Gaston Acurio

Gaston Acurio
Leader the Peruvian Cuisine
Gaston Acurio Jaramillo is a Peruvian chef and ambassador of Peruvian cuisine. He is owner of international restaurants and author of several books. In1994, he returned to Peru with new knowledge of international cuisine and applied it in a Gourmet level to Peruvian cuisine, contributing to the development of the so-called Cocina Novoandina. Gaston iscurrently recognized as one of the most important chefs in Latin America. He is a true culinary visionary who has put all his effort into rediscovering Peruvian cuisine and offering typical Peruvianmeals in a modern and attractive way. He has turned his vision into reality by creating various successful restaurant franchises that focus on a specific category of Peruvian cuisine. Together with hiswife Astrid, he manages since 1994 the restaurant franchise Astrid & Gastón which opened originally in the district of Miraflores in Lima. This franchise has expanded over the years in Latin Americaand recently in Europe, opening restaurants in Santiago de Chile, Bogotá, Quito, Caracas, Panamá and Madrid, and other as:  Café del Museo lies in the art-historical Larco Museum in Lima. The Caféwas arranged by the architect Jordi Puig.  The confectionery and pralinerie T'anta was opened in 2003. T'anta comes from Quechua and it means bread.  La Mar is a Cevichería in Lima specializing inPeruvian seafood. This restaurant also opened in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Panama and San Francisco.  One of most commercially successful franchises is Pasquale Hnos., opened in late 2006 in Lima. It's afast food restaurant which specialty are Peruvian sandwiches, traditionally

known as sanguches. Panchita, a Peruvian anticuchería opened in Summer 2009 in Miraflores, Lima.

Also, the followingfranchises will be launched in the near future:     Madam Tusan, a chifa (Chinese-Peruvian fusion cuisine). Astrid y Gastón Café, a casual version of Astrid y Gastón which will open in Cuzco and...