Aaron Sanchez
Aaron Sanchez
Aarón Sánchezis a chef and television personality. He is the executive chef and part-owner of Johnny Sánchez with locations in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Baltimore, Maryland. He is the co-star of Food Network’s hit series, Chopped, and the host of Cooking Channel's Emmy-nominated Taco Trip. He has appeared on Iron Chef America, and is one of the few chefs whose battles have ended in a draw, tying with Masaharu Morimoto in "Battle Black Bass" in Season 2. He was also...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth12 February 1976
CityEl Paso, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Latin food suffers like Chinese. You can do marginal Chinese and be successful. You can do crappy Mexican and be packed.
I wanted to get away from the Mexican vernacular and do more 'nuevo Latino.' Americans are starting to understand regionality in Mexican food. It is very regional in terms of ingredients.
I am wearing a Mexican flag bandanna, ... I was not playing. I was there to win.
Physically, I don't really feel like I'm close to coming back, but mentally I really want to be out there helping the team.
I think I can find a house, ... but a small house.
who's done well and will continue to do well.
It was a good fight, ... I (was) honored to be chosen to participate in this battle of the wits.
Execution is everything at 'Iron Chef,' ... It is something that is taken very seriously in the world of culinary art.
You have to think of Latin food as a couple of culinary superpowers: the Caribbean-African influence and the Central American corn, rice and beans. And from South America comes fresh seafood; Peru, the birthplace of potatoes; and in Chile and Argentina, you see the European influence.
You walk in there, and it's all for real, ... You have to have an idea with some variance.
Morimoto is very focused, ... He's all about business and a veteran of a lot of competition. I was just very aware of who I was going against.
My family, we are three generations of cookbook writers,
Nobody likes sweaty coleslaw.
Marcus Samuelsson is a chef who inspires me everyday. He has such a deep understanding of flavors and techniques. His food is representative of the diverse world that we live in. What he has done in Harlem with Red Rooster is very special. Marcus is not just a chef, he's a food activist.