Perú. Gastón Acurio

The definitive cookbook on Peruvian cuisine by the country’s most famous and popular chef, Gastón Acurio

- Gastón Acurio is a major national celebrity with 735,000 Twitter followers and more than 1 million Facebook friends. He has his own television show and supporters who want him to be President 

- Brings 500 authentic recipes from the Peruvian home to the worldwide kitchen for the first time

- Named a ‘hot food trend’ by USA Today and ‘the next big thing’ by the Wall Street Journal, Peru is now poised to expand its influences into the home kitchen

Gastón Acurio was born in Lima, Peru, in 1967. He has created an international empire, exporting Peruvian cusine around the world. Acurio owns more than 44 international restaurants, including three locations of La Mar restaurant in the USA. He plans to open more restaurants around the world in the next two years, including in Washington, DC. Acurio is a television host in Peru and is met by tens of thousands of fans whenever he makes a public appearance. People have started endorsing Gastón Accurio as the next Peruvian president in several newspaper articles, facebook fan pages, television debates and a new movie, Finding Gastón, from Peruvian director Patricia Perez. His main restaurant Astrid y Gastón is on the San Pellegrino World’s Best restaurants list at number 18. He won the lifetime achievement award at the Latin America Best Restauarnts in 2013.