Sammic Scholar for BasqueStage Marco Bahena was featured this week in Latino Leaders Magazine. The article is a great read if you’re curious about this young cook’s background…studies, competitions, failures and success. Here’s a little excerpt:
Success and acclaim don’t find you. Young Latino chef, Macro Bahena, knows that. He went looking for them instead. A recent graduate of Kendall College’s School of the Culinary Arts in Chicago, Marco already has earned both.The passion and respect he has for cooking won’t allow him to hype on those for long. He’s ready for the next set of challenges, which in Marco’s mind, isn’t the next internship or accolade. It’s the next dish, the next patron. That’s how Marco plans to leave his mark on the culinary world — one dish at a time…
“I take that competitive energy I have, and I apply that to food,” he said. “So it’s about going to work, going to classes and putting the extra time into go one-on-one with some of the mentors I have here: extra studying, extra work, extra energy — to put all of that back into the food. I think that’s why I am in the spot I am in.”
Read the rest here…