His father was a Navy chef of Filipino descent and the "navy brat" life landed Chance in the Washington, DC area for high school, with summers spent at Camp Hope in Philadelphia.
After trying a few career choices other than culinary, he gave it a shot three years ago with a food cart on Temple's campus.
He named it Tabachoy - the Tagalog nickname given to a friend or family member, meaning 'chubby'.
The cart was popular enough to get the attention of Chef Jose Garces, who recently offered chef Chance a spot in the second season of his 'chef in residency' program at Volver - the fine dining spot in the Kimmel Center.
He completed the program while simultaneously opening Tabachoy as a brick-and-mortar, and now serves Filipino comfort food five nights a week.
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