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After launching multiple gasoline stations around the country and co-founding a wellness brand, Ken Chan is up again for a new venture as he teased his new business--a cafe and bakery that serves American and Filipino dishes.

The versatile Kapuso actor named his cafe, Café Claus, which is said to be the "first Christmas cafe in the Philippines," located in Tandang Sora, Quezon City.

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Foodies don't need to wait for Christmas to feel the joyous season as they can visit the Christmas-themed café all-year-round beginning December 19.

As seen on the Facebook page of Café Claus, even the names of the food in its menu are inspired by the Yuletide season.

Among its specialties are named after Santa's reindeers based on the classic Christmas song "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer." This includes classic American breakfast staples Golden Belgian waffle (Prancer), corned beef hash (Vixen), and classic pancakes (Dasher). For Filipino food lovers, tapsilog (Comet), pork tocino with French omelet (Cupid), and longsilog (Donner) will also be available in the soon-to-be-launched café.

Ken takes pride in sharing delightful comfort foods that are inspired by their family's recipe like Mama Afring's royal ube champorado which is said to be the café's "signature homemade porridge masterpiece."

In the midst of the current pandemic, millions of Filipinos have lost their jobs as it also had a significant commercial impact across the country.

On-cam talents are not exempted from the great change induced by COVID-19 that's why they opted to be resilient and launched their very own businesses amid the pandemic.

Here are the other celebrities who launched their food business during the pandemic: