{{Short description|American chef (born 1985)}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox chef | name = Angela Dimayuga | image = | caption = | birth_date ={{Birth year and age|1985}}<ref name="Believer Magazine-2018"/> | birth_place = San Jose, California, U.S.<ref name="Eater.com-2015" /> | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | style = Modern fusion | education = | ratings = | restaurants = | employer = Standard Hotels International | website = }}
'''Angela Solita Dimayuga''' (born 1985),<ref name="Believer Magazine-2018">{{Cite web|date=2018-05-01|title=The Process: Angela Dimayuga|url=https://believermag.com/the-process-angela-dimayuga/|access-date=2021-05-11|website=Believer Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> also known as '''Angel Dimayuga''',<ref name="The Church Sag Harbor">{{Cite web |title=Angel Dimayuga 2025 Artist-in-Residence |url=https://www.thechurchsagharbor.org/angel-dimayuga |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=The Church Sag Harbor |language=en-US}}</ref> is an American chef and political activist. She was an executive chef at Mission Chinese Food New York, and helped to build the restaurant in its early years.<ref name="Eater.com-2015">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eater.com/a/young-guns-summer-2015/meet-eater-young-gun-angela-dimayuga|title=Angela Dimayuga, Young Guns 2015|date=2015|website=Eater.com|access-date=2017-07-01}}</ref><ref name="Vice Munchies-2017">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-angela-dimayuga-calls-the-menu-at-mission-chinese-food-new-american-cuisine/|title=Why Angela Dimayuga Calls the Menu at Mission Chinese Food New American Cuisine|date=2017-04-30|website=Vice Munchies|language=en-us|access-date=2017-07-19}}</ref> Dimayuga was included in the Zagat's "30 Under 30" List in 2015 as an upcoming culinary star<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailymeal.com/news/eat/best-young-culinary-minds-zagat-s-30-under-30-list-released/072715|title=The Best Young Culinary Minds: Zagat's 30 Under 30 List Is Released|work=The Daily Meal|access-date=2017-07-01|language=en}}</ref> and was also part of 2015 class of Eater Young Guns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eater.com/a/young-guns-summer-2015|title=Young Guns 2015|website=Eater.com|access-date=2017-07-03}}</ref> She was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award in 2016 and named a 2017 Rising Star Chef for her work at Mission Chinese Food New York.<ref name="StarChefs-2017">{{Cite web|url=https://www.starchefs.com/cook/events/rising-stars/2017/new-york-city/angela-dimayuga|title=2017 New York City Rising Star Chef Angela Dimayuga of Mission Chinese|date=2017-01-01|website=StarChefs|access-date=2017-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a44477/chef-angela-dimayuga-shuts-down-request-from-ivankatrumpcom/|title=IvankaTrump.com Slid Into Chef Angela Dimayuga DMs and She Was Not Having It|last=Saxena|first=Jaya|date=2017-04-11|work=Elle Magazine|access-date=2017-07-03|language=en}}</ref> She worked with The Standard Hotel, which opened in London in 2019.<ref name="Burton-2018" />
==Biography== Angela Dimayuga was born and raised in San Jose, California into a Filipino-American family.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-24 |title=The woman who throws the best parties at The Standard Hotel is sharing her secrets. |url=https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2019-07-22/easy-filipino-inspired-summer-party-recipes-angela-dimayuga |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Angela Dimayuga: Chef Behind the Wok at Mission Chinese (Published 2017) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/fashion/angela-dimayuga-mission-chinese.html |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=The New York Times |date=6 July 2017 |language=English}}</ref> She is one of six siblings.<ref name="Eater.com-2015" /> Her father and mother were born in Batangas and Pampanga, Philippines, respectively. Her parents met when her mother was touring with the Filipino national folk dance troupe.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/dining/filipino-food-recipes-angela-dimayuga.html|title=Angela Dimayuga's 10 Essential Filipino Recipes|last1=Dimayuga|first1=Angela|date=2019-10-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-27|last2=Mishan|first2=Ligaya|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Dimayuga's pronouns are she/they.<ref name="The Church Sag Harbor" />
Dimayuga studied hotel and restaurant management at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), and humanities at University of Strathclyde and San Francisco State University (SFSU).<ref name="Eater.com-2015" />
She joined the NYC culinary scene in 2007, when she moved to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. At age 22, she started as a line cook at "'Vinegar Hill House" in Brooklyn.<ref name="ny">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/fashion/angela-dimayuga-mission-chinese.html|title=Angela Dimayuga: Chef Behind the Wok at Mission Chinese|last=Hawgood|first=Alex|date=2017-07-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-08-18|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thrillist.com/eat/new-york/most-badass-female-chefs-in-new-york-city-restaurants|title=Meet the Most Badass Female Chefs in New York|last=Zantal-Wiener|first=Amanda|date=2016-05-27|work=Thrillist|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref> She credit's Vinegar Hill House's Jean Adamson as a mentor who helped launch her career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://creativetime.org/events/benefit-2017/dinner-around-the-world/|title=Dinner Around the World|website=Creative Time|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref>
She is a multi-disciplinary food industry creative, who worked as Mission Chinese Food's executive chef in New York. She is also a contributor to ''Bon Appétit'' magazine,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bonappetit.com/story/ashwagandha-fish-claypot-recipe|title=A Spring Fish Recipe With a Healing Herb|last=Sugar|first=Rachel|work=Bon Appetit|access-date=2017-08-18|language=en}}</ref> a food stylist, media personality, and interested in the intersection of politics in her work.
