I am a Peruvian chef and entrepreneur living in Singapore with international experience. I studied Culinary Arts at the Florida Culinary Institute, USA. I worked for 3 years at a classic American restaurant Henry's of Boca Ratón. I moved to Valencia in Spain and got a job in 1 Michelin star "La Sucursal" as chef de partie for 1 year.Later I joined the team of 3 Michelin star restaurant "Can Fabes" in Catalunya, for 2 years I worked for the culinary icon Chef Santi Santamaria .I came to Asia to work in "Les Amis" Singapore cooking Fine French food under Chef Gunther Hubrechsen. Les Amis now has 3 Michelin Stars.In 2008 I rejoined Chef Santi Santamaria as Chef de Cuisine in "Ossiano" and we did the opening of the Atlantis hotel in the Palm Jumeriah, Dubai. In 2010 I returned to Singapore and became the Executive Chef of "Santi” doing the opening of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel.In 2012 the opportunity came to open my own personal project "OLA Cocina del Mar" serving traditional Spanish cuisine in the heart of the Marina Bay Financial Centre as Executive chef / Owner.In June 2017 our team and I opened our second project TONO Cevicheria at the DUO Towers. This concept of a Peruvian Cevicheria was first of its kind in Asia.In September 2018 we organised LATINADA Singapore’s First Latin American Food Festival. In its second edition we received 3500 guests.In April 2019 we opened TONITO Latin American Kitchen in the JEWEL Changi Airport serving Latin American food in a family friendly environment. This was my third personal project. In 2021, after the pandemic, I decided to close the OLA Kitchen Group and founded a new company with the idea to focus 100% in the Peruvian and Latin American F&B projects in Asia.In may 2021 we opened CANCHITA Peruvian Cuisine at the beautiful Dempsey Hill in Singapore as our first venture.At the moment this was the most ambitious project I have ever been involved to date. CANCHITA sits 120 people and serves modern Peruvian Cuisine. It has been welcomed by our valued guests and media with a great response becoming the reference of Latin American Cuisine in Singapore and the region.In May 2023 we opened TINTO Spanish Restaurant at the beautiful Dempsey Hill which is a 120 seater restaurant focusing on traditional Spanish cuisine and winesAt the same time my wife Chef Tamara Chavez and I travel around Asia to promote the cuisine and culture of Latin America. We are aiming to relaunch The LATINADA Festival early next year.