Angela Dimayuga

Angela Dimayuga was born and raised in San Jose, California into a Filipino-American family. She is one of six siblings. Dimayuga's pronouns are she/they. She credit's Vinegar Hill House's Jean Adamson as a mentor who helped launch her career. She is a multi-disciplinary food industry creative, who worked as Mission Chinese Food's executive chef in New York. She is also a contributor to Bon Appétit magazine, a food stylist, media personality, and interested in the intersection of politics in her work. In April 2018, Dimayuga was hired as creative director of food and culture for the Standard International hotel group. In light of the Gaza war, Dimayuga signed an open letter addressed to Joe Biden, President of the United States, calling for a ceasefire. == Mission Chinese Food ==

In 2012 she was cold-called by Danny Bowien to help open the first New York City iteration of his San Francisco restaurant, Mission Chinese Food. Dimayuga helped design the menu and interiors for Bowien's subsequent three Manhattan restaurants: Mission Chinese Food on Orchard St, Mission Cantina, and the new Mission Chinese Food (after the closure of the Orchard Street location) on East Broadway. Dipping into her Filipino roots, Dimayuga's menu at Mission Chinese Food was what she called "New American"; In late October 2017, she resigned from Mission Chinese Food claiming "[her] sphere of ambition is just different and bigger." ==Notable collaborations and events==

Dimayuga has worked with and created collaborations and pop-ups for La Buvette, restaurant Noma, Le Chateaubriand, Frankie's Prime Meats, Dimes, Lyle's, Pok Pok, Sqirl, Night + Market, Saison, Lil' Deb's Oasis, Attica, Husk, among others. • In 2016, Dimayuga appeared on the television show Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse, as herself. • Working with MCF's beverage director, Sam Anderson, she designed the sets for the beverage experience for Red Bull Music Academy New York's 2017 festival. Events included Fluxo: Funk Proibidão, Trade Show USA, and Sacred Bones 10 Year Anniversary. • Working with Opening Ceremony over a number of collaborations over the years, designing "The Dip Jean," with Alex Aiku, and a dinner for Creative Time's annual benefit dinner in 2017. • Collaborating on an insect and food-related editorial shoot with artist Anicka Yi (2016 Hugo Boss Prize Winner) for the September issue "A Magazine Curated By" Eckhaus Latta • Working with Felix Burrichter and Michael Bullock (Editors of PIN-UP magazine), for a Design Week 2017 pop-up called "Rear View". • In 2017, she declined to be interviewed for Ivanka Trump's website, citing her desire to be distanced from the Trump family. • In 2017, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab and Dimayuga are working together on a creating fermentation boxes and related health protocols for restaurants. • Dimayuga paired up in cooking with Dominique Crenn at the 2017 Harlem EatUp!, an annual food festival in Harlem, New York. • She has done event work for City Harvest, Tasting Table, Food Book Fair and many more. • She has appeared the podcast on the Heritage Radio Network, Radio Cherry Bombe: Episode 87: New York's Next Wave. ==Awards==

Under her watch, MCF was awarded 2 stars and "Restaurant of the Year" in 2012 by The New York Times. In 2015, she was named "Best Chef" by New York. The James Beard Foundation named her a "rising star chef" in 2016. In 2017, StarChefs publication named her one of their rising stars. == Publications ==