A Honduran chef will give a cooking workshop to students and professionals as part of the US Embassy’s “Friends in the Kitchen” program

Tegucigalpa, Honduras. – chef Melissa Araujowho is originally from La Ceiba, Atlantida, was specified To participate in the Culinary Diplomacy Program “friends in the kitchen” where will transfer Cooking workshops in Tegucigalpa and La Esperanza and local markets.

With a Honduran father and an Italian mother, he settled in New Orleans bringing the flavor of Honduran food through his restaurant “Alma” and in 2017 founded Araujo Restaurant Group LLC, made up of a small independent group of restaurants located in New Orleans, Louisiana.

It is the US Embassy through the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) that enables Chef Melissa Araujo’s 12-day visit to Honduras, through the Culinary Diplomacy Program. Friends in the kitchen.

During her visit, the chef will showcase the diversity of American cuisine and share her experiences with local chefs, both with young students in the Food and Beverage Technician Profession (TUAB) at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) and with a gastronomy degree. of the Technological University of Central America (UNITEC) as with professionals.

In addition, he will present seminars and master classes on two classic American cuisines, Southern barbecue and Creole cuisine.

Guatemalan chefs Saul Bueso and Javier Rodríguez have been invited by the US Department of Agriculture, and Honduran chefs Juan Carlos Bonilla, Irma Maas, Sandra Cabrera, Ana Raquel Boquín, Eliezer Hazael Ventura and American Chef Daniel O’Connor are the culinary experts who will accompany Chef Araujo.

In addition, there will be field visits and meetings with local farmers and the Honduran Gastronomy Association (AGHAS), including a visit to the El Maiorio Farmer’s Fair, where they will discuss the importance of maintaining a diet rich in vegetables and incorporating international hygienic standards in food preparation. This is the third time that the Embassy has invited a chef of this prestigious status.