Ron Bilaro is a successful private chef and event organizer currently based in Chicago.  His list of clientele includes prominent families and corporations in the windy city and the west coast.

    Bilaro was born and raised in the Philippines.  His family immigrated to the United States when he was in his teens.  He started working as a flight attendant but after 9/11, he wound up as one of the most successful graduates of the Le Cordon Bleu program of The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago.

    Aside from hosting LPS, Bilaro is also currently one of the celebrity friends of the Ronald McDonald House Charities which promotes the welfare of children around the world and is also an active supporter of Gawad Kalinga (“Give Care”), an anti-poverty movement in the Philippines and other developing countries.

                             Production Team

Executive Producer

Rome Roque Nichols is an independent producer and freelance journalist.  She worked as an executive producer for current affairs programs in the Philippines’ largest TV network, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp.  She finished BA Broadcasting at the University of the Philippines and MA Communications at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Director, Editor & Chief Videographer

Leo Pepito Jr. put up his own production company, Second Films Inc., shortly after he graduated from the Media Studies program of DePaul University in Chicago.  He has a growing portfolio of music videos, commercials, and corporate videos.

Cameraman

J. JayVie De Jesus is a trade operations analyst for a bank in downtown Chicago, but he also took classes in film and video at Columbia College.  He is able to exercise his creative eye in doing camerawork for LPS.

Talent Coordinator

Kristina Mallorca is an accomplished project manager/ coordinator who has worked with clients within the Fortune 500.

Account Executive

Donna Reyes is a marketing communications professional and has worked with various corporations in the fields of broadcasting, public relations, real estate and health care.   She is a dedicated volunteer of Gawad Kalinga.  Donna is a Communication Arts graduate of Miriam College in the Philippines.

Editors

Franko Galoso is a graduate of Florida State University's Film School where he produced and directed award winning short films that have screened all over the world. He currently works as a freelance editor and a screenplay writer.

Jeremy-Paul Dadivas is a senior at Columbia College majoring in Post-Production in Film and Video.  He has had six years experience as editor, writer, and first unit camera.

RD Alba is an accomplished filmmaker, editor, and director based in Los Angeles.

Contributing Photographers

Joem C. Bayawa

Patrick Viray

Correspondent

Jaemie Santiago is a Communications graduate from Columbia College Chicago and the University of Santo Tomas.  She is into theatre and copywriting, and has acted in TV commercials.

Co-Host/ Voice-Over Talent

Kenneth Cutamora is a graphic designer by profession who graduated at the Columbia College in Chicago

Production Staff

Christopher Dao

Leo Pepito III

Pamela Dionisio (assistant to the chef)

Jhoanne Gabagat

Shafeeg Karadsheh

Graphics Design

Tom Kwolik, Kenneth Cutamora