JAIME PESAQUE
FUNDADOR DE JAIME PESAQUE RESTAURANTES.
Cordon Bleu graduate with a Master's Degree in Cuisine from the Italian Culinary Institute (ICIF).
Born and raised in Peru, trained in Europe and apprenticed at Michelin-starred restaurants in Italy and Spain, including El Celler de Can Roca.
Back in Peru, he perfected his own style at Al Grano, where he directed his first kitchen. In 2008, with an entrepreneurial spirit and culinary artistry, Pesaque decided to open his flagship restaurant, Mayta, a contemporary Peruvian cuisine restaurant and pisco bar in Lima, Peru, where he always strives for traceability of local products, combining contemporary culinary techniques with local products to create sophisticated and modern dishes. Likewise, Pesaque manages to export Peruvian cuisine abroad to countries such as the United States, Italy and Holland. In 2019, Mayta entered the list of Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants, and in 2020 it was awarded the Highest Climber Award.
MAYTA was born to give an ode to our land, it is the flagship restaurant of Pesaque and is a personal contemporary expression of Peruvian gastronomy based on flavors and preparations of memory and history but brought to modernity.
SAPIENS IS FIRE, PRODUCT AND COOK.
A grill bar with different types of burners for each product.
It has 7 meters of grills with different types of burners for each product: meats, sausages, seafood, vegetables, rice, pasta, bread.
500 GRADOS is a kitchen-workshop where a warm and attentive service is combined with a casual and modern atmosphere. The protagonists are Celsius and Fahrenheit, two wood-fired ovens where food meets fire, resulting in dishes with unique flavors.
Mad Burger is an American-style burger joint that in a very short time has made its way among the best burger joints in Lima. A few days before its first anniversary, it received the Luces Award for Best Dark Kitchen Proposal of the year. On the menu you will find handmade dogs and burgers with the authentic flavor of the classic American burger, which can be accompanied with fries, shakes and desserts such as sticky chocolate chips cookies.