Jason Peru
graduated from The Trinidad & Tobago Hospitality & Tourism Institute
(TTHTI ) in the year 2004 with his Associate In Sciences Degree in Culinary
Management. He was awarded three scholarships to attend Johnson & Wales
University in Miami to pursue his education Further. It was there he attained
his Associate Degree in Culinary Arts & his Bachelors in SciencesDegree in Culinary Arts. He graduated with
Golden Quill Honours and maintained Dean’s List Honours throughout his tenure
at Johnson & Wales University. While going to University he worked at The
Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Miami , as a hot line chef. He was then offered A Chef
De Partie position at The Celebrity Famed Restaurant, Karu & Y Lounge
Miami. It was there he worked with his mentor, Chef Alberto Cabrera, where they
cooked for stars such as P. Diddy, Shaquille O’Neil , Gloria Estefan, Al Pacino
and Jennifer Lopez too name a few.
In addition to this, Jason has traveled quite extensively.He just recently returned from an
Ambassadorial trip to London, Dubai and Africa where in Uganda he was invited
by The High Commissioner of Trinidad & Tobago to Africa ( Uganda ) to
partake in a TNT Food Festival. Jason has also been no stranger to the
Television Media where he constantly partakes in Live cooking shows and guest
appearances on many culinary related television segments both locally and
internationally.
His recent venture into the Television entertainment / Culinary grounds is seen
very frequently as the Resident Chef of Synergy TV. His affiliation with
Synergy TV is quite mutual appearing on Synergy programs such as Synergy Nights
Live, Pillow Talk, Synergy Chutney Star, as well as Celebrity Chef Wedding.
As a result of these appearances and
culinary work related segments, he was offered an exclusive contract from The
Imagine Media Company and Ezone Entertainment Ltd. to be the UltimaxTV
Chef and was signed to his very own Television Cooking and Entertainment
Show in 2008. With his first season of his Cooking show“ Fast Food Fixes In
Five” under his belt which is soon to be released to the broadcast public
market, he continues to operate as A Chef Lecturer at The Trinidad &
Tobago Hospitality and Tourism Institute.
In early 2011 Jason was also asked to
become one of the elite chosen chefs and culinary facilitators at the newly
established Fanatic Kitchen Studios where he conducts live culinary showcases
to the public and presides over culinary workshops in a live cooking arena&
forum. He was the first chef to launch the opening of fanatic Kitchen Studios
to the public which received overwhelming reviews. He travels extensively with
Fanatic Kitchen throughout the Caribbean to present culinary expositions and
gastronomic showcases as per symposiums and seminars. Very recently in 2013, he
was the only Trinidadian chef on Fanatic’s Behalf to beinvited to the Jamaican Food Awards to
present live cooking demonstrations at the two days food seminar and awards
event. To this day Jason continues to work adamantly in the culinary field even
fulfilling three monthly cooking columns in local published magazines in
Trinidad & Tobago and has even been featured three times in Caribbean Bell
Fashion Magazine as an elite Fashionable Chef in the Industry in their Branded
“ New Sexy” Showcase and additionally featured in Johnson & Wales’ Culinary
University Magazine, for their Success Issue as their Trinidad & Tobago
Alma Matta Chef of 2010.
He has recently been added to the
selective chef cast of the Taste Cooking Franchise show on CNC3 as one of their
Television chefs for the past three seasons which has been a huge success on
the local culinary market for prime time tv.
In July 0f 2013,Jason achieved an accomplishment that no
other chef In Trinidad had, which was the first local chef to be endorsed by
the Multi-Giant Telecommunications Company Of Trinidad & Tobago; “Bmobile”.
Having been recognized by B-mobile as
an experienced, talented and popular chef within the market, made Jason’s value
as a Television Celebrity Chef soar to unparalleled heights. With the first
season of “ Bubble With Us ” under his belt; -the cooking show that he produces with Bmobile, he remains poised for
his second season, together with all the other projects that he is involved in
on a daily basis