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JUAN PABLO
MEXICO | MASTERCHEF

Mexico Fiesta
El Mero Mero
18 April (Wednesday) 2018
Juan Pablo Flores is currently head chef of El Mero is a race of passion. You are in contact with the raw
Mero. He was executive chef of the Zéfiro School material and everything you do with your hands, you
Restaurant of the University of the Cloister of Sor transform. So you must do something rich with the
Juana, having been a professor there specialising in raw material that you have, you must have delivery
Mexican pre-Hispanic and modern Mexican cuisine. and optimism “. Juan Pablo says that this race has
Earlier on, he studied at the Culinary Academy given him many satisfactions, but the best one is that
of France and did a culinary training with Olivier it has shaped him to be a better human being, he
Lombard for three years. has grown professionally, but being a better person
every day is what makes him a great chef.
His passion for cooking started with him having to
eat only three dishes in his childhood: tuna with
mayonnaise, roast beef, and chicken broth. Visiting
a classmate’s house on day, he saw a large variety
of meals prepared by his classmate’s motherand was
inspired to create new dishes. He studied history for
three years, realised that it wasn’t the career he truly
wanted, and decided to go to Lombard to study.

On the chef’s profession he says, “It is a race where
you can experiment, there are big challenges and
you can learn many things. You can be inside the
kitchen as a boss or mop the kitchen; gastronomy
is in great demand and a true vocation is needed, it

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