Meet Chef Jason Peru from Trinidad & Tobago
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 Sciences Degree 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 be invited 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 |
Tuna Tartare, atop Pimento Polenta, Gorgozola - Avocado Cream, Caramel Popcorn, and deconstructed boiled eggs
Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
Corn Bread & Cranberry Stuffed Fish Invotini, served with seared Polenta Disc and topped with Angel hair Veg and drizzled with a Safron Beurre Blanc
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