Meet the Lumpia Queen, Abi Marquez!
We recently saw how she wowed international celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay with her Beef Wellington Lumpia.
This time, she sat down with PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) to talk about her journey as a content creator.
Did you know that she is Magna Cum Laude in college? How did she find her space in the digital world? What are her trade secrets in creating a vlog with impact?
Get to know more about this foodie expert here on PEP Spotlight.
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We recently saw how she wowed international celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay with her Beef Wellington Lumpia.
This time, she sat down with PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) to talk about her journey as a content creator.
Did you know that she is Magna Cum Laude in college? How did she find her space in the digital world? What are her trade secrets in creating a vlog with impact?
Get to know more about this foodie expert here on PEP Spotlight.
#PEPSpotlight #AbiMarquez #LumpiaQueen #FoodContentCreator
Hosts: Rachelle Siazon & Bernie Franco
Videographers: Rommel Llanes & Khym Manalo
Producer & Editor: Khym Manalo
Supporting photos and videos are from Abi Marquez’s team and her social media accounts.
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00:00A big part of my life is the performer in me.
00:06So everything clicked when you tried content creation.
00:09The stars now, you can fathom into a constellation.
00:11It's like, wow, they all aligned.
00:13And for me, it's like an accidental discovery of a...
00:17Hi, PEPsters!
00:28Welcome to PEP Spotlight.
00:30I'm Rachel.
00:31And I am Bernie.
00:32Actually, Pink, I'm very excited about our guest because she is a queen on social media.
00:39And the first ever Filipino to win the prestigious Webby's Awards.
00:44Wow!
00:45Let's all welcome the Lumpia Queen, Abby Marquez!
00:53Hello!
00:54Hi, hello po.
00:55Thanks for having me.
00:57We're full of energy here in the studio, guys.
01:00Of course, let's start with this.
01:02From the very first time you came out as a content creator,
01:07and now you have a lot of achievements,
01:10how did Abby Marquez's life change?
01:14Wow.
01:16From my day one to now,
01:20night and day difference.
01:22But I think I'm really proud of myself that I still have my core.
01:28The reason why I started before until now is still there,
01:32which is just doing videos that I would like to watch
01:37and sharing educational value to other people.
01:42But I'm saying that it's different because it's the scale.
01:46And also me as a person, I've grown through the years
01:51before I just started by myself doing everything
01:55from buying the ingredients, formulating the recipes,
01:59cooking and filming myself and then editing.
02:02Right now, it's more collaborative.
02:05And also now I have a management, which is super nice
02:11because now I don't have to do everything and wear all the hats.
02:17Right now, I'll just focus on the creative side of things.
02:21And I have the right partners with me to help me
02:25and they will monitor my career for the next years.
02:29Three years in, I'm really happy.
02:32I just want to add that before Abby became famous,
02:36she graduated in UP Diliman, magna cum laude.
02:40Stop.
02:41Yes.
02:42Bravo.
02:43Achiever.
02:44Her course is Hotel, Restaurant and Institute Management.
02:48Institution Management.
02:49Institution Management, right?
02:50Yes.
02:51So before you got famous, how would you picture yourself?
02:55Are you really a content creator?
02:58No.
02:59I didn't think of content creation as a career option.
03:03I was set on, I guess, becoming a manager-ish in a restaurant or in a hotel.
03:11At some point, I thought of becoming a chef or a cook.
03:16But I realized that's a very difficult job.
03:20It takes a lot of physical work.
03:24It's very different from cooking at home.
03:29But that's what I love, the therapeutic feeling of cooking for six people.
03:35But last semester in college, that's also when I discovered content creation.
03:43And for me, it's like an accidental discovery of a career.
03:48Because I never imagined that I would go there.
03:53But I felt like I was on the right track.
03:57Because I finally found something that will utilize all of the skills.
04:04Or I feel like I can give everything.
04:06Because growing up, I had a lot of hobbies.
04:09Music, making videos and cooking.
04:12I feel like if I worked in corporate or as a manager in a restaurant,
04:17I would have just used my soft skills and my knowledge in food.
04:25But a big part of my life is the performer.
04:31It's the performer in me and my love for entertainment.
04:36So everything clicked when you discovered content creation?
04:39Yes.
04:40It's like the saying, the fault is in our stars.
04:43The stars, now you can fathom into a constellation.
04:47It's like, wow, they all aligned.
04:49It's like Ikigai, right?
04:50Passion plus skills.
04:54But before that, I was also doing the diagram in Ikigai.
04:58What do I want to be?
05:00What will I bring to other people?
05:02What am I good at?
05:04I'm really lucky that I found it.
05:06What influenced you to have a love for cooking?
05:12Love for cooking?
05:14I remember myself spending a lot of time in the kitchen growing up.
05:19I think it was a mix of appreciating my mother's cooking growing up
05:26and at the same time, my father holding these activities at home
05:32like make your own pizza.
05:34I have an extraordinary curiosity towards food
05:39that I haven't seen with my other relatives or in my family.
05:44Like growing up watching Food Network instead of cartoons
05:49or my hobby being cooking.
05:53Nobody taught me to have that interest or curiosity
05:57but it's really there.
05:59I've always been interested with food.
