Left: Suzette Tieng Yu received Q Asia’s Quality Excellence and Seal of Product and Quality Service Awards in 2022; and Suzette’s Gluten-Free Artisanal Pastries started out in Suzette Tieng Yu’s kitchen in Quezon City with her original, gluten-free cinnamon rollsIn the old days before the Covid pandemic, Suzette Tieng Yu—now 50 and a mother of two boys who are currently in university—owned and managed the Sunny Skies Learning Center for 20 years, a school in Quezon City, providing cognitive,...
One rainy afternoon in August 2019, Teacher Suzette sat at home, missing her students, as classes had been called off due to inclement weather. Being a practicing, US-licensed Maestro educator , the Chinese-Canadian-Filipina was not one used to inactivity.
With much passion for excellence, Suzette treats her business not simply as a business. “This is an advocacy for health. I want Pinoys to realize that being healthy doesn’t mean that food has to be boring. Each roll I create is artisanal, made with no machines and mixers, by the hands of a working mother to her countrymen with love, with absolutely zero preservatives, chemical additives, improvers, bromates or emulsifiers.
Being a child advocate, Suzette is currently involved in several feeding programs for various charities. Proceeds of her business go to Metro Manila hospitals as well; each purchase of her rolls contributes to the well-being of local farmers, too.