In April 2018, Dimayuga was hired as creative director of food and culture for the Standard International hotel group.<ref name="Burton-2018">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eater.com/2018/5/2/17311690/angela-dimayuga-new-job-standard-international-mission-chinese|title=Angela Dimayuga Is the New Creative Director of Food and Culture at the Standard|last=Burton|first=Monica|date=2018-05-02|website=Eater|language=en-US}}</ref>
In light of the Gaza war, Dimayuga signed an open letter addressed to Joe Biden, President of the United States, calling for a ceasefire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artists4Ceasefire |url=https://www.artists4ceasefire.org/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Artists4Ceasefire |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Mission Chinese Food == In 2012 she was cold-called by Danny Bowien to help open the first New York City iteration of his San Francisco restaurant, Mission Chinese Food. Dimayuga helped design the menu and interiors for Bowien's subsequent three Manhattan restaurants: Mission Chinese Food on Orchard St, Mission Cantina, and the new Mission Chinese Food (after the closure of the Orchard Street location) on East Broadway.
Dipping into her Filipino roots, Dimayuga's menu at Mission Chinese Food was what she called "New American";<ref name="Vice Munchies-2017" /> a cuisine not simply about Asian fusion or even Asian-American, but rather, reflective of the kind of hybrid dining. At MCF, Dimayuga was not only the executive chef, but helped to contextualize the restaurant within the culture of the surrounding Lower East Side and Chinatown neighborhoods, through various artist collaborations. Dimayuga commissioned a network of creatives to design work for the restaurant and its external pop-ups and collaborations.<ref name="ny" /> In addition, she selected musicians to play in the restaurant, as well as worked with friends and fellow artists to design a signature streetwear line for the restaurant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shop.oogaboogastore.com/products/massive-goods-mission-chinese-food-x-massive-2-0-t-shirt|title=MASSIVE GOODS: Mission Chinese Food x MASSIVE 2.0 T-Shirt|website=shop.oogaboogastore.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref>
In late October 2017, she resigned from Mission Chinese Food claiming "[her] sphere of ambition is just different and bigger."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecut.com/2017/12/profile-chef-angela-dimayuga.html|title=The Chef Who Stood Up to Ivanka Trump|last=Tishgart|first=Sierra|date=2017-12-05|work=The Cut|access-date=2018-01-08|language=en}}</ref>
==Notable collaborations and events== Dimayuga has worked with and created collaborations and pop-ups for La Buvette, restaurant Noma, Le Chateaubriand, Frankie's Prime Meats,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grubstreet.com/2016/01/angela-dimayuga-grub-street-diet.html|title=Chef Angela Dimayuga Cares Deeply About Seagram's Seltzer, Pho, and Beef Tendon|website=Grubstreet.com|date=15 January 2016 |accessdate=17 January 2018}}</ref> Dimes, Lyle's, Pok Pok, Sqirl, Night + Market, Saison, Lil' Deb's Oasis, Attica, Husk, among others.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} * In 2016, Dimayuga appeared on the television show ''Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse'', as herself.<ref>{{Citation|title="Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse" Culinary Enlightenment (TV Episode 2016)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5869518/|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=2017-07-19}}</ref> * Working with MCF's beverage director, Sam Anderson, she designed the sets for the beverage experience for Red Bull Music Academy New York's 2017 festival. Events included Fluxo: Funk Proibidão, Trade Show USA, and Sacred Bones 10 Year Anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.eventbu.com/new-york/red-bull-music-academy-festival-new-york-2017-rbma-nyc/2132086.amp|title=Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York 2017 - RBMA NYC - event - New York|website=Eventbu.com}}</ref> * Working with Opening Ceremony over a number of collaborations over the years, designing "The Dip Jean,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/20/the-cool-kids-behind-opening-ceremony|title=The Cool Kids Behind Opening Ceremony|first=Emma|last=Allen|date=13 March 2017|website=Newyorker.com}}</ref> with Alex Aiku, and a dinner for Creative Time's annual benefit dinner in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://creativetime.org/pdf/press-releases/2017/20170310_Creative%20Time%20-%20Spring%20Gala%202017.pdf|title=CREATIVE TIME TO HONOR OPENING CEREMONY FOUNDERS HUMBERTO LEON AND CAROL LIM AT THEIR 2017 GALA|website=Creativetime.org|accessdate=17 January 2018}}</ref> * Collaborating on an insect and food-related editorial shoot with artist Anicka Yi (2016 Hugo Boss Prize Winner) for the September issue "A Magazine Curated By" Eckhaus Latta <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amagazinecuratedby.com/issues/eckhaus-latta/|title=A MAGAZINE curated by Eckhaus Latta|website=Amagazinecuratedby.com|accessdate=17 January 2018}}</ref> * Working with Felix Burrichter and Michael Bullock (Editors of PIN-UP magazine), for a Design Week 2017 pop-up called "Rear View".