Chef Consultant

Since Chef Carmen's return to New York in 2007, she has also been involved in a variety of other food-related projects. Chef Carmen is currently creating and co-producing a television series. She has completed Chef Carmen Gonzalez Cooks Bacardi, and is also at work on a series of cooking-related books for kids as well as her own cookbook. Chef Carm... en is introducing a line of upscale take-home meals, Sazon by Chef Carmen, in the New York marketplace with plans for national expansion. Chef Carmen has been a featured chef at two of the most esteemed venues in the culinary world--the Food and Wine Classic in Aspen and the James Beard Foundation award ceremony, which Time Magazine calls "the Oscars of the food world". Chef Carmen was sole proprietor of Carmen the Restaurant, which she opened in March 2003. The restaurant received outstanding notices from esteemed food critics and colleagues alike. ohn Mariani of Esquire magazine named Carmen the Restaurant "One of the Best New Restaurants in America," the only restaurant in Florida that year to make the celebrated list. Mariani's praise continued with, "You dunk a fritter into hot chocolate, take a sip of coffee and then ask Carmen to marry you," in SKY magazine, March 2005. Among the awards granted Carmen the Restaurant were the Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence for 2006-2004; AAA's coveted 4 Diamond Award in 2005 and 2006; listing in the 2007 ZAGAT "America's Top Restaurants" book; and Florida Trend's inclusion of the restaurant among the state's "Best New Restaurants. The New York Times proclaimed, "One the cities hottest hangouts," and the Miami New Times boldly stated, "The problem is that there are no problems. Miami New Times 2004 Best of Issue named Carmen the Restaurant "The Best New Restaurant"; the 2005 issue voted her "Best Puerto Rican Restaurant. The Miami Herald, Food and Wine and Bon Appétit havehanded accolades to Chef Carmen. In the past year she has had feature articles in both Food Arts and Art Culinaire. Upon graduating from the New York ...Read More