Chef Connie's Resto & Cafe

Chef Concepcion “Connie” Condeno worked as a pastry chef in Dusit Hotel Nikko in Manila from 1978 to 2007. She also were a part-time professor in De La Salle Lipa, Batangas and De La Salle University College of St. Benilde in 2006.

In 2007, she moved to Macau to work at Starworld Casino Hotel Galaxy in Avenida Da Amizade as a pastry chef. She was the First Prize Winner for Dessert Individual Category and the Second Prize Winner for the Group Category during the IFEX (International Food Exhibition Philippines) which was sponsored by Cook Culinary Lifestyle Magazine in 2006. She was also the Executive Pastry Chef at the Balay Cena Una Restaurant, in Daraga, Albay.

Now, she is the Assistant Manager at Apicius Culinary School Legazpi just above Chef Connie's. She with her husband, Chef Diosdado Condeno established a restaurant of their own as a product of more than 30 years of experience and excellence in the field of culinary arts.