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Dubai, UAE
Name: Chef Matias Ayala
Age: 33
Nationality: Argentinian
Country of Residence: United Arab Emirates
1. Your Restaurant/Business: Hilton Dubai, The Walk, UAE.
2. About Your Kitchen: The best ingredients mixed with different cooking methods and a lot of passion.
3. Your Favorite Chef Works Item: My new chef coats – the V-series Lyss, they are really good.
4. First Job: In a small restaurant in my home town.
5. Your Favorite Cookbook: “Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide” by Thomas Keller
6. Your Awards: Hilton F&B Master Africa & Middle East, Winner 2014 and First Runner-up 2013.
7. Your Cooking Inspiration: My Father
8. Your Speciality Dish: Teriyaki Wagyu Beef
9. Favorite Dish To Eat: Homemade french fries, eggs and onions
10. Weirdest Thing You Ever Ate: Copyu – a large semi-aquatic beaver-like rodent native to South America.
11. Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Dulce de Leche
12. Favorite Drink: Coca-cola
13. Favorite Wine: Argentinian Malbec from Mendoza.
14. Who Would You Most Like To Cook For: My family
15. Who Would You Least Like To Cook For: Nobody I can think of.
16. Favorite Things To Do When Not Cooking: Sport training
17. Your Latest Project: The opening of Pure Sky Lounge Restaurant & Bar in Dubai.
18. Favorite City and Why: Buenos Aires, Argentina, because it is really fun and diverse.
19. Your Greatest Indulgence: Is to receive good comments for our food.
20. Your All Time Best Culinary Tip: Cook with passion and love.