Lunch Date Explained

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 in its timeslot.

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

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

Guest hosts

• German Moreno
• Ike Lozada

Accolades

Accolades received by Lunch Date! Year! Awards! Category! Recipient! Result!

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: What keeps Orly running: Move, be active . Medina, Rogelio Constantino . . July 4, 2019 . June 25, 2020.
2. News: Rico J. Puno, Soul Music Pioneer in the Philippines, Dies at 65 . Ives, Mike . . October 30, 2018 . June 25, 2020.
3. Web site: Where Are They Now: Eat Bulaga! Female Hosts Through the Years . Sampayan, Anj . July 30, 2019 . PEP . June 25, 2020.
4. Web site: Look: Lunch Date hosts together again . June 10, 2017 . . June 25, 2020.
5. Web site: 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 . Tiu, Mimi . May 14, 2009 . Spot . June 25, 2020.
6. Web site: Willie Revillame signs with GMA-7 . Smith, Chuck . . March 20, 2015 . June 25, 2020.
7. Web site: Louie Heredia reunites with his Lunch Date co-hosts after 24 years . Llanes, Rommel R. . June 8, 2017 . PEP . June 27, 2020.
8. Web site: The other side of Manilyn Reynes . Carballo, Bibsy . . November 13, 2005 . June 25, 2020.
9. Web site: Exclusive: Dennis Padilla gears up for a new soap in the Kapuso network . Garcia, Cara Emmeline . October 3, 2019 . GMA Network . June 25, 2020.
10. Web site: Balik Kapuso Ai-Ai delas Alas returns to GMA . April 19, 2015 . Adobo Magazine . June 25, 2020.
11. Web site: A long-delayed Lunch Date reunion . Francisco, Butch . . March 20, 2007 . June 25, 2020.
12. Web site: Bayani Agbayani, K Brosas proud of Lunch Out Louds first anniversary: "Maraming nagsabing 'Hindi magtatagal 'yan.'" . Olea, Jerry . October 12, 2021 . PEP . October 12, 2021.