“It gives me great satisfaction whenever I see people enjoying the food that I prepared. Food for me is a celebration of life and culture which brings people together. I always cook like I am cooking for my loved ones. Food should always attracts, satisfies and delights all our senses.”
Born in the Philippines, Alma was exposed to cooking and food preparation at an early age as she helped in her family food catering business. A licensed food nutritionist registered under Singapore Nutrition & Dietetic Association, a certified plant based and special dietary meal chef with 18 years of experience in the F&B industry, Alma has worked in both front end customer service and administration to the back end kitchen and production area as a chef, quality controller, culinary trainer and food hygiene officer. She was also part of the pioneer chef team working at Restaurant Tangerine at Resorts World Sentosa. Alma is a certified yoga, barre and pilates instructor. She practices yoga 5-6 days a week. At Palate Sensations, Alma teaches classes on vegetarian, vegan and special dietary meals. Alma is an MOE (Ministry of Education) registered instructor. She holds a WSQ Diploma for Food Service (Culinary Arts) from SHATEC, a WSQ Food Safety Level 4 (Advance Level ) from Asian Culinary Arts, a WSQ ACLP (Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance) and a Basic First Aid with CPR + AED Certificate from SFATC (Singapore First Aid Training Centre).
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