Julio Perez
Website: www.facebook.com/julio.perez
Here For: Socializing, Networking, and Recipe Swapping
Want to Learn How: Anything that I don't know already.
Heard about BakeSpace From: www.cakewrecks.blogspot.com
Occupation: Restaurant Manager
Company: Chipotle Mexican Grill
Industry: Food & Beverages
Schools: Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago
Major: Baking and Pastry
Degree(s): Proficency Certification in Baking and Pastry
Cooker or Caker: Caker
Bake/Cook Frequency: Every day
Baking/Cooking Training: Cooking School and Mom and Dad's guidance in the kitchen.
Favorite Food: PIE!
Favorite Food Moment: The day I realized I had the perfect formula for making a super flaky and delicious pie crust.
Favorite Cooking Word: "Flavor Profile"
Favoriate Restaurant: Cafe Baba Reeba, Nuevo Leon (both in Chicago)
Favorite Chef: Not sure if I have one, although Julia Child will always have a special place in my heart.
In My Town Try: Everything! Chicago is such a top restaurant/food town. You will find everything you ever dreamed of trying, plus all the familiar favorites and more.
Interests: Opera, Jazz, Showtunes (pretty much any music from 1969 and back. Not into anything after the birth of disco.) Collecting old LP's, making pies when I'm bored, painting, and gardening.
Languages: English, Spanish and I get by on Italian.
Books: Currently reading "My Life in France", by Julia Child. Last good book I read was "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan.
Music: I think I covered that in "Interests".
TV/Movies: Not much into TV. I love the old MGM musicals, especially stuff with Judy Garland in it.
Travel: The only place I've been to outside of the U.S. is Mexico. Would love to visit Italy and Spain, although I think I would not want to return.
Clubs: Uh... The Mickey Mouse Club?
Hey, there.
