Cooking with the Stars

Cooking with the Stars is a 10-minute Filipino cooking show produced by GMA Network and San Miguel-Pure Foods Company Inc.. The show is bannered by radio DJ/host Grace Lee. It premiered May 28, 2012, three times a week, from Monday, Wednesday and Friday on GMA Network with replays, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday on GMA News TV and ended August 4, 2012. The show showcases easy-to-prepare dishes, as well as tips on preparing foods and tackles other food-related dilemmas. The host will be accompanied by top chefs: Chef Maricel Manalo who will focus on kid-friendly meals; Chef Martin del Prado who will focus on teaching how to cook foods fit for one's barkada; Chef Rene Cruz specializes viands for a fiesta; and Chef Kai Verdadero will focus on recipes for delicious and healthy foods. Every episode, the show will feature a celebrity who has a food-related dilemma and at the end of the program, the resident chefs will offer solutions on how to solve the problem. The show also has segment like Cooking Star of the Barangay, where the show will visit barangays bringing with them a live brass band and dancing food servers.