Amado Forés as a Restaurateur | Esquire Philippines - video Dailymotion

Now a rising culinary star, what inspired Amado Forés to become a restaurateur?

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00:00I think it really started with growing up with my family's love for eating well.

00:04I interned in a restaurant in New York, which really made me love the industry a lot.

00:08And lastly, I do travel regularly with my family, my mom specifically.

00:12And there's this one trip where we really researched

00:16on sort of like the signature regional dishes of Italy.

00:19And I really fell in love with trying to find the best version of each dish.

00:23And I think that's what really prompted me to make Amano,

00:26which is a fresh and faithful Italian restaurant.

00:28I thought of other paths, actually, rather than hospitality.

00:33But I think the pull of seeing happy faces from all the guests of my mom,

00:40of my uncles in all their restaurants sort of really pulled me in and made me

00:45want to consider that path as well, but doing it my own way.