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Podcast: World of Mouth podcast
Episode: 43. Portuguese gastronomy - José Avillez from Belcanto in Lisbon.
Description: José Avillez is the Portuguese Chef of Belcanto in Lisbon and seven other restaurants in Portugal, one in Dubai and one in Macao. Cooking has always been a passion for José Avillez, but it was only in his senior year of studying Business Communication that he decided to become a chef. He worked and trained with many famous chefs, like Antoine Westermann in Portugal, Alain Ducasse and Eric Frechon in Paris, and finally got a traineeship at El Bulli with Ferran Adrià , that changed his career. We will also hear José Avillez tell about the many global influences that the Port...