For a lot of people, cooking is not just a chore, but a commitment to create meals with love and passion. One such person is esteemed singer-actress-wife-mother Helen Gamboa-Sotto.
Known to her friends as the ultimate Queen of the Kitchen, every recipe she dishes out for her family and friends are thought of and cared for. This is how she shows her love. And this caring for food, family and friends is what viewers will get to see as we take a peek and get a special taste of life…From Helen’s Kitchen.
In this special TV series airing on Colours on CignalTV every Saturday 8 p.m., viewers will get a chance to see Helen Gamboa-Sotto create dishes beyond comfort food. She will share recipes passed on from generations of her family, plus those that she herself has concocted that have been tried and tested by her loved ones.
The series, shot in the very kitchen that she herself designed for her own home, reveals her culinary passion. In every episode, she shares her kitchen know-how with celebrity guests who actually jumped at the chance to be with her and taste her cooking once more – among them, Maricel Soriano, Carmina Villaroel, Eric Quizon, Pops Fernandez, Albert Martinez, Raymart Santiago, Ruby Rodriguez, Gladys Reyes, Donita Rose, Pauleen Luna-Sotto, and Pops Fernandez.
In the course of cooking, Helen Gamboa Sotto helps us get to know little bits of trivia about her guests in their candid conversations.
At the end of the show, she prepares her signature pabaon. This is a unique Filipino tradition where the host of the party always gives the guest a specialty dish to bring home. Helen Gamboa-Sotto takes this very seriously, preparing the packaging meticulously so that nothing spills and the freshness of the dish is well preserved.
This is truly a cooking show with a very sincere and genuine charm — delicious dishes with a heart, from a woman who has perfected the art of showing her love through food.
From Helen’s Kitchen airs Saturdays, 8 p.m. on Colours exclusively on Cignal TV.