Food, drink and travel writer + sommelier | Argentina + Latin America
(Decanter) Argentinian sommelier Florencia Rey has led the beverages team at award-winning Maido restaurant in Lima, Peru, since 2014. The Nikkei cuisine by chef-owner Mitsuharu Tsumura allows her to play around with sake as well as South American and European wines; she also runs an alcohol-free program. In November 2023, Florencia was named Beronia Latin […]
(Drinks International) On a mission to share Brazil’s biodiversity, Fabio La Pietra at Sub Astor bar is concentrating on a menu that does that. Fabio La Pietra has long had a nose for adventure, first as a 19 year old fresh out of Puglia and straight into Notting Hill’s Montgomery Place, then – in the […]
(La Nación) Aunque su abuelo tuvo por poco tiempo un restaurante y su madre vendió tortas entre las que se destacaba su mousse de limón, esa pizca gastronómica lentamente guio a Bernabé, criado en Salta capital, hacia los hornillos. A los 18 años, las intenciones profesionales del joven le llevaron por el camino del diseño […]
(Lonely Planet) While the Argentinian capital is still revered for its impressive number of top-notch parrillas (steakhouses), the food and drink scene in Buenos Aires has boomed over the past decade. From contemporary bodegas and trendy bistros to new wine joints and award-winning cocktail bars, Buenos Aires is becoming the star of the gastronomy world. Michelin published its first […]
(Monocle) Elephant ear plants and towering palm trees frame this 40-seater in the Argentine capital. Opened in November 2023, it’s tucked away in the Andalusian gardens of the Museo Fernández Blanco. Most of the tables are outside with the rest in a greenhouse designed by architect Elizabeth da Coba. For the rest of this please […]
(Mondes) One theory behind the birth of surfing suggests that Peruvians have been hanging 10 for some three millennia, yet it’s only in recent years that success on the world stage has begun to shine a spotlight on Lima’s swells. While indigenous fishermen would surf over rollers with their day’s spoils atop their elegant caballitos de […]
(Fine Dining Lovers) Su madre prepara vegetales en el microondas y su papá descongela platos precocidos para cenar. Es un verdadero milagro que Tomás Treschanski haya descubierto el camino hacia la cocina, y ni hablar de convertirse en un cocinero galardonado con una estrella Michelin a los 25 años. El bicho gastronómico al argentino le picó de […]
(Condé Nast Traveler) Chacarita: Buenos Aires has long banked on grass-fed beef to propel its food scene, but that’s hardly all that’s on the menu these days – and Michelin’s first guide to Argentina, unveiled in November 2023, is proof. Porteños embrace a spontaneous approach to eating and drinking, and the Chacarita neighbourhood – right near […]
(Condé Nast Traveler) Culinary powerhouses from throughout Latin America gathered yesterday at the Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel, in Rio de Janeiro, to hear which restaurants would be honored as the very best in the region in 2023, according to World’s 50 Best. Five months after Central in Lima was ranked number one on the World’s 50 Best […]
(Decanter) Argentina now houses a nascent constellation of Michelin-star restaurants including six one-star, seven green-star, and a unicorn two-star establishment, after the gastronomy guide released its first report on the South American country. A total of 71 establishments made the cut in the Michelin Guide Buenos Aires & Mendoza 2024, with Aramburu, located in the capital’s […]
