Raintree Hospitality Group’s famed Providore opens at the Summit Galleria Cebu

While Cebuanos take pride in their rich culinary tradition, Cebu’s diverse, cosmopolitan atmosphere welcomes new restaurant players from around the country. One such new entry is Manila-based Raintree Hospitality Group with its landmark restaurant Providore, set to open at the Summit Galleria.

“We have always prided ourselves on ‘innovating hospitality’ which means creating interesting food experiences that are unique and specific to each location,” explains Raintree founder Annabel Wisniewski of her 20-yea- old concept culinary and hospitality company’s timely entry to the Queen City.

From the cultural culinary hub Museum Café, refreshing café concepts Chelsea Café and Banker’s Lounge, to wining and dining establishments Rocket Room and Chotto Matte, the Raintree Hospitality Group has managed to shift the metropolitan dining landscapes by introducing groundbreaking concepts in menu, dining service, and hospitality.

“We design our restaurants and menus based on the market and we rarely repeat our concepts. We like our restaurants to be destinations in and of themselves,” Wisniewski affirms.

Its first venture outside Manila, for instance, the beach café concept, Cha-Cha Café, has introduced Boracay Island to a solitary food hub that serves delectable beach food from all over the world.

For Raintree Hospitality Group’s debut culinary offering at the Summit Galleria Cebu, Kalel Chan, executive chef, Raintree Restaurants; Raeanna Cranbourne, director of projects and development, Raintree Hospitality; Monica Casperino, group sales manager, Robinsons Hotels and Resorts, RLC; Andrej Wisniewski, vice president, Raintree Hospitality; Elizabeth D. Gregorio, general manager, Robinsons Hotels and Resorts, RLC, Carmela Sison, group marketing manager, Raintree Hospitality and Lisette Arena, senior marketing manager, Robinsons Hotels and Resorts it is introducing the market-style restaurant Providore, first opened at Bonifacio Global City, further enhanced to match the taste, life, and style of its future Cebuano clientele. “The Summit Galleria is a cool hotel with a hip design. So, we planned a beautiful restaurant Providore with four concepts in one,” Wisniewski explains.

Providore will be located at the new hotel’s podium. The lobby restaurant opens up into four hubs: the Pantry, a café and bakery that offers freshly-baked pastries and specialty brewed coffee in a casual environment; the Study, which is a breakaway from the customary lobby lounge where guests and visitors can recharge both their gadgets and their appetites with a hearty menu offering; the Dining Room, which accommodates sitdown meals and table service in a swankier setting; and the Game Room, which offers entertainment for kids during the day; it transforms into a lush and lively bar at night for the adults.

As the Summit Galleria Cebu’s food and beverage partners, the Raintree Hospitality Group will also feature a poolside Smoothie Bar in the refreshing indoor pool complex of the hotel located at the third floor. Quality service and appetizing banquet menus for the hotel’s well-appointed ballroom and function rooms will likewise be laid out by the culinary experts from the Raintree Group.

“It has truly been a pleasure to partner with Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC) and Summit Hotels and Resorts in opening the new Summit Galleria,” adds Wisniewski. “The team has been incredibly openminded in planning the hotel and F&B concepts and supportive of the idea of bringing an independent restaurant company to do things differentl” compared to traditional hotels. One benefit of the partnership is that it enables us to open in Cebu which is a city we have been interested in for a long time.”