Lunch Date

For the 1990 American short film, see The Lunch Date.

Lunch Date is a Philippine television variety show broadcast by GMA Network. Originally hosted by Orly Mercado, Rico J. Puno, Chiqui Hollmann and Toni Rose Gayda, it premiered on June 9, 1986 replacing Student Canteen. The show concluded on March 19, 1993. It was replaced by SST: Salo-Salo Together in its timeslot.

Lunch Date
Title card from 1989 to 1993
Genre	Variety show
Opening theme	Lunch Date theme song: English (1986-89) Tagalog (1989-93)
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Tagalog
Production
Production locations	Studio A, GMA Building, Quezon City, Philippines (1986–87) GMA Broadway Centrum, Quezon City, Philippines (1987–93)
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Production company	GMA Entertainment TV
Original release
Network	GMA Network
Release	June 9, 1986 (1986-06-09) – March 19, 1993 (1993-03-19)

Overview

Lunch Date started airing on June 9, 1986 replacing Student Canteen, with Orly Mercado, Rico J. Puno, Toni Rose Gayda and Chiqui Hollmann serving as the hosts. The show originally aired from Studio A of the old GMA building in EDSA, but moved to the GMA Broadway Centrum in 1987, the first of GMA's programs to do so.

When the show was reformatted after a year, it retained both Gayda and Hollman and added Randy Santiago, Keno, Lito Pimentel, Tina Revilla, Louie Heredia, Jon Santos, Dennis Padilla, Manilyn Reynes, Willie Revillame and Ai-Ai delas Alas to the show.

Cast

Cast

Orly Mercado

Ai-Ai delas Alas

• Orly Mercado (1986–87)^[1]
• Rico J. Puno (1986–87)^[2]
• Chiqui Hollmann (1986–88)^[3]
• Toni Rose Gayda (1986–93)^[4]
• Randy Santiago (1987–93)^[4]
• Keno (1987–88)^[5]
• Willie Revillame (1987–88)^[6]
• Lito Pimentel (1988–93)^[4]
• Tina Revilla (1988–93)^[4]
• Louie Heredia (1991–93)^[7]
• Manilyn Reynes (1991–93)^[8]
• Jon Santos (1991–93)^[4]
• Dennis Padilla (1991–93)^[9]
• Ai-Ai delas Alas (1991–93)^[10]
• Jenine Desiderio (1991–93)
• Rustom Padilla (now known as BB Gandanghari) (Monday)^[11]
• Isabel Granada (Tuesday)
• Gino Padilla (Wednesday)
• Samantha Chavez (Thursday)
• Ogie Alcasid (Friday)
• Geneva Cruz (Saturday)
• Vernie Varga
• Mahal
• Bayani Agbayani^[12]

Guest hosts

• German Moreno
• Ike Lozada

Accolades

Accolades received by Lunch Date

Year	Awards	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
1988	2nd PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Variety Show	Lunch Date	Nominated
		Best Male TV Host	Randy Santiago	Nominated
1989	3rd PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Female TV Host	Tina Revilla	Won
1991	5th PMPC Star Awards for Television			Won
1992	6th PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best New Male TV Personality	Rustom Padilla	Won

References

1. Medina, Rogelio Constantino (July 4, 2019). "What keeps Orly running: Move, be active". The Philippine Star. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
2. Ives, Mike (October 30, 2018). "Rico J. Puno, Soul Music Pioneer in the Philippines, Dies at 65". The New York Times. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
3. Sampayan, Anj (July 30, 2019). "Where Are They Now: Eat Bulaga! Female Hosts Through the Years". PEP. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
4. "Look: Lunch Date hosts together again". ABS-CBN. June 10, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
5. Tiu, Mimi (May 14, 2009). "Whatever Happened to these '80s Stars/Starlets/Lilets? After packing up their hi-top Reeboks and leaving yesterday behind, these '80s sensations are now mostly rock-steady". Spot. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
6. Smith, Chuck (March 20, 2015). "Willie Revillame signs with GMA-7". The Philippine Star. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
7. Llanes, Rommel R. (June 8, 2017). "Louie Heredia reunites with his Lunch Date co-hosts after 24 years". PEP. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
8. Carballo, Bibsy (November 13, 2005). "The other side of Manilyn Reynes". The Philippine Star. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
9. Garcia, Cara Emmeline (October 3, 2019). "Exclusive: Dennis Padilla gears up for a new soap in the Kapuso network". GMA Network. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
10. "Balik Kapuso Ai-Ai delas Alas returns to GMA". Adobo Magazine. April 19, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
11. Francisco, Butch (March 20, 2007). "A long-delayed Lunch Date reunion". The Philippine Star. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
12. Olea, Jerry (October 12, 2021). "Bayani Agbayani, K Brosas proud of Lunch Out Loud's first anniversary: "Maraming nagsabing 'Hindi magtatagal 'yan.'"". PEP. Retrieved October 12, 2021.

External links

• Lunch Date at IMDb