hef Douglas Rodriguez's Neuvo Latino restaurant Patria won 2 (out of 4) stars from New York Times within its first year in operation and 2 years later, it rose to 3-star status (there are only five 4-star restaurants in New York). Patria has received similar kudos in Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Food and Wine and the New Yorker. Rodriguez is also called 'the most important Latin chef in the restaurant world" by Nina Zagat, and received the Chefs of America Award in 1991, Culinary Master of North America Award in 1994 and Rising Star Chef 1996 by the James Beard Foundation. He has also appeared on numerous television cooking shows and has been the guest chef on the Today Show and Late Night with David Letterman. Now chosen by Newsweek Magazine as one of the 100 Americans who will influence us all in the coming millenium, Douglas is author of Nuevo Latino and Latin Ladles. Snappers, an innovative New Asian restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore will be the showcase for Rodriguez's Neuvo Latino cuisine.

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