Aarón Sánchez | Creating Legacy Through Food | Talks at Google
0Aarón Sánchez discusses his culinary career and how he is preserving his family’s legacy through food and encouraging diversity in the kitchen.
Aarón Sánchez is an award-winning chef, TV personality, author and philanthropist. He is the chef/owner of Johnny Sánchez in New Orleans, and the partner and creative director of Cocina, the first online content platform dedicated to celebrating Latin lifestyle through its vibrant culinary culture. Aarón is a judge on FOX’s hit culinary competition series MasterChef and MasterChef Junior, and has starred in multiple Food Network shows—most notably as a judge on Chopped and Chopped Junior. He was also the host of Cooking Channel’s Emmy-nominated series, Taco Trip, and has appeared on numerous other shows including Iron Chef, Best Thing I Ever Ate, 3 Minutos con Aarón and Motochefs.
A third-generation cookbook author, Aarón has written two cookbooks—La Comida del Barrio and Simple Food, Big Flavor as well as a memoir Where I Come From: Life Lessons From A Latino Chef. Aarón has won a James Beard Award for Television Studio Program and was recognized by the Hispanic Federation with the Premio Orgullo Award for being a leader in the Hispanic community. In 2016, Aarón founded the Aarón Sánchez Scholarship Fund (ASSF), an initiative empowering aspiring chefs from the Latin community. ASSF provides recipients with full culinary scholarships to the International Culinary Center (ICC) in New York City and ongoing mentorship.
For more information on Aarón, please visit https://www.chefaaronsanchez.com/.
Moderated by Freddy Castillo.