Gastón Acurio

Gastón Acurio Jaramillo ( born October 30, 1967) is a Peruvian chef and an important representative of Peruvian cuisine. He is owner of international restaurants and author of several cookbooks. In addition, he has his own TV show in Peru and worked with several magazines.

Life and vision

Gastón Acurio Jaramillo was born the only son of Gastón Acurio Velarde and Jesusa Jaramillo Razuri. He has four older sisters.

After dropping law school in Lima he met in Europe in the hospitality industry school Sol de Madrid in Spain and at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris cooking. There he got his from Germany Dating, grew up in France later wife Astrid Gutsche (born 1971 ) know. They have two daughters: Ivalu and Kiara.

In 1994 he returned with her ​​back to Peru and together they opened a French restaurant, after both had learned the craft in Paris. However, the procurement of the right ingredients proved difficult and Acurio began to more intensively with the kitchen of his home. He was instrumental in the development of the so-called Cocina Novoandina: The international gourmet cuisine he enriched with typical Peruvian ingredients and vice versa, Peruvian dishes were reinterpreted by Astrid y Gastón and attractively presented for the gourmet. Today he is one of the most renowned chefs in Latin America.

His motivation: " Since my birth, I enjoyed the best education. I grew up in the best family in the best house in the best neighborhood. I have studied at the best universities. No wonder, then, that I could go far in my life. I had opportunities, as they only get a few Peruvians. Now I am returned to the series, my home by my work what I got. "

His vision he shared with students at the elite Universidad del Pacífico in his famous inaugural speech in March 2006: "In 20 years it is in any city in the world next to a pizza place a Peruvian kebabs - local Anticucheria give, in addition to a burger shop a Peruvian sandwich Bistro Sanguchería, in addition to a sushi bar, a Peruvian seafood restaurant cevicheria ... The Peru brand is synonymous with high gastronomy and transfer their attractiveness to other Peruvian products. "

Restaurants and franchising companies

With his wife Astrid, he leads since 1994, the restaurant chain Astrid & Gastón with the origins in Miraflores, the most popular nightlife district in Lima. Meanwhile, there are equal called Restaurant in Santiago de Chile, Bogotá, Quito, Caracas, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Panamá, Madrid and London. The Cafe del Museo lies in the art-historical Museum Rafael Larco Herrera in Lima. The cafe was designed by architect Jordi Puig. The pastry and Pralinerie t'anta was opened in 2003. T'anta comes from the Quechua and means bread. La Mar is a cevicheria, which was first opened in Lima. Since 2008, Peruvian restaurants under this name in the U.S. in San Francisco and New York as well as in Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Panamá and Bogotá. Madam Tusan is a Chifa, ie a restaurant with Chinese / Peruvian food, with offices in Lima and Santiago de Chile.