AAPI spotlight: Chef Reina’s vegan Filipino revolution

Name: AAPI spotlight: Chef Reina’s vegan Filipino revolution
Uploaded: 2026-05-14T18:17:56Z
Duration: 7 min 1 s
Description: For AAPI Heritage Month, we spotlight Chef Reina Montenegro, a Dumaguete City native whose journey from the Philippines to the Bay Area transformed into a powerful story of resilience, reinvention, and culinary activism. Today, she’s celebrated for pioneering Filipino vegan cuisine across the Peninsula and San Francisco.

FOX LOCAL San Francisco · May 14, 2026 · 7m 1s

Sign Up Now

Already a subscriber?

For AAPI Heritage Month, we spotlight Chef Reina Montenegro, a Dumaguete City native whose journey from the Philippines to the Bay Area transformed into a powerful story of resilience, reinvention, and culinary activism. Today, she’s celebrated for pioneering Filipino vegan cuisine across the Peninsula and San Francisco.

Watch AAPI spotlight: Chef Reina’s vegan Filipino revolution - FOX LOCAL San Francisco | FOX One