Aarón Sánchez is an American chef, the executive chef and part-owner of the restaurant Centrico and owner of the Mexican restaurant Mestizo in Kansas City (Leawood, Ks). He has appeared on Iron Chef America, and is one of the few chefs whose battles have ended in a draw, tying with Masaharu Morimoto in "Battle Black Bass" in Season 2. He was a contestant on The Next Iron Chef, eliminated in the sixth test, "Creativity Under Pressure". He was co-host on the show Heat Seekers with Roger Mooking, and is a recurring judge on the show Chopped on Food Network. He has also been featured on Chefs vs. City with Chris Cosentino.
Biography[]
Aaron Sanchez is 43 was born on February 12, 1976, and was born in El Paso, TX. He has a twin brother named Rodrigo Sanchez, a wife named Mora Sanchez and a mother named Zarela Martinez [who is a chef also]. Aaron Sanchez has also just had a baby girl. In 1994 Aaron graduated from high school and began to work for a restaurant called prudhomme. After working there he came back to study culinary arts at the Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Appearences on the Food Network[]
The following is a list of shows in which Aaron Sanchez has participated:
- Chopped Chicken
- Chopped Chicken Jr
- Chopped
- Chopped Jr
- Chopped All-Stars
- Melting Pot
- Boy Meets Grill
- Iron Chef America
- The Next Iron Chef
- Throwdown with Bobby Flay
- Chefs vs. City
- Heat Seekers
- Food Detectives
- Best Thing I Ever Ate
Awards[]
Aaron has won two awards. One for the Time Out New York's Best New Lower East Side Restauraunt in the year of 2001. The other award is for the best Latin American Restaurant for their 2002 Eating and Drinking Guide.
Restaurants[]
This is a list of restaurants that Aaron Sanchez has worked in or currently owns:
- Cafe Marimba
- Prudhomme
- L-Ray
- Paladar
- Isla
- Centrico
- Tacombi
- Mestizo
Trivia[]
- Aaron Sanchez has been featured in 44 episodes of Chopped.
References[]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aar%C3%B3n_Sanchez
http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Aaron-Sanchez
http://chefaaronsanchez.com/appearences.php/