The youngest and only boy in a brood of three children, Capacia’s mom left when he was only seven, while his dad passed away right after his high school graduation.
From the simplest to the most complicated dishes, Capacia learned to concoct everything from home. However, his job was his top-most priority, that’s why cooking took the back burner. Until the pandemic came. Initially, Capacia started with cooking meals at home. “Then it was sharing meals to my sisters, friends, relatives that I cooked myself,” he said. “I did it for a month or two, then I suddenly realized there’s a clamor to cook more.
Since the family of Ging Ging was greatly affected by the pandemic, she was burdened by financial hardships. She was forced to consistently advance her salary, so she could share the money with her family in Bacolod. “It has been nine months since we have opened and served Yaya’s Home Kitchen meals to various homes. We may not be a food empire, but income has been good and steady.
A graduate of AB Journalism from the University of Santo Tomas , Capacia worked as sales broker for a top Makati company for a good seven years right after college. He is aware that the pandemic made access to ingredients a bit hard. Especially during the lockdown, movement of goods became a real challenge for him and his help.
“The mistakes make you tough as an entrepreneur and establish your grit as an online seller. Learn from the experts and apply your learnings in your business. We are never too old to learn a new trick. We are forever students in this world.” He has taken aggressive action to cushion the impact of COVID-19 in his food business. “The impact of this pandemic in our lives has been massive,” Capacia admitted. “It has changed the way we live and do certain things.
“However, we cannot bear it ourselves and sadly, last December, we had to increase some of our costings because then, the business will no longer be profitable if we continue with the previous price lists of our goods.” To answer his other clients eager to replicate his dishes, Capacia posts cooking tutorials on his YouTube channel, Fierce Vlogs, every Sunday.
“Taste is subjective,” he said. “That would highly depend on the person trying out our meal. What’s good for Peter may not be acceptable to John.
I hope the yaya gets her fair share of the income.