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‘Lumpia Queen’ Abi Marquez accepts Gordon Ramsay’s challenge, and Filipinos can’t help but feel proud

‘Lumpia Queen’ Abi Marquez was thrilled when Gordon Ramsay himself asked her for a challenge.

On January 16, she posted a TikTok video where she wrapped crab cakes in lumpia wrappers. To her surprise, it caught the attention of the renowned chef, who commented, saying, “But can you do it with Beef Wellington?”

Marquez then posted a screenshot of Ramsay’s comment on her Facebook page and wrote, “GORDON FREAKING RAMSAY IN LUMPIA WRAPPER WE FREAKIN DID IT GUYS!!!!!!! LUMPIA WORD DOMINATION,” adding hand clap and loudly crying face emojis.

She even asked what to reply to the chef given that she was surprised that he had left a comment. On January 20, she took to her Facebook account to announce that she had accepted the challenge. “CHALLENGE ACCEPTED,” she wrote.

The content creator went to visit the chef’s restaurant “Gordon Ramsay Bar & Grill” in Pasay just so he could personally taste the creation Ramsay challenged her to do himself.

 

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“Visually, wow that looks good! It’s very good,” he commented.

The suspense built as Marquez awaited his comment, to which he replied, “Listen. I’m really sorry but I don’t like it. I f—ing love it!”

“That is a very, very posh spring roll. Delicious,” he added.

Filipinos beamed with pride over Abi Marquez after she won approval from Gordon Ramsay.

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Just Last August 31, 2024, the Gordon Ramsay Bar & Grill in the Newport World Resorts in Pasay opened.

The restaurant “serves a curated menu which includes the signature Beef Wellington, an eclectic wine list, and house-crafted cocktails,” according to the Newport World Resorts website.

Abi Marquez is a food content creator who is the first Filipino to win an award at The Webby Awards taking home the People’s Voice Award for Food and Drink in Social at the said award ceremony in May 2024. She is known to create dishes using lumpia wrappers with the internet hailing her as the “lumpia queen.”

 

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