Roberto Treviño | |
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| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | Nuevo Latino, Fusion, Latin-Asian, Criollo Boricua |
Current restaurant(s)
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| Website | www |
Roberto Treviño is an American chef known for his appearances onIron Chef: America andThe Next Iron Chef. He is chef and owner of three restaurants and a bar in theCondado area ofSan Juan, Puerto Rico.
Treviño was born and raised inSunnyvale, California. He became fascinated with the kitchen when he began working as a young cook in theSan Francisco Bay Area while he was still in high school.
Treviño moved to Puerto Rico in the early 1990s to work as a chef for the inauguration of theEl Conquistador Resort inFajardo, Puerto Rico. In 1996 he quit his job atEl Conquistador to openThe Parrot Club, a Nuevo Latino restaurant inOld San Juan, where he served asExecutive Chef. Following the success ofThe Parrot Club, Treviño opened two more restaurants in Old San Juan:Dragonfly (2000), specializing in Latin-Asian Cuisine, andAguaviva (2002), a seafood restaurant.
In 2007, Treviño stepped down as Executive Chef of the three restaurants in Old San Juan and opened the 5,000 square foot Latin-AsianBudatai[1] in Condado as Chef / Owner. He has since opened three more locales of his own in Condado:Bar Gitano[2] which features Spanishtapas andpaellas, localwatering holeEl Barril,[3] and his latest, the 16,000 square foot "criollo kitchen"Casa Lola.[4] His fifth restaurant in Puerto Rico,Rosa Mexicano, a collaboration with NYCrestaurateur Howard Greenstone, is set to open in early 2013.
Treviño has cooked dinner at theJames Beard Foundation house in New York, & Orlando for their award events, is frequently featured as a guest chef in food events throughout the US and the Caribbean, including theAspen Food & Wine Classic,Telluride Culinary Festival and theSt Croix Food and Wine Festival, and has served as guest chef onCelebrity Cruise Lines ships on several occasions.[5]
He has made numerous television appearances both in Puerto Rico and the US, including a battle against renowned ChefMario Batali onIron Chef: America, as a contestant onThe Next Iron Chef,[6] withRachael Ray on her show$40 a Day, as well as on his own local showsKandela and the currently running4 Minutos con Chef Treviño[7] onWIPR-TV.
In late 2011 Treviño launchedCookShop,[8] a production company specializing in television production and live events. Up to date CookShop has produced Treviño's series4 Minutos con Chef Treviño and presented theFood & Fashion Festival,[9] a once a year event which was attended by more than 3,000 guests on its inaugural date.