Welcome to our culinary journey at home!
We’re Lucas and Sharmaine, a passionate couple who share a love for cooking and storytelling.
Our blog reflects our diverse backgrounds and the joy we find in creating beautiful dishes, satisfying our cravings, and expressing our true passion (for cooking and content creation) outside of our regular day jobs.
We met on a dating app, and it wasn’t long before Lucas’s culinary talents won Sharmaine’s heart. He stuck true to his first response to her prompt about her liking pasta, saying, “Unlimited homemade pasta, how does that sound?”. Impressed by his elaborate dishes, Sharmaine had the brilliant idea to share his creations online. This marked the beginning of our food blog, where we combined Lucas’s cooking expertise with Sharmaine’s marketing savvy.
Our kitchen tales
Lucas, born in Argentina with Italian roots, brings his rich culinary heritage. As a chef, he has always been passionate about creating dishes that blend traditional flavors with modern twists. Upon obtaining his culinary degree, he worked under different umbrellas in the food industry, where he further sharpened his skills. However, over time, the bustling life of working in the restaurant industry has taken its toll on him along with the hit of the pandemic, he resorted to a more stable daytime job–still cooking–but in a government-owned care home. With the nature of this job, he’s restricted in his creativity and expressing his ideas. And so, cooking elaborate dishes at home has become his outlet for his passion. Of course, it is so much better when you’re cooking for the person you love.
He has been cooking beautiful dishes for his family when they get together. But after meeting Sharmaine, the idea of documenting these dishes for everyone to have the chance to try was born. She was amazed by the food he makes, even something as simple as eggs on toast came out so pretty on a plate–so gourmet looking–that you don’t want to touch it. But you have to because the flavors that coat your palette are so beyond explanation you end up in a food coma.
Here are some of his first dishes made for Sharmaine whenever she came over. It’s usually breakfast and quick meals. She was always amazed by how it came out and admired his effort. It was unbelievable to think that you could make such food with a few ingredients, on a budget (we’re not rich), and in a simple, tiny kitchen, so she took pictures of it for keepsake. Until one day, she wanted to try filming the process because the world deserved to see it.
Sharmaine, from the tropical Philippines, spent seven years in Dubai before moving to Canada to pursue another degree in Business Marketing. Her creative eye and technical skills bring these recipes to life through engaging videos and content. She’s always had a thing for creating content which she found from working in a marketing agency in Dubai where she spent all her days conceptualizing and developing presentations for big brands’ marketing activities.
She learned the basics of HTML coding and WordPress during her studies in Canada and with the tough job market, she found a way to apply these learnings hands-on and pursue her passion through this collaboration with her so. She liked editing and designing but had no content to begin with (personal blogging/vlogging wasn’t it–her life’s not that exciting) but when she met Lucas and watched him dance in the kitchen as if it was live cooking in one of Gordon’s kitchen (except we have a very humble one and it doesn’t limit him from being able to make gourmet dishes), it was a eureka moment! Lucas did not think twice when she proposed to film him and hop on this blog. In fact, he was more excited than her and immediately got involved.
Our mission is to inspire others to explore the world of cooking together. We believe that food is not just about sustenance; it’s about connection, culture, and community. Through our recipes and stories, we aim to bring people closer, one delicious dish at a time.
We invite you to join us on this culinary adventure. Whether you’re a seasoned chef or a beginner in the kitchen, we hope our recipes and stories inspire you to cook with love and share with joy. Follow us for new recipes, behind-the-scenes insights, and a glimpse into our life as a cooking couple in Canada.
Let’s cook, create, and feast together!
Warm regards from the Great White North,
