Homaro Cantu Biography

Fast Facts

• Was hired for his first job as a chef by impressing the owner of the Chicago restaurant Charlie Trotter by cooking fish tableside in a small polymer box
• Quote: "[on his edible paper] "My goal with this is to deliver food to the masses that are starving․ We give them something that's healthy, that has an indefinite shelf life, and that is supercheap to produce․""
• Both a chef and a scientist, he often experimented with new ways to cook and present food, and held patents for inventions like edible nutrient paper
• Best known as a chef and owner of the Chicago Michelin star restaurant Moto