Embark on two different culinary journeys in food and travel with “The Crawl: Poblacion” hosted by Piolo Pascual and top reality cooking competition “MasterChef” now on its 8th season, with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, as they premiere on Lifestyle TV this August.
Take a stroll down the urban streets of Poblacion, Makati City in the third installment of “The Crawl” as Piolo sets out to experience the restaurant-hopping and pub-crawling culture around hole-in-the-wall spots and local breweries with his new Crawl buddy Robi Domingo.
Piolo and Robi season their palates through stopovers in American style BBQ joint, Holy Smokes, comfort food and soft served ice cream café, Bucky’s, and Japanese yakitori snack house, Tambai.
They also check out hip pubs and the finest beers in the city such as craft brewery Joe’s Brew, cocktail and Vinyl bar OTO, Filipino deli and pub, Alamat, bikers headquarters, Handlebar, Costa Rican reggae lounge, Pura Vida, and backpackers hostel, Z-Hostel with its popular hang-out rooftop bar.
Meanwhile, chef Gordon and renowned pastry chef Christina Tosi welcome American Mexican celebrity chef Aarón Sánchez into the judges’ panel for the eighth and latest season of “MasterChef.”
The three celebrated food experts will test top American home cooks through a series of challenging elimination rounds in order for one culinary master to emerge.
The winner shall receive a quarter of a million dollars, a guaranteed spot on the next MasterChef cruise, and the highly coveted MasterChef trophy. Previous MasterChef winners include American chef and food writer Whitney Miller, blind cook, writer and TV host Christine Hà, and Italian chef and “The Lucky Fig” owner Luca Manfè.
Lifestyle TV, a pioneer in local lifestyle programming, serves as a TV guide with a wealth of relevant and insightful content for the multi-faceted Filipino women. |It balances a mix of acquired and locally produced programs that bare the ever-changing wellness, living and entertainment craves of its viewers.
Catch “MasterChef S8” every Thursday starting August 3 at 9PM with back-to-back episodes, and “The Crawl: Poblacion” on August 16 at 7:30PM on Lifestyle TV, available on SkyCable and Destiny Cable channel 52, and Sky Direct channel 31.