José Manuel Bento dos Santos (born 1947) is a Portuguese cook, gastronomer, businessman,
trader
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* Merchant, retailer or one who attempts to generally buy wholesale and sell later at a profit
* The owner of a trading post, where manufactured goods were exchanged with native peoples for furs and hides.
* Trader (finance), ...
, metals broker, writer and
chemical engineer
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conglomerate
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* Conglomerate (company)
* Conglomerate (geology)
* Conglomerate (mathematics)
In popular culture:
* The Conglomerate (American group), a production crew and musical group founded by Busta Rhymes
** Co ...
before the
Carnation Revolution
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in 1974. During the turmoil of the revolution, indeed a left-wing military coup, CUF was forcibly nationalized by the revolutionary government and collapsed. Bento dos Santos, together with other partners such as
Eduardo Catroga Eduardo Catroga, is a Portuguese economist and former Minister of Finance for two years during the Aníbal Cavaco Silva's PSD government between 1993 and 1995.Pedro Passos Coelho, future Prime Minister of Portugal, was invited by a cousin to work there as a collaborator. Bento dos Santos studied also economics at the ''Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão'' of the Technical University of Lisbon, but he did not graduate. Beyond Quimibro, Bento dos Santos founded other ventures like Quinta do Monte d'Oiro, a winery. In the 2000s, Bento dos Santos became popular due to his
cuisine
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progames ''O Sentido do Gosto'' (2007) on the Portuguese television RTP and ''Segredos do Vinho'' ( SIC, 2004). He also published a book of cuisine with the title ''O Sentido do Gosto'' as well as ''Subtilezas Gastronómicas – receitas à volta de um vinho'' (Assírio & Alvim, 2005). He is affiliated with the International Gastronomy Academy, the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, the Confraria do
Vinho do Porto
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, the Académie des Psycologues du Goût, and is a ''chevalier'' of both ''des Entonneurs Rabelaisiens'' and ''du Tastevin''.