Mar Canja Mission Jr. is with one of the Hottest Professional Kitchen Designers in the Philippines today. When you say the name Mar C. Mission Jr., those in the field of professional kitchen design know this guy.
He became a Head of Planning and Design Department as well as Marketing of GOMECO Group of Companies, one of the largest kitchen fabricators in the country.
Mar, an Ilonggo, hails from San Remigio, Antique. After finishing college in St. Anthony’s College, he went to Manila and discovered a career in engineering and food service industries. He started work as a trainee for GOMECO.
Working with the best local and foreign executive chefs in the country and a dozen Food and Beverage Directors of five-star hotels equipped him with expertise in designing professional hotel and restaurant kitchens in the last 16 years.
A number of Ilonggos trust this guy with their multi-million budget in the kitchen of their hotels and restaurants.
Among his clients are JD Bakeshops, St. Paul’s University System and St. Paul’s Hospital in Iloilo, Friday’s Boracay, Boracay Regency, Mandarin Boracay, Centennial Resort and the hottest fast food today, Floyd’s Barbecue at the Atrium.
His big-time clients in Manila are Oakwood of Ayala hotels Bellevue Hotel, Mandarin Oriental and Manila Hotel to name the few.
He became an instructor at the prestigious Heny Sison School of Culinary Arts in Makati City, teaching Facilities Kitchen Design and Layout. He teaches soon-to-be restaurant operators the proper kitchen design for their establishments.
Asked about the most common flaws in Kitchen Design, he said that some businesses forget the importance of proper workflow, which is usually not present in some kitchens. There’s poor ventilation that affects the performance of the cooks.
MARGARITO ”MAR” CANJA MISSION, JR., ran and won as a Municipal Mayor of San Remigio, Antique last May 13, 2019, local election and took his oath of office last June 28, 2019, at Municipal Civic Center, San Remigio, Antique together with other local elected officials.
A humble person who lives in a barrio of San Rafael, San Remigio, Antique. He took his elementary education at San Rafael Elementary School, finished his secondary at Gideon M. Cabigunda Memorial School and earned his bachelors degree at Saint Anthony’s College.
Mar Canja Mission Jr. is indeed a modern hero of San Remigio, Antique. He won a municipal mayor and beat the 52 long years of a political clan in the town. He believes that in One San Remigio One Mission, together we will make San Remigio great.