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sightunseen.com/2017/05/sight-unseen-presents-new-york-design-week-2017|title=With Sight Unseen Presents, We're Helping Design Week Take Over New York|date=15 May 2017|website=Sightunseen.com|accessdate=17 January 2018}}</ref> * In 2017, she declined to be interviewed for Ivanka Trump's website, citing her desire to be distanced from the Trump family.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Mission-Chinese-Food-Angela-Dimayuga-interview-11074014.php|title=Chef turns down interview for Ivanka Trump site with strongly worded response|work=SFGate|access-date=2017-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theworld.org/stories/2017/05/02/heres-what-queer-filipina-chef-told-ivanka-trump|title=When a queer Filipina chef said she didn't want to be featured on Ivanka Trump's website, the reaction missed the point|work=Public Radio International|access-date=2017-07-03|language=en-US}}</ref> * In 2017, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab and Dimayuga are working together on a creating fermentation boxes and related health protocols for restaurants.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/five-chefs-watch-2017-535353|title=The five chefs to watch in 2017|date=2016-12-31|work=Newsweek|access-date=2017-07-03|language=en}}</ref> * Dimayuga paired up in cooking with Dominique Crenn at the 2017 Harlem EatUp!, an annual food festival in Harlem, New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ny.eater.com/2017/5/12/15633290/harlem-eatup-2017-dine-in-harlem|title=Harlem EatUp! Starts Next Week with Marcus Samuelsson, Dominique Crenn, and More|last=McCart|first=Melissa|date=2017-05-12|website=Eater NY|access-date=2017-07-03}}</ref> * She has done event work for City Harvest,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gothamist.com/2017/07/14/city_harvest_dinners_cadillac_house.php|title=Three Of NYC's Best Chefs Are Cooking For City Harvest Next Week|website=Gothamist.com|accessdate=17 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122024919/http://gothamist.com/2017/07/14/city_harvest_dinners_cadillac_house.php|archive-date=2018-01-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tasting Table,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.priceless.com/en-us/unitedstates/DimayugaTastingTable/offer.html |title=Japanese lunch with chef Angela Dimayuga |access-date=2017-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818004712/https://www.priceless.com/en-us/unitedstates/DimayugaTastingTable/offer.html |archive-date=2017-08-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Food Book Fair and many more. * She has appeared the podcast on the Heritage Radio Network, Radio Cherry Bombe: Episode 87: New York's Next Wave.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.acast.com/radiocherrybombe/episode-87-new-york-s-next-wave|title=Episode 87: New York's Next Wave {{!}} Radio Cherry Bombe on acast|date=2016-08-11|website=Acast.com|access-date=2017-08-18|language=en}}</ref>
==Awards== Under her watch, MCF was awarded 2 stars and "Restaurant of the Year" in 2012 by ''The New York Times''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/dining/restaurant-review-mission-chinese-food-on-the-lower-east-side.html|title=Restaurant Review: Mission Chinese Food on the Lower East Side|last=Wells|first=Pete|date=2015-06-09|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-08-18|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 2015, she was named "Best Chef" by ''New York''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.grubstreet.com/2015/12/best-new-chefs-2015.html|title=The Best New Chefs of 2015|work=Grub Street|access-date=2017-08-18|language=en}}</ref> The James Beard Foundation named her a "rising star chef" in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/interview-jbf-award-nominee-angela-dimayuga-mission-chinese-food|title=Interview with JBF Award Nominee Angela Dimayuga of Mission Chinese Food|website=Jamesbeard.org|language=en|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref> In 2017, StarChefs publication named her one of their rising stars.<ref name="StarChefs-2017" />
In 2016, she was the keynote speaker at Restaurant noma's global, "MAD Food Symposium". Her speech, "Burning the Candle at Both Ends," focused on the maintenance of work and life balance as a chef.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/trends-news/article/mad-food-symposium-2016-highlights|title=Our Favorite Moments from the MAD Food Symposium (One Involves Guy Fieri)|last=Muhlke|first=Christine|website=Bonappetit.com|access-date=2017-08-18|language=en}}</ref>
== Publications == * {{Cite book |last=Dimayuga |first=Angela |title=Filipinx: Heritage Recipes from the Diaspora |last2=Mishan |first2=Ligaya |date=November 2, 2021 |publisher=Abrams |others=Alex Lau (Photographs) |isbn=9781419750380}}
==See also== * Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area * LGBT culture in New York City * List of LGBT people from New York City * New Yorkers in journalism
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.gq.com/story/mission-chinese-food-chef-snacks-angela-dimayuga "Mission Chinese Food Chef Angela Dimayuga’s Pantry Is All About the Fancy Snacks"] from GQ magazine, April 2017
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