Gastón Acurio
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October 30, 1967 Lima, Peru |
| Education | Le Cordon Bleu, Paris |
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| Cooking style | Peruvian |
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Gastón Acurio Jaramillo (born October 30, 1967) is a Peruvian chef and ambassador of Peruvian cuisine. He is owner of restaurants in several countries and is the author of several books. In Peru he is the host of his own television program and contributes to a few magazines.
Gastón Acurio Jaramillo is the only son of Gastón Acurio Velarde, a career politician with Acción Popular party and Senator in the 1980s, and Jesúsa Jaramillo Razuri. He has four older sisters. Acurio studied law (expecting to succeed his father in a political career) at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. He studied cooking at the Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, where he met his future wife Astrid Gutsche, originally from Germany.
In 1994, he returned to Peru with knowledge of international cuisine and applied it in a gourmet level to Peruvian cuisine, contributing to the development of the so-called Cocina Novoandina. Acurio is currently recognized as one of the most important chefs in the world.
He has two daughters with his wife Astrid: Ivalú and Kiara.
Acurio has helped establish Peruvian cuisine and offers typical Peruvian meals in a modern and attractive style. His restaurant franchises focus on a specific category of Peruvian cuisine.
Together with his wife Astrid, he managed the restaurant franchise Astrid & Gastón since 1994. It opened in the district of Miraflores in Lima and expanded in Latin America and recently in Europe, opening restaurants in Santiago de Chile, Bogotá, Quito, Caracas, Mexico City, all South America and Europe.
Café del Museo lies in the art-historical Larco Museum in Lima. The Café was arranged by the architect Jordi Puig.
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