Roberto Treviño is an American chef known for his appearances on '' Iron Chef: America'' and ''

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''. He is chef and owner of three restaurants and a bar in the Condado area of

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Personal life

Treviño was born and raised in Sunnyvale, California. He became fascinated with the kitchen when he began working as a young cook in the

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while he was still in high school.

Career

Treviño moved to Puerto Rico in the early 1990s to work as a chef for the inauguration of the El Conquistador Resort in

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. In 1996 he quit his job at ''El Conquistador'' to open ''The Parrot Club'', a Nuevo Latino restaurant in

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, where he served as

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. Following the success of ''The Parrot Club'', Treviño opened two more restaurants in Old San Juan: ''Dragonfly'' (2000), specializing in Latin-Asian Cuisine, and ''Aguaviva'' (2002), a seafood restaurant. In 2007, Treviño stepped down as Executive Chef of the three restaurants in Old San Juan and opened the 5,000 square foot Latin-Asian ''Budatai'' in Condado as Chef / Owner. He has since opened three more locales of his own in Condado: ''Bar Gitano'' which features Spanish

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and

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s, local

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''El Barril'', and his latest, the 16,000 square foot "

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kitchen" ''Casa Lola''. His fifth restaurant in Puerto Rico, ''Rosa Mexicano'', a collaboration with NYC restaurateur Howard Greenstone, is set to open in early 2013. Treviño has cooked dinner at the

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house in New York, & Orlando for their award events, is frequently featured as a guest chef in food events throughout the US and the Caribbean, including the ''Aspen Food & Wine Classic'', ''Telluride Culinary Festival'' and the ''St Croix Food and Wine Festival'', and has served as guest chef on Celebrity Cruise Lines ships on several occasions. He has made numerous television appearances both in Puerto Rico and the US, including a battle against renowned Chef

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on ''Iron Chef: America'', as a contestant on ''The Next Iron Chef'', with

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on her show

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, as well as on his own local shows ''Kandela'' and the currently running ''4 Minutos con Chef Treviño'' on

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. In late 2011 Treviño launched ''CookShop'', a production company specializing in television production and live events. Up to date CookShop has produced Treviño's series ''4 Minutos con Chef Treviño'' and presented the ''Food & Fashion Festival'', a once a year event which was attended by more than 3,000 guests on its inaugural date.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trevino, Roberto Living people People from Sunnyvale, California American chefs American male chefs Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)