to generation of sustainable organic cooking. With over 30 years as a chef in a 5 star establishment she has great pleasure in offering her Bisayan Filipino flavors to you and the Twin Cities.