My passion for food is matched with a love of photography. Below is a visual portfolio of composed dishes that I created and captured digitally.
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Soft pillows of fried yucca, served with saffron chiboust, acai, pears.
Dark Chocolate Cremeux, Mint White Chocolate, Milk Chocolate Mousse. Local berries, milk crumb, candied cocoa nibs
Market corn pot de creme, almond amaretti, butter grilled peaches, piloncillo caramel.
Spicy mouse, gooey caramel, crunchy hazelnut royaltine, market plums in demerara glaze.
Toasted Almond Sugar Cookie, Yerba Mate Meringue, Cachaca Glaze, Phyllo Crunch
Chocolate budino served with Fudge, Chestnut Amaretti, Candied Quince, Creme Chantilly
Brazil Nut Cake, Dulce de Leche Soak, Piloncillo Ice Cream, Butter Rum Apples, Ginger Meringue, Brown Butter Streusel
Goat Cheese Mousse, Blueberry Coulis, Candied Lemon
Dark Chocolate cremeux, sweet potato caramel, pomegranate, oatmeal crunch, white chocolate shell
Light up tableside, Self-bruleeing bananas served alongside Chcolate Mousse, Dulce de Leche cake, Fernet Fudge
Piloncillo- cinnamon Cake, oatmeal stresuel, black strap rum Caramel
Dulce de Leche Cake, Chocolate Soak, Candied brazil nuts, Acai puree
Raspberry Coulis, Hazelnut Cake, Crunchy Royaltine
Lemon Poppy Seed Cake, Buttermilk Soak, Violet Meringue, Strawberry Rhubarb Jam, Strawberry Crema
Banana, Sout Caramel, Candied Almonds
Pastry Cream Filled, Brandied Cherries, Caramel, Chantilly, Streusel
Served with Poached Rhubarb, Violet Meringue, Chocolate Mousse, Ganache Cake, Chocolate swirl
My contemporary work is a blend of training in classical french pastry and my life-long love with Latin American flavors. The French set the ground rules for all things pastry. They invented the guidelines, tools, techniques, and fascination for the sweet ending. I take these concepts and apply them cross culturally to Latin American cuisine.
My style is to push the envelope on flavor pairings, to create memorable dishes out of simple and traditional beginnings, to provoke curiosity in the diner, to find the fun in approaching something familiar, to provoke a sense of wonder.
