Donato De Santis is one of "The World's Most Influential, creative and important Chefs"

Donato de Santis (Italy) 

Donato De Santis  is one of "The World's Most Influential, creative and important Chefs"

Donato De Santis ( Milan , 1964 ) is a cook Italian nationalized Argentine . He grew up in La Puglia , in southern Italy, a land where their ancestors lived since 1399. He trained in their home country and devoted himself to the professional kitchen since 1980, with their first steps in the kitchen of L'Antica Osteria del Teatro in the city of Piacenza , next to the famous chef Georges Cogny and then in restaurants and homes the private Italian Rivieras.

In EE. UU. worked in leading restaurants in the cities of Los Angeles (Primi, A Ristorante), Santa Monica (Valentino), Hollywood (Chianti & Cucina), Chicago (Bice), Palm Beach , where he was responsible for opening Bice-and Miami (Bice, in Coconut Grove ). His creativity in the kitchen took him to discover rich and famous. He was eventually hired as a designer's personal chef Gianni Versace for his mansion Casa Casuarina and New York.

In 2000 he settled in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and taught at various locations including the Chefs Association Gato Dumas . For two years managed the restaurant kitchen Verace, until February 2005, when materialized his dream of founding Cucina Paradiso, where his culinary laboratory for fans of Italian cuisine and where it carries out its business. In July 2010 he released his book Cucina Paradiso (Editorial Planeta), a book full of life stories told with recipes.

Productions made photos and content for publishers Sudamericana and Bonum, with whom he edited My Italian and Donato Fatto in casa per bambini respectively. From his experience TV stand with outreach programs throughout Latin America ElGourmet.com channel, which successfully led Cooks at stake, emergency Cooking, cucina Donato, Donato invites, All'uso nostro, Villa della pasta and unplugged Chefs . On Channel 13 was driver home cooks and Las Millie and, with previous experience an interesting international E! Entertainment (USA.), RAI (Italian radio in Rome) and Gambero Rosso Channel (Italy).

(And not in the channel and program now has a reality show on the channel Utilisima-universal.)

Awards

    1984 Chaine des Rotisseurs Baillage d 'italie - best chef emerging in Italy

    1984 Chaine des Rotisseurs - Luxembourg - world championship runner

    2002 [Martin Fierro Award] for best cooking show Donato cucina, ElGourmet.com;

    2004 Profile Award for best female service note by Cuisine Donato de Santis;

    2004 Academic Vocation, granted by Fundación Grupo Editor Lázara his career, and

    2005 and 2006: "Gourmand World Cookbook Awards" for his books and Donato Fatto in casa per bambini.

    2009 [Martin Fierro Award] for best cooking show "Villa della Pasta" Elgourmet.com

    2011 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, second prize in the category Italian

It is one of the six directors of Gruppo Virtuale Cuochi Italiani , which brings together more than 1200 Italian chefs throughout the world in order to disclose the true Italian cuisine, its products and raw materials.

Books published

    2010 CUCINA PARADISO Editorial Planeta

    2005 FATTO IN HOUSE Editorial Bonum

    2006 PER BAMBINI DONATO Editorial Bonum

    2002 MY KITCHEN ITALIAN Editorial Grijalbo