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Abi Marquez recalls her preparations for collaboration with Gordon Ramsay

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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Abi Marquez recounted her memorable experience collaborating with multi-Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay last January.In an interview on Bianca Gonzalez’s Paano Ba ‘To: The Podcast, Abi recalled her initial reaction upon learning that Gordon’s team had reached out to her.&quot;Sobrang elated. Sobrang saya ko. I actually have footage of myself na talaga na, &#x27;Oh my god!&#x27; But we never really confirmed the collaboration until that time na he commented on my video,&quot; she recounted.Gordon&#x27;s comment on one of her viral videos, where he challenged her to make a lumpia version of his iconic Beef Wellington, was the green light that set the project in motion. &quot;After that day na nag-comment siya, dun pa lang kami nag-meet nung team niya and talked about this is what we&#x27;re gonna do,&quot; she relayed.While the opportunity was exciting, Abi admitted she also felt immense pressure to deliver.&quot;So two feelings I was experiencing, super saya but at the same time, I was thinking I cannot mess this up. It has to be perfect. I cannot be an inconvenience to them. It has to be perfect. Good impression, yes,&quot; she shared.<div> </div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DFCZPZYTugb/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=506&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A5959378.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="798" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>Even before the collaboration was officially confirmed, Abi had already started planning and preparing. &quot;For transparency before we confirmed the collaboration, I was already brainstorming concepts for the shoot,&quot; she shared.She came up with three video ideas. &quot;I prepared a list of all the possible videos that we could do with Gordon. And siguro tatlong concept &#x27;yun. Hindi ko alam kung ano &#x27;yung matutuloy. Binili ko lahat ng props. Binili ko lahat ng materials for those videos,&quot; she shared.Abi went on: &quot;One of those videos was having him taste Filipino snacks, so I bought 20 Filipino snacks that I wanted him to try. The second one would be the Beef Wellington lumpia concept. And then I think the third one was just a very quick concept na ibabalot ko siya sa isang malaking lumpia wrapper so nagpagawa ako ng malaking comforter lumpia wrapper.&quot;Beyond the concepts, Abi also went all out on the technical side to ensure the shoot would go off seamlessly.&quot;It was really one of the videos talaga na I wanted it to be a pit stop... Because I worked with foreigners before and grabe talaga &#x27;yung punctuality and &#x27;yung pagka-prompt nila with filming,&quot; she said.The content creator relayed that she also did rehearse the shoot. &quot;I don&#x27;t normally do it but nag-rehearse kami ng camera, nag-rehearse kami ng lighting. Nag-rehearse kami ng placement. We usually do a storyboard our outline for my videos but really this time prinaktis talaga namin &#x27;yung movement and frame by frame,&quot; she said.But perhaps the biggest pressure of all lay in one thing: the food.&quot;&#x27;Yung pinakamalaking preparation actually on my end was preparing the recipe kasi kailangan masarap and I don&#x27;t think he will lie about it just for the collaboration... So &#x27;yung pinakamalaking pressure sa akin to prove na I can do this, I can make a good Beef Wellington lumpia,&quot; she highlighted.

Abi Marquez made a Beef Wellington lumpia for Gordon Ramsay last January.