Stephanie Zubiri

Ultimately I’m a storyteller. I love to immerse myself in the moment, learn about new cultures, live out experiences, listen to people’s stories and then share them. I’m comfortable with all platforms from print to digital and multimedia broadcasting.

I’m an author, a food, lifestyle and travel journalist with an active online and social media presence. I’m very proud of my organic community on Instagram with 49,200 followers in the AB market, aged 25-45 following my adventures and musings on @stephaniezubiri . I also have library of food, travel and lifestyle videos on http://www.youtube.com/stephaniezubiri

My column in the Philippine Star – Feast with Me – has been running now for more than 9 years. I am also a regular contributing writer for Travel+Leisure Southeast Asia as well as other regional and international publications such as Silkwinds and Silverkris magazines and Cebu Pacific SMILE. I also wrote the 1/3/5 guide of Conrad Hotels for Manila http://manila.stayinspired.com/collections/home .

I’m fortunate enough to host two TV shows one of which, Modern Living TV, is currently on it’s 10th season and is the longest continually running lifestyle show on Philippine television. A spinoff of my book “Feast With Me” is currently airing on Cignal One News as a segment in the show “Let’s Eat!” and you can find all videos on my YouTube channel here.

I love wine and have justified my penchant for drinking lots of it with a Wine and Spirits Education Trust Level 3 certification. I’m also a mom of two and I believe in encouraging more people to cook at home and celebrate with every meal.

I lived eight years in Paris where I graduated with a License in History and Geography and with a Masters in Geography from the University of Paris IV – Sorbonne. I also graduated from a summer program in London School of Economics in Sustainable development as well as Basic Cuisine from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. I love languages and I’m fluent in French and Filipino and as well as conversational in Spanish and German.

Feast With Me

After many years of contemplating what to write about, I finally penned my first book in 2017. I married all the things I loved the most – travel, food, wine and the home. “Feast With Me” is a best selling, award-winning travel inspired cookbook and is the first food and wine pairing book for non-professionals in the Philippines. I’m truly grateful that ”Feast with Me” won the Philippine National Book Awards for the Best Book in the Food Category in 2018 for books published in 2017. It also was a finalist for the World Gourmand Book Awards in 2017.

“Stephanie Zubiri Crespi’s Feast With Me is not just a well written, easy to follow cookbook, but it is a serious literary genre. The narrative of the dishes’ origins befits that of a travelogue. Reading the book, I was vicariously transported to the actual venue: the atmosphere, the scent, and the taste, savouring every morsel of the dish at hand. It felt like I was there seated right next to the writer.” – Claude S. Tayag, artist, chef, author and 37th National Book Awards Judge for Food Category

Published Work

Writing has always been my first love and something that I never stopped doing. I have been working as a lifestyle writer since high school and have made my way through several local publications as contributing writer and holding editorial positions such as Editor in Chief of Olive Magazine Philippines and Lifestyle Editor of Hola Philippines. Here is a sample of some of my most recent work. Currently I am a columnist for The Philippine Star under the byline “Feast with Me” which covers mostly food, wine and travel and now other lifestyle topics such as fashion, decor and beauty. I am also a regular contributing writer to the regional publication Travel+Leisure Southeast Asia as well as Silkwinds, Silverkris and Cebu Pacfic SMILE. I am open to contributing for other publications and special projects so please don’t hesitate to contact me at stephanie_zubiri@yahoo.fr for inquiries. Click to see samples of my work.

Advocacies

Sustainable Development has always been part of my core beliefs and I’m so honored that I was asked to be a part of WWF Philippines’ Next Generation Council. My colleagues nad I have been actively working on an anti-single use plastics campaign in my country under the #AyokoNgPlastik slogan as well as taregting businesses to slowly phase out some of their single use plastics. Being a modern woman, I am also very passionate about helping other women grow and fluorish. In that light, I co-founded The THE Talks along with some dear friends of mine – Rocio Olbes Ressano, Cristina Cu and Kimi Lu – which aims to promote open forum education and dialogue for a feminine audience.