Chef Raul Correa Named Among “Top 10 Best New Chefs” in Puerto Rico
Photo Credit: Will Blunt, StarChefs.com
By: CARLOS A. CORIANO
Leading Puerto Rico newspaper, GASTRONÓMICO / El VOCERO and editor in chief of food blog dePALADAR, Yaira Solís Escudero, revealed today Puerto Rico’s new generation of chefs. We are proud to announce that Raúl Correa, executive chef of Zest at the San Juan Water Beach Club Hotel, was selected in Puerto Rico’s 2014 “Top 10 Best New Chefs”.
The “Top 10 Best New Chefs” prestigious accolade recognizes local chefs for their exceptional talent and passionate work in strengthening Puerto Rico’s long-standing reputation as the Gastronomic Capital of the Caribbean.
A rigorous evaluation process was conducted by an elite committee of chefs who earned this prestigious recognition in 1997, namely – Xavier Pacheco of La Jaquita Baya; Juan Peña de Fern; Jiovanni Orrias de Monalisa; Pedro Torres de En Boga; Humberto Guardiola of the Catholic University of Mayagüez; Ariel Rodríguez of Augusto’s Cuisine in Miramar; Juan Camacho of Papillon, and Enrique Piñeiro of Mesa 364 – and Yaira Solís Escudero and Augusto Schreiner.
Puerto Rico’s 2014 “Top 10 Best New Chefs”
Jannette Berríos Villanueva, executive chef of the Sheraton Hotel in Miramar
José Javier Malavé Cruz, cuisine chef of La Bodeguita de Manolo
Martín Louzao Romero, cuisine chef and owner of Cocina Abierta y Nonna in Condado
Christian Quiñones Vargas, corporate chef of Empresas Santana and Salt Gastrobar in the Howard Johnson Hotel, Isla Verde
Ángel David Moreno Zayas, cuisine chef of Casa de Campo Palo Alto in Cayey and Asador San Miguel in Naranjito
Carlos Portela Castro, cuisine chef and owner of Orujo Taller Gastronómico, in Caguas
Francisco Maldonado Bravo, cuisine chef of Vittorino Trattoria in Santurce
Ventura Vivoni Rivera, cuisine chef of Vida Ventura of Hacienda Luz de Luna in Adjuntas
Javier Nassar Veglio, cusine chef of Tras Patio Bistro Puertorriqueño in Hato Rey and Nabo Restaurant in Guaynabo
The “Top 10 Best New Chefs” prestigious accolade recognizes local chefs for their exceptional talent and passionate work in strengthening Puerto Rico’s long-standing reputation as the Gastronomic Capital of the Caribbean.
A rigorous evaluation process was conducted by an elite committee of chefs who earned this prestigious recognition in 1997, namely – Xavier Pacheco of La Jaquita Baya; Juan Peña de Fern; Jiovanni Orrias de Monalisa; Pedro Torres de En Boga; Humberto Guardiola of the Catholic University of Mayagüez; Ariel Rodríguez of Augusto’s Cuisine in Miramar; Juan Camacho of Papillon, and Enrique Piñeiro of Mesa 364 – and Yaira Solís Escudero and Augusto Schreiner.
Puerto Rico’s 2014 “Top 10 Best New Chefs”
Source: EL VOCERO. Una nueva cepa de chefs jóvenes by Yaira Solís Escudero, editor in chief of dePALADAR.
Source: EL VOCERO. Una nueva cepa de chefs jóvenes by Yaira Solís Escudero, editor in chief of dePALADAR.
Source: EL VOCERO. Una nueva cepa de chefs jóvenes by Yaira Solís Escudero, editor in chief of dePALADAR.