About Us

Tadhana is an inspired Filipino tasting menu that showcases regional Filipino flavor using premium local and seasonal ingredients, with a modernist technique. Tadhana is a love letter to all Filipinos.

FOUNDER / CHEF

Chef Frances was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. After graduating from culinary school, she immediately started her career and went to Dubai to work in the first seven star hotel in the world. After a year, she started working for the royal family of UAE, became their private chef, and traveled the world with them. Chef Frances started working in the US when she received an offer to be the private chef of the royal ambassador of Dubai for the United Nations. Chef Frances cooked for all the royal events at the Waldorf Astoria, Metropolitan Club, The Plaza and the United Nations ambassadors.

Chef Frances competed five times on television shows such as CHOPPED, CUTTHROAT KITCHEN, CUTTHROAT KITCHEN ALL STARS, BEAT BOBBY FLAY and TOP CHEF SEASON 13. She then started working at New York’s Meatpacking District volume restaurants such as BUDDAKAN, Catch NYC, MEGU, CATCH STEAK, THE STANDARD HIGH LINE. She recently won the new Sushi competition, Morimoto's “SUSHI MASTER”. She showcased her journey through omakase and stuck with her roots to create an authentic Filipino take on modern omakase.

She started the vegan program for Catch Hospitality group in 2017 and became a big hit in the Meatpacking district. And eventually got the role of the culinary director at Planta vegan restaurant and opened 4 of their concepts. Most recently, she was the executive chef at Trust Bae and is opening her first restaurant with Tadhana, a tasting menu experience inspired by her Filipino heritage.