“There is no love sincerer than the love of food” - George Bernard Shaw
Food is my passion, my world.
I grew up surrounded by the Mediterranean cuisine of Southern Andalusia. The dining table was always bursting with colour, passion and diversity, eating fresh vegetables daily from my family’s farm.
I have travelled across all the continents of the world, filled with a desire to learn the culture and cuisines of each place I go. This desire has led me to work in a variety of restaurants, in many different countries. Combining my love of humanity, health and nourishment, I create multilingual dishes that fuse a melting pot of international flavours. I aim to create food that supports anyone who eats it in achieving optimum health, wellness and joy.
In India, I trained in Ayurvedic cooking. I integrate my knowledge of the mental and physical benefits of spices and herbs into all my dishes. Alongside this, I bring the fresh vivid sharpness of the Vietnamese kitchens I have worked in and the Gastronomic Picante fire from the Mexican oven. I am always expanding my interest in both the traditional and established culinary methods, yet exploring new dimensions; making fusions and adding my own big-hearted Spanish dynamism to every menu I create.
Cooking for me means choosing ingredients in their natural state or as close to that as possible. Fresh, seasonal produce is the inspiration and the food can become my guide. Using ingredients directly from nature does more than feed us; it connects us to our environment, the time of year, our place on earth and it provides regular opportunity to become creative with flavour, colour and texture.
For me, food is more than feeding people, but an art of life.