06:02Can we say that your parents are good cooks?
06:04Yes, I would say.
06:06It's not like they raised me but I grew up eating my mother's cooking
06:11and I always say this that her biggest contribution to who I am today
06:19is the training of my palate
06:22because my definition of a good adobo is her cooking.
06:27My skills to be able to describe and decide if this is a good dish or not
06:34is up to her standards, up to my mother's cooking.
06:38I think it's inherent in us, Abby
06:40because that's what I feel also when it comes to my mom's cooking.
06:44I know there are many who are good at cooking
06:47but for me, the standard is her tinola or her adobo.
06:51And those are really Pinoy classics, adobo and tinola.
06:55That's my favorite.
06:57You know, Abby, another distinct quality of yours when it comes to the camera
07:03is you're very confident.
07:05Is being confident in front of the camera really inherent in you?
07:09I have footage from when I was 4 years old
07:14where I was asked,
07:16what's the English of your horse?
07:22What's the name of your mom and dad?
07:25And what's your name?
07:27And I said, Abby!
07:30And she said, no.
07:32And I said, that's Abby!
07:34And then I went in front of the camera.
07:36So I had that 2-year-old Abby attitude.
07:41I've always been an extra person
07:44but I think what helped me out through the years is
07:47I took voice lessons.
07:49So since grade 6 until grade 11 or 12,
07:55I would perform every summer and train,
07:59like singing, singing training.
08:01And that would force me to perform in front of 100 people.
08:07It really helped in kind of setting that confidence.
08:15Setting me up for that confidence.
08:17I wasn't comfortable in front of the camera starting out.
08:21I actually started my videos no face.
08:25Because when I was in high school,
08:27when I learned how to hold a camera or just making films,
08:34I was really a person behind the camera.
08:37But when I did content,
08:40I think I thought about if I should show it on camera.
08:45And then I just realized that
08:48I think it's the fastest and best way
08:50to show your personality in the camera.
08:54If you do that.
08:55For me, one of the best ways to differentiate your content from other people
08:59is your personality.
09:01And we learn here, Bernie,
09:03because listening to her,
09:05confidence, it's not easy to just have that.
09:08But what you described earlier,
09:10the training, even in the voice lessons,
09:12it's all about competency.
09:14So you develop that competency first
09:16before you get that confidence.
09:19It really helps.
09:20It was a process before she became confident.
09:23Even until now,
09:25even until now when people talk about me,
09:27I'm still like that.
09:29But yeah, it is something that you don't develop overnight.
09:33So that's what I want other people to know.
09:37It's years of training and developing those skills.
09:42You still remember the first time that you made a video?
09:45Because I'm trying to imagine how was that like?
09:48That you're the one who's going to work,
09:50you're the one who's going to talk,
09:52you're the one who's going to prepare.
09:54Oh my gosh.
09:55It was difficult, but I was having fun.
09:57I didn't ask anything in return.
09:59I think all creators would relate to this.
10:01You don't get money or you don't get paid doing content
10:06because you only get paid when your page is big
10:09and you can monetize or you have a big following
10:13so brands would sponsor you.
10:15But at first, really, you can't get anything from it.
10:17You just invest a lot of time and effort into it.
10:21I remember my camera had an Android phone.
10:26I would use the main camera.
10:28So it was on my back.
10:30I would put it on the tupperware
10:32and I would put a mirror in front of it
10:35so I could see what was happening.
10:37That's how it was.
10:39I would finish shooting early in the morning.
10:42I would wash the dishes for like 2-3 hours.
10:45My mom would pick me up if I was washing the dishes at 7am.
10:49And that's just shooting one video.
10:52Crazy.
10:53But now, there's a huge difference.
10:56I have someone to help me with the cameras.
10:59I have a legit camera with a flip screen.
11:02And also someone to help me out clean the set.
11:06That's crazy.
11:07That's hard.
11:08I can only imagine.
11:10And there's no aircon.
11:12There's no aircon.
11:14And the kitchen is a mess.
11:16And you're in front of these big lights.
11:18It's hot.
11:19And you still need to be fresh
11:21when you finally take the consumption shot.
11:23Wow.
11:24How did your set change?
11:25My set...
11:27In terms of gear,
11:29lighting, still the same.
11:31I try to maintain that kind of raw
11:34I'm trying to do this myself vibe.
11:36Even when we do have all the appropriate equipment
11:40to make it super high production,
11:43I try to keep that rawness into the video.
11:46People also associate me with my background.
11:50The wooden kitchen, cupboards.
11:53Because it gives a vibe of
11:55like a Filipino dish that's delicious,
11:59homey, approachable, friendly.
12:01I also started branding my wooden kitchen.
12:05Even when I switched my studio
12:08from my parents' house,
12:10and then I got my own studio right now,
12:12I replicated my kitchen
12:15from my parents' house.
12:17So it's the same.
12:19Because I don't want to change it.
12:21It's a trademark.
12:24I just want to tell you that
12:25you really brought honor to the country.
12:27For those who don't know,
12:28the Webby Awards is the Oscars of the internet.
12:32You're also a singer.
12:35I really like the songs...
12:38I think there's a sample too.
12:40I don't want to!
12:45I don't want to!