Isolated in the mountains of Hokkaido in north Japan, the village of Toya hosted the group of leaders from the G-8 with an official dinner at Michel Bras’ restaurant located in the Windsor Hotel Toya.
I asked Michel for an image of him with all the G-8 leaders for El Sarten. His answer was no. “It’s not my style,” he said. But he did give me this picture of the menu served on the night of 8 July 2008, and I should thank him for it.
A simple and great man who is not afraid to share his passion and philosophy with us everyday, but is shy enough to avoid showing pictures of himself with the presidents of the most powerful economies in the world. For me it was more than enough, and here I share it with you.
Rodrigo Pacheco is a top-notch Ecuadorian chef who bases half his time in Quito and the other half in Banos, where he prepares meals made from fresh organic ingredients at Casa del Abuelo Art Hotel & Restaurant. He is also the executive chef at Cuisine Standard in Quito.
He has studied with some of the best, including Madrid Fusión in Spain, Alain Ducasse Formation in Paris, the Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon, France, and the Instituto Inacap in Santiago, Chile among others.
He has done a Government Cultural Exchange in Canada and the Masters of Food and Wine tour of the world in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
representing Ecuador as an invited chef. Rodrigo was also a Culinary radio show host on Saberes y Sabores.
