Comments on: What a Fantastic Obituary!

By: lori

lori — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:17:45 +0000

I’m so sad to read this and astonished that I didn’t hear about it until now. Jundy and I worked together when I was still writing for Food magazine. He’s all the good, funny things that people say and much, much more. When I die, I hope that my surviving family can put out just as delicious an obit as that one.

By: lee

lee — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 01:44:34 +0000

i’m getting a bit teary eyed. I may not know him but may his soul rest in peace.

By: moneugenio

moneugenio — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:55:27 +0000

I also knew Jundy personally. I knew him as a fellow La Salle Green Hills alumnus, member of the UP Pre-Medical Society, and graduate of the California Culinary Academy (though at different times). We last shared a table at Je Suis Gourmand during a Les Toques Blanches affair.

Jasmine was right. He was indeed a kind and jolly fellow matched with a quick wit and a self-deprecating sense of humor. Jundy was married last year, and was enjoying a delayed honeymoon in Palawan at the time of his heart attack.

He worked in various restaurants and hotels before becoming Executive Chef for Unilever. He was also consultant, I believe, at Heaven and Eggs. Now, he only has Heaven.

Jundy, dear buddy, save some for me. You will be missed.

Mon

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:42:41 +0000

I knew Chef Jundy personally. If he were alive now and happened to see that an obit like that, he would quote it and laugh. A kind and jolly, he will be greatly missed.

By: negrosdude

negrosdude — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:04:26 +0000

i knew chef jundy. he was a very pleasant, easy going guy, only 37 yrs old. his younger brother died 2 yrs ago of a heart attack also. just like jundy, his folks have likewise undergone a heart bypass operation. we spent 4 riotous days last month in baguio along with a great group that included former mandarin’s executive chef norbert gandler; cirkulo’s jay gamboa; 9501′s myrna segismundo, people’s palace and sala’s colin mackay, LoloDad’s ariel and mia manuel, dos mestizos (in boracay’s binggoy remedios, pastry bin’s penk cheng, food writer micky fenix and about a dozen more crazy (but hardworking) guys who were invited to judge in the hotel and restaurant association of baguio’s 4th culinary festival. jundy and young pretty wife pia were telling us they couldn’t wait until jundy’s work schedule eases off so that they could go on a real honeymoon – they haven’t had that since they got married recently. finally they had a chance to fly to club noah in palawan last week where the sad, unfortunate thing happened. God has His reasons for choosing to take Jundy away from Pia at that particular moment and I hope and pray – as I please wish you would, too – that Pia accepts this terrible loss with faith and without rancour in her heart. And yes, likewise, I hope and pray too that Jundy, indeed, is really having a terrific time indulging himself with gusto in that eternal banquet of banquets that’ll last forever in the great beyond…