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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
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At 24 years old, Peruvian María José Jordán has become the best Young chef of Latin America and the Caribbean. She received this prize after beating 9 competitors from different countries in the San Pellegrino Young Chef 2015 competition. On the jury were Felipe Vallejo from Mexico, Peruvian Mitsuharu Tsumura and Brazilian Alex Atala; three of the most respected chefs in the region.
Since she was awarded this title, María José will represent Latin America and the Caribbean as a finalist in the first ever S. Pellegrino Young Chef 2015, to be held on June 25th and 26th at the 2015 Expo Milan. The young chef will team up with a designer to create a dish that will be judged by a panel consisting of famous members such as Gastón Acurio, who will be accompanied by Massimo Bottura (Italy), Yoshihiro Narisawa (Japan), Yannik Alléno (France), Margot Janse (South Africa), Joan Roca (Spain) and Eric Ripert (France).