A Filipino American transplant from the West Coast has his sights set on filling a void in metro Detroit in the form of Filipino baked goods. (via EaterDetroit)
s is the passion project of Jonathan Peregrino, who after a 15-year career in corporate sales and marketing, decided to attend pastry school in the Philippines as a means of recapturing the flavors of his upbringing.
Peregrino currently splits his time between working as the pastry chef at Oak and Reel in the city’s Milwaukee Junction area and showcasing his culturally-relevant cooking via pop-up events in Detroit and Ann Arbor, including two sold-outinspired by his family’s home-cooked meals May 23 and 24 in partnership with Folk in Corktown.
“A lot of the things that I’m doing sort of bring me back to where I grew up or how I grew up,” Peregrino tells Eater. “I’m first-generation American. My parents are both from the Philippines and so growing up on the West Coast, there was always a very big Asian, and Filipino population, especially. There [were] always the stores that had the Filipino rolls, the treats, all the parties that my mom would make Filipino treats for.
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