- Draper, Utah, United States
I was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil where I first learned to cook at a young age working with various Chefs and culinary practitioners. My mother had always wanted me to follow in her footsteps and play in the Sao Paulo Symphony as she did, but I opted instead to study piano and ultimately received a degree in classical piano from Lisbon Academy. I used that degree and my piano skills to play my way through the night clubs of Paris, France while taking cooking course during the day at Le Cordon Bleu de Paris from which I graduated in 1990.