Angela Dimayuga facts for kids

Angela Solita Dimayuga (born 1985) is an American chef and activist. She is known for her creative cooking and for speaking up about important issues. Angela was the main chef at Mission Chinese Food in New York, where she helped build the restaurant from the start.

She was recognized as a rising star in cooking by Zagat's "30 Under 30" list and Eater Young Guns in 2015. In 2016, she was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award, which is a big honor in the food world. The next year, she was named a "Rising Star Chef" for her work at Mission Chinese Food. Since 2018, she has been working with The Standard hotel group.

About Angela Dimayuga

Angela Dimayuga was born in San Jose, California. She grew up in a Filipino-American family with five siblings. Her parents were born in the Philippines. Her mother was part of a Filipino folk dance group when she met Angela's father.

Angela studied hotel and restaurant management at California Polytechnic State University. She also studied humanities at the University of Strathclyde and San Francisco State University.

She moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 2007 to start her cooking career. At 22, she began as a line cook at Vinegar Hill House. A line cook is a chef who works at a specific station in the kitchen. Angela says that Jean Adamson from Vinegar Hill House helped her a lot in her early career.

Angela is a very creative person in the food world. She was the main chef for Mission Chinese Food in New York. She also writes for Bon Appétit magazine, styles food for photos, and appears in media. She is interested in how politics and food connect.

In April 2018, Angela became the creative director for food and culture at Standard International, a hotel company. She helps decide what kind of food and cultural experiences the hotels offer.

Angela is also an activist. For example, she signed a letter to Joe Biden, the President of the United States, asking for peace during a conflict in 2023.

Her Time at Mission Chinese Food

In 2012, Angela was asked by chef Danny Bowien to help open his San Francisco restaurant, Mission Chinese Food, in New York City. Angela helped create the menu and design the inside of the restaurant. She also helped with two other restaurants by Bowien in Manhattan: Mission Cantina and a new Mission Chinese Food location.

Angela used her Filipino background to create a "New American" menu at Mission Chinese Food. This style of cooking was not just about mixing Asian flavors. It was about creating a new kind of dining experience that blended different cultures.

At Mission Chinese Food, Angela was more than just the main chef. She helped connect the restaurant to the culture of the Lower East Side and Chinatown neighborhoods around it. She did this by working with different artists. Angela asked artists to create designs for the restaurant and for special events. She also chose musicians to play there and worked with friends to design a special clothing line for the restaurant.

In late 2017, Angela left Mission Chinese Food. She said her goals were different and bigger than what the restaurant offered.

Cool Projects and Events

Angela Dimayuga has worked with many famous restaurants and chefs. She has also created special events and "pop-ups." A pop-up is a temporary restaurant or event that appears for a short time. Some of her collaborations include working with restaurant Noma, Le Chateaubriand, and Pok Pok.

• In 2016, Angela was on the TV show Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse.
• She helped design the drinks experience for a music festival in New York in 2017.
• Angela worked with a fashion brand called Opening Ceremony on different projects. She helped design a type of jeans and a special dinner.
• She worked with artist Anicka Yi on a photo shoot about insects and food for a magazine.
• In 2017, she chose not to be interviewed for a website connected to the Trump family. She wanted to keep her work separate from certain political figures.
• Angela worked with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab. They worked on creating special boxes for fermentation in restaurants. Fermentation is a process that changes food, like making yogurt or pickles.
• She cooked with chef Dominique Crenn at the Harlem EatUp! food festival in New York in 2017.
• Angela has also done event work for groups like City Harvest, which helps feed people.
• She appeared on a podcast called Radio Cherry Bombe, where she talked about her career.

Awards and Recognition

Under Angela's leadership, Mission Chinese Food received two stars and was named "Restaurant of the Year" by The New York Times in 2012. In 2015, New York magazine named her "Best Chef."

The James Beard Foundation called her a "rising star chef" in 2016. In 2017, StarChefs magazine also named her one of their rising stars.

In 2016, Angela was a main speaker at the MAD Food Symposium, a big food event held by restaurant Noma. Her speech was called "Burning the Candle at Both Ends." She talked about how chefs can balance their busy work lives with their personal lives.

See also

• Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area
• LGBT culture in New York City
• List of LGBT people from New York City
• New Yorkers in journalism