Oscar Ortega - Captain
Chef Oscar Ortega received his culinary training in Mexico City and his pasrty training at the Cast Alimenti school in Brascia Italy. Chef Ortega completed courses in chocolate and sugar decoration at the Notter School of Pastry Arts. He sharpened his skills and passion as a patry chef and chocolatier at luxury hotels and fine dinning establishments in the UK, Italy, France, Mexico and the USA. . In 2004 Ortega opened Cioccolato Pastry Shop producing an extensive variety of hand made chocolates, desserts, entremets and viennoiserie.
In 2009 Ortega expanded his pasty shop and opened Atelier Ortega.
In December of 2008 Chef Ortega was selected by Barry Callebaut as a Mexican Chocolate Master and gave him the chance to compete in the 2009 World Chocolate Masters competition.
Chef Oscar Ortega has competed representing Mexico in many international competitions were he has achieved several awards for his work with Chocolate and confections.
Ortega organized and lead the Mexican Pastry Team that has compete since 2006 at the World Pastry Team Championship.
Chef Ortega work also as a pastry consultant in Mexico and he teach chocolate and pastries advance courses in Mexico and aboard.
2009 : World Chocolate Masters finalist
2008 : Team captain World Pastry Team Championship - Sportsmanship award
2008 : Le Mondial des Arts du Sucre in Paris - Award
2007 : USA Chocolate Masters competition
2007 : Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie in Lyon
2006: World Pastry Team championship in USA - sportsmanship award
2006 : Pastry Mastrer piece in Las Vegas, Nevada - Silver and bronze medal
2005 : French Culinary Academy - Gold medal and diploma as honorable member
2004 : IKA (Olympic Culinary Games) in Erfurt, Germany - Award
Alejandro Lechuga
Chef Lechuga was born in Mexico City. His artistic and creative side, combined with interest for cooking guide, drove him to attend culinary school, and it was there he discovered his passion for the pastry arts.
After completing his culinary andpPastry degree at the Universidad Iberoamericana he started his apprenticeship at the French Embassy in Mexico City. When he finished he worked as an assistant pastry chef at the 5-star Grand Coral Beach Luxury Resort in Cancun, Mexico.
Chef Lechuga also attended courses in pastry, chocolate, and sugar at Ecole de Bellouet Consail in Paris in 2001, 2003, and 2005.
Today Chef Lechuga works as a patissiere/consultant to one of the biggest high-end store chains in Mexico. Based in Guadalajara, Mexico were he teaches full time at the Centro de la Cultura Gastronomica, he is one of the most in-demand pastry instructors in Mexico,
Awards and Competitions
National Sugar Champion 2003
Coupe du monde de la patisserie 2005
Caseus Award: Participation
Maya pastry championship 2007: 3rd place
Born in Rome, Italy on January 18, 1978, Chef Mirko Bucci graduated from “A Tavola con lo Chef” cooking school in 1998. Staying in Italy after graduating, he specialized in the art of pastries, working with several teachers including Leonardo di Carlo (world champion pastry arts 2004) and Danilo Freguja (ambassador to the world of chocolate Cacao Barry Callebaut).
Always in search of perfection by taking courses of Chocolate, Sugar Candy, Decorating Modern techniques, etc., He broke into several luxury hotels as Advisor in the area of Pastry and Chocolate.
His resume includes collaboration with 5 Star Luxury Hotels, which include the Hotel Majestic Hotel Exedra Rome, always in the Italian capital. In 2002 he transferred to the United States (Philadelphia PA) as Production Manager of a major European Pastry print (de ReporteEuropa”, which was supplied with hotels which included prestigious chains like Sheraton and Hilton.
He arrived in Mexico in 2004 working with several Mexican companies consulting on cakes and pastries, and as a teacher at several schools in the sector. He currently serves as Pastry Chef School-GLION UVM Campus San Luis Potosi. He also continues as a consultant to specialist firms, through courses in various cities in Mexico.
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