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Rafael Palomino
- Biography |
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Rafael Palomino’s
professional life began when he was just sixteen
years old. He found an after-school job at Larry
Forgione’s River Café in Brooklyn,
New York, that sparked the beginning of a soaring
culinary career.
At nineteen, Palomino traveled to France, where
he spent a year working hard and studying under
the guidance of celebrated chef Michel Guèrard
in Eugènie-les-Bains. |
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1983, at the age of twenty, Palomino returned to work
for Larry Forgione, this time at his critically acclaimed
An American Place, where he spent three enriching years.
He moved on to become sous chef to Jonathan Waxman at
Jams, the restaurant that is credited with introducing
New Yorkers to the highly popular California cuisine of
the 1980s.
From 1987 to 1995, Palomino was executive chef of the
famous Metropolis Café. It was there that he began
to experiment with a cuisine that reflected his own heritage
and education. In 1998, Chef Palomino opened his sophisticated
midtown Manhattan restaurant, Sonora, (222 East 39th street)
which was immediately proclaimed by New York Magazine
as one of the best places to eat in New York in 1999.
In 2000, Chef Palomino brought his cuisine to Westchester
County, and opened Sonora in Port Chester, New York. His
latest restaurant, Pacifico, opened in Port Chester, New
York in September, 2003 and in the winter of 2004 Chef
Palomino will open Pacifico in New Haven, Connecticut. |
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Chef
Palomino has also been quite active outside the
kitchen. His first cookbook, Bistro Latino, (William
Morrow, 1998), introduced home cooks to his brand
of Nuevo Latino cooking. Viva
la Vida, Palomino’s second cookbook
(Chronicle Books, 2002) features easy-to-follow
recipes for entertaining Latin Style. His third
book, Nueva Salsa,
contains 65 accessible and exciting salsa recipes
(Chronicle Books, 2003). He’s currently
working on latest cookbook, Fiesta
Latina, which will also be published by
Chronicle Books in 2005.Chef Palomino was selected
as spokesperson for the Avocado Association in
2003 and in the past he has been a spokesperson
for Goya and Hoffman La Roche.
Another very important aspect of Palomino’s
career is his commitment to community. He founded
the Spanish Speaking Chef’s Association
of America, whose goal is supporting young Latin
Americans interested in pursuing careers in culinary
arts.
Chef Palomino lives in
Bedford, New York, with his wife and two children. |
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