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Jan 2020
20m 41s

El paraíso del chef (The Chef’s Paradise...

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About this episode

Rodrigo Pacheco worked in some of the world's best restaurants, but he never truly felt like the chef he aspired to be until he found himself far from the culinary scene on the Ecuadorian coast. That's where his quest to build a 100% sustainable restaurant began.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/34q8iw8.

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