I am Luis Alberto, a philosophy professor by trade, and Venezuelan chef by passion.
Life has taught me that if you love something you must prepare to keep it with you. So in a stroke of madness, I packed my dreams and went to the island of Margarita – my isla bonita – to the Culinary and Tourism Institute of the Caribbean, where I took my first steps in cooking as a profession.
Soaked in knowledge (which are never enough) and immersed in a hunger for more experience, I came to Florence to do internships.
After this period I specialized in bakery in CESCOT Provinciale Firenze.
Every day I have spent in Italy I have not stopped thinking about Venezuela. Every dish I’ve eaten in Italy has not managed to make me lose the longing of the flavors of my country. I have seen that many migrants are afraid that the roots will gradually be erasing.
Studying the proposal from the country brand at a gastronomic level I understood, among other things, that the Venezuelan cuisine has not migrated and has positioned itself in other countries not because of lack of quality or technique, but simply because the Venezuelan emigration has not been significant in numbers to the present day.
So I went back, I re-read my story and made a commitment: if life has placed me in this moment here it was to bring with me and in my suitcase the flavors of my country and to inform the world (in this case Italy) the variety in flavors, textures and colors of our interesting cuisine. So I decided to kill the fears and start writing about how to migrate without losing the seasoning in the attempt.
