Gastón Acurio: Peru’s Celebrity Chef
posted on August 2nd, 2014 in Food, Peru
Master chef Gastón Acurio in front of his flag-ship restaurant, Astrid & Gastón in Lima, Peru
July 23, 2014
The Washington Post
In the kitchens and cafes of the food-crazed Peruvian capital, history is divided into two epochs: Before Gastón Acurio and After Gastón Acurio.
The BG era was a time of darkness, confusion and ketchup.
Then Gastón Acurio opened his first restaurant in 1994, and began remaking gritty Lima into the culinary capital of South America.