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Barbara Batiste

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My dream #Halloween! I got to feed my friends and family, then ended the day taking my granddaughter tick-or-treating... My beautiful Elsa!

We practiced for the last few weeks what to say to everyone when Trick-or-Treating and she did so well! She couldn't stop smiling and talking about going to the next house. My heart.

Hope everyone had a safe and Happy Halloween 🎃👻🩷 by @chefbarbxo

10.20.26 Merienda & Mingle

Had the honor to moderate my very first fireside chat celebrating Filipino American History Month, alongside a longtime colleague and friend @chefbarbxo! It was so much fun planning this event with my Disney Pamilya and COMPASS team members. I am now ready to dive into more speaking engagements for anyone who wants to hire me! by @chefbarbxo

Come try our delicious @dannyboysfamousoriginal x @gobigboi PORK SISIG PIZZA collab!!! Available this weekend at ALL THREE @dannyboysfamousoriginal locations. Just in time to celebrate #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth too!

Get a WHOLE PIE or BY-THE-SLICE for dine-in, pick-up or delivery! So sarap!

Huge thanks to @chefholzman for having @chefbarbxo back to play!

#pizza #filipinofood by @chefbarbxo

@gobigboi 🤝🏼 @dannyboysfamousoriginal

Bringing back one of our first collabs… the SISIG PIE, conceived with our good friends at @gobigboi 🇵🇭 Available by the slice or pie for one week (or til it sells out) starting this Saturday, 10/17, it features @gobigboi’s braised pork sisig, garlic aioli, sliced scallions, and a drizzle of spicy vinegar. Get it at all three locations! COME THROUGH 🤙🏼 by @chefbarbxo

Pumpkin spice Lumpia has made its way to @gobigboi in @downtowndisney ! The perfect flavor for this season. Make sure to stop by before AND after the parks. by @chefbarbxo

Our PUMPKIN SPICE LUMPIA is here!!! Our PSL is made with real pumpkin of course! Served with our delicious new Cinnamon Vanilla Icing to dip it into.

Available EXCLUSIVELY at our #BigBoiLumpiaCo cart in the #DowntownDisneyDistrict. Open daily from 11AM-11PM.

This flavor will only be here October and November so don't miss out! It's spooky good!

#PSL #pumpkinpie #lumpia by @chefbarbxo

🇵🇭✨ FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT: BARB BATISTE

Filipino food meets the Disney community! 🇵🇭✨

Barb Batiste, the founder of Big Boi, has brought her love of Filipino food and culture to the Disney community with the opening of Big Boi Lumpia at Downtown Disney! 🥟❤️

From homemade lumpia to sharing Filipino flavors with a whole new audience, Barb is helping put Filipino food on the Disney foodie map while creating a space where our community can see a little bit of home in the middle of the magic.

Her journey is a reminder that representation can come in many forms. Sometimes it’s seeing someone who looks like us, and sometimes it’s sitting down with a plate of food that tastes like home. 🇵🇭

This Filipino American History Month, D*Kababayan is celebrating Filipino Americans who are influencing the Disney community and making space for our culture at the Happiest Place on Earth. ✨

Congratulations to Barb and the Big Boi team on this incredible new chapter! 🥟🏰

💬 Have you tried Big Boi Lumpia at Downtown Disney yet? What’s your go-to Filipino food?

#DKababayan #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth #FAHM #BigBoiLumpia #FilipinoPride by @chefbarbxo

Hey all, it's Kurt again, but thankfully NOT for bad news... just wanted to acknowledge what tonight means to us now. Tonight marks one year since we almost lost our beloved Barb. In the past few days, I re-read my posts from a year ago and can see that I was definitely posting, but not quite sure how it was all going to turn out. How could I know?

A year ago, tonight, the doctors told Greg, Barb's husband of 39 years, that Barb may not make it through the night...

For two months STRAIGHT, her heart rate never went below 140 BPM, but her doctor at the time said she was fine. For two months she couldn't eat, drink, sleep, breathe, walk... but her doctor said she was fine. She was not. So she finally decided to listen to her body instead of that doctor and went to the ER. They admitted her right away.

I took this first picture with all her med bracelets while she was still down in the ER. We even spoke about me posting so all her friends and family that hadn't seen her for a while could know why. I wrote the PG version of the post with the knowledge that we had at the time... then everything went SUPER SOUTH. She had two seizures in the ER and thankfully the ICU doctors witnessed the second one and sent her straight up to them. Unfortunately, the damage from TWO MONTHS of her heart running a marathon was making her organs shut down. They got her as stable as they could, then all we could do was wait... and wait. That night they removed 40lbs of water from her which was one of the reasons she couldn't eat or breathe for so long.

They said she may not make it through the night, and that they had to see if her heart was damaged beyond repair or just so tired. I stayed in her room that night. Longest night of my life. Listening to the machines, worrying what each beep meant, watching her chest to make sure she was still breathing. Luckily, she fought through that night. Then the next, and so on.

The rest you know from my past posts or from speaking to Barb. She wasn't done yet, too much to still do. Too many hugs to still give her son, husband, granddaughter, everyone else ;)

It has been quite a year. My best friend may be small, but she is STRONG, and loved. 🩷 by @chefbarbxo

Happy 39th Anniversary to my FOREVER♥️ by @chefbarbxo

And just like that, we celebrated the grand opening of @gobigboi in @downtowndisney by @chefbarbxo

Congratulations to @gobigboi on the Big Boi Lumpia grand opening at Downtown Disney! 🇵🇭✨

Huge congratulations to @chefbarbxo I’m just trying to such an incredible moment seeing your vision, food, and Filipino culture represented in such a special place. So glad I got to be there and capture it.

Thanks so much for the invite, and welcome to Downtown Disney, Big Boi! 🥟✨

#BigBoiLumpia #DowntownDisney #FilipinoFood #FilipinoCulture #DisneyEats by @chefbarbxo

Big Boi Lumpia had their official grand opening ceremony in Downtown Disney today! #Disneyland #Lumpia #DowntownDisney by @chefbarbxo