CAFÉ is proud to announce that Chef Norman Van Aken will keynote at the upcoming CAFÉ Leadership Conference, June 20-22, 2013, in Miami, Florida. He will address the conference theme of “Connecting With the Future.”
Legendary Chef Norman Van Aken is known internationally as “the founding father of New World Cuisine,” a celebration of Latin, Caribbean, Asian, African and American flavors. He is also known for introducing the concept of “fusion” to the culinary world in a symposium on American cooking in Santa Fe in 1988. He is the only Floridian inducted into the prestigious James Beard list of “Who’s Who in American Food and Beverage.
He is the Chef and Director of Restaurants at The Miami Culinary Institute as well as the Chef-Owner of “NORMAN’'S at the Ritz-Carlton, Grande Lakes, Orlando”.
In 2006, he was honored as one of the “Founders of the New American Cuisine,” alongside Alice Waters, Paul Prudhomme, and Mark Miller at Spain’s International Summit of Gastronomy ‘Madrid Fusión’ event.
The New York Times deemed his fine dining restaurant, “NORMAN’'S”, “the Best Restaurant in Florida and Norman Van Aken its best Chef.”
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