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George Mendes

Chef-Owner · Aldea

United States
Curated profile · unclaimed

Professional Record

2026

Chef‑Owner / Developer

Agosto

2023 – 2025

Culinary Director / Head of hotel culinary program

Raffles Boston

2023 – 2025

Opening Chef / Helming the culinary program

Amar

2009

Chef-Owner

Aldea

2003 – 2003

Stagiaire

Restaurante Martín Berasategui

2000 – 2009

Stagiaire

El Bulli

2000 – 2000

Opening team / Senior kitchen role assisting in opening the restaurant

Wallsé

2000 – 2003

Chef de Cuisine

Tocqueville

1998 – 1999

Executive Sous Chef under Sandro Gamba

Lespinasse

1995 – 1996

Apprentice / Stagiaire under Alain Passard

Arpège

1994 – 1996

Cook

Bouley

Worked Alongside

Paolo Casagrande
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Aaron Silverman
chef at Aldea
Adrià Sánchez
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Alain Devahive
Chef / Research Team at El Bulli
Alain Passard
Chef-Owner at Arpège
Albert Adrià
Head pastry chef / responsible for… at El Bulli
Albert Raurich
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Alberto Ferruz
Cook in Martín Berasategui’s at Restaurante Martín Berasategui
Alex Atala
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Andreu Genestra
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Ángel León
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Carles Abellán
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Charles-Antoine Crête
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Chele Gonzalez
Cook at El Bulli
Christian Puglisi
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Corey Lee
Cook at Lespinasse
David Barzelay
Stagiaire at Aldea
David Bouley
Chef-Owner at Bouley
David Ridgway
Head Sommelier at El Bulli
Diego Jacquet
Chef at El Bulli
Diego Muñoz
Cook at El Bulli
Eduard Xatruch
Chef-Owner at El Bulli
Enrique Olvera
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Ferran Adrià
Chef-Owner at El Bulli
Gonzalo Aramburu
Cook at Restaurante Martín Berasategui
Grant Achatz
Stagiaire / trainee cook at El Bulli
Gray Kunz
Executive Chef at Lespinasse
Jason Atherton
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Jean-Luc Le Dû
Head Captain at Bouley
Joan Roca i Fontané
Stagiaire / trainee cook at El Bulli
Juan Luis Martínez
Stagiaire / cook at Restaurante Martín Berasategui
Juanlu Fernández
Cook in Martín Berasategui’s kitchen at Restaurante Martín Berasategui
Kang Min-goo
Cook / Stagiaire under Martín Berasategui at Restaurante Martín Berasategui
Katie Button
Server, Then Kitchen Stagiaire at El Bulli
Lee Wolen
Sous Chef at El Bulli
Marc Álvarez
Co-founder at El Bulli
Marc Cuspinera
Stagiaire at El Bulli
María Gómez
Cook at El Bulli
Martín Berasategui
Chef-Owner at Restaurante Martín Berasategui
Massimiliano Alajmo
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Massimo Bottura
cook / stagiaire at El Bulli
Mateu Casañas
Head Pastry Chef at El Bulli
Michael Cimarusti
Apprentice under Chef Alain Passard at Arpège
Nuno Mendes
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Oriol Castro
Chef-Owner at El Bulli
Paco Méndez
Intern / stagiaire at El Bulli
Paco Morales
Cook in Ferran Adrià’s kitchen at El Bulli
Ricard Camarena
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Riccardo Di Giacinto
Cook / Trainee in Ferran Adrià’s at El Bulli
Richard Blais
stager at El Bulli
Sandia Chang
Chef at Bouley
Sébastien Bras
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Simon Hulstone
Stagiaire in three-Michelin-starred… at Restaurante Martín Berasategui
Will Goldfarb
Pastry at El Bulli
Wylie Dufresne
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Yim Jung-sik
cook/apprentice at Bouley
Yoji Tokuyoshi
Stagiaire at El Bulli
Yoshihiro Narisawa
Stagiaire at El Bulli

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