Rafael Calero has devoted over 20 years to his lifetime passion: designing kitchens and cabinets.

He graduated with a degree in industrial arts from San Francisco State University and was a general contractor doing cabinetry design, installation and quality control— ensuring clients with the over all effective design of kitchens.

He moved back to the Philippines and founded the kitchen and cabinet company KitchenStudio. Successfully designing kitchens and cabinets for Manilas elite. He has written columns for My Home magazine, published a book, 25 Kitchens by Rafael Calero.

He is widely regarded in Philippine design and architectural circles as "The Kitchen King".  

These days he is known as CabinetStudio.