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About Aleanza
Aleanza is a modern institute for Culinary Arts, Hospitality, Entrepreneurship & Business Leadership. We help aspiring and active Business Owners, Executive Chefs, and leaders grow further.
Founded by Chef Rob Pengson, Aleanza is built on 25+ years of internationally acclaimed experience across the Philippines, United States, Tokyo, Singapore, Europe, and Australia. Chef Rob has received dozens of local and international awards in culinary arts, education, hospitality, and entrepreneurship, with executive education exposure from Harvard Business School, Wharton, AIM, and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group.
Aleanza works closely with hotels, restaurants, hospitality groups, and a growing network of international internship organizations to help create real-world opportunities for its students.
Chef Rob is the only chef in the Philippines known for training 18,000+ chefs, developing 2,000+ Executive Chefs, and serving thousands of SMEs across food, hospitality, and entrepreneurship.
Aleanza is known for combining professional skills with leadership, business thinking, and real-world application. Students are developed not only for employment, but for growth, leadership, and long-term business opportunity.
Aleanza is growing fast — with a focus on modern education, industry partnerships, and executive-level development for the next generation of hospitality and business leaders.
Change the trajectory of your career and business with Aleanza.
Aleanza Facts
Built for Leaders
More than Just Another Culinary School
Traditional culinary education produces entry-level cooks for an oversupplied market — leading to low wages, long hours, and slow growth.
Aleanza trains for the top of the industry: Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, Executive Chefs, and Future Leaders.
Beyond cooking, students develop leadership, business, and real-world operational skills built for long-term growth.
Ahead of the Old School
For Aspiring Business Owners & Executive Chefs
Because entry-level roles are crowded, real growth today is at the top — Executive Chefs, Entrepreneurs, and Business Owners.
Getting there faster, leading teams, understanding business, and creating real value are not things most traditional culinary schools and HRM colleges cover effectively.
That is why many graduates, professionals, and active industry leaders still come to Aleanza for the next level of growth and leadership.
A Partner fior Life
Modern Day Business School & Partner
Aleanza is a modern-day school and lifelong partner, helping students and their businesses through education, employment, and entrepreneurial opportunities across its growing network, activities, and platforms.
Aleanza believes students should be able to earn while they learn — gaining real-world experience through entrepreneurial projects, leadership activities, and real world industry exposure.
Students develop the ability to create value, price properly, and deliver with excellence in the real world.
Programs
For business Builders & Leaders.
For aspiring and existing Executive Chefs.
List of Night Class Subjects
(ACPD Thursdays: 6:00PM - 9:30PM)
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NPCA 1 - Fundamentals of Professional Cooking
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NPCA 2 - Garde Manger
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NPCA 3 - Breakfast & Egg Cookey
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NPCA 4 - Asian Cooking Methods
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NPCA 5 - American Cooking Methods
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NPCA 6 - European Cooking Methods
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NBP 1 - Breads
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NBP 2 - Cakes & Pastries
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NBP 2 - Plated Desserts
UPGRADE OPTIONS
To UPRADE TO DIPLOMA you must add professional shift work hours to meet minimum requirements. Your options:
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Sign up at Aleanza Makati for Professional Shifts
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Complete the minimum hours of Internship of 320 hours (approximately 2-3 months)
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Undergo 1-Week Assessment of online, written and hands-on practical tests.
Global Expertise. Local Excellence.
Faculty from world renowned schools and organizations.
About Our Founder:
Chef Rob Pengson
Chef Rob Pengson is a chef, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and educator with more than 20 years of experience in culinary arts, hospitality, restaurant operations, and business development.
His work and training have brought him to Tokyo, Singapore, San Francisco, Australia, and parts of Europe, helping shape his modern approach to culinary education, leadership, and innovation for chefs and entrepreneurs.
Chef Rob’s culinary training includes studies and specialization from institutions such as California Culinary Academy, Yamato Noodle School, and Tokyo Sushi Academy, alongside high-level operational exposure and professional honing within the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group.
He is also recognized as one of the pioneers of the modern tasting menu movement in the Philippines through the award-winning restaurant The Goose Station from 2009 to 2016. In 2015, during the first Madrid Fusion Manila, Chef Rob presented the “Rizal Menu,” a storytelling tasting menu experience inspired by Filipino identity, heritage, and narrative dining — a concept that has since become widely adopted across many modern fine dining establishments today.
His business and leadership philosophy has also been greatly influenced by executive education from Harvard Business School Online, The Wharton School, and the Asian Institute of Management, particularly in entrepreneurship, leadership, strategy, innovation, and modern business systems.
Throughout his career, Chef Rob has led and developed award-winning restaurants and has received recognition from organizations and media including Madrid Fusion, Miele Asia’s Best Restaurants, MBKRS Best Chef & Restaurant Awards, alongside numerous culinary competition, media, and industry recognitions over the years.
Trusted by thousands of parents, students, professionals, entrepreneurs, men, women, and children of all ages — as well as some of the country’s most respected brands and organizations — Chef Rob remains one of the longest-standing and most committed individuals in Philippine culinary and hospitality education.
To this day, he remains 100% personally invested in helping others reach the top of their careers, leadership, and business success. Few individuals in the culinary industry have impacted as many lives through education, mentorship, and real-world training.
Most importantly, Chef Rob still teaches personally every week, giving Aleanza students direct founder-level mentorship, guidance, and real-world insight rarely accessible anywhere else.
