Leonor Espinosa

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COLOMBIAN CHEF

LEONOR ESPINOSA

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03 Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

02 Career. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

01 Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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• Leonor Espinosa is a famous Chef, who was born on January 12, 1963 in Colombia. Chef who founded the renowned Bogota restaurant Leo Cocina y Cava, which is known for its fusion of modern and traditional Colombian cuisine. She is the recipient of many prestigious honors, including the Basque Culinary World Prize. According to Astrologers, Leonor Espinosa's zodiac sign is Capricorn.
• Leonor was born on January 12, 1963 in Cartago, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. She is the second of six children of Juan Antonio Espinosa and Josefina De la Ossa de Espinosa, originally from Sincé, a municipality located in the Colombian Caribbean region. These roots have printed the character and personality of Leonor, exerting a huge influence on her culinary proposal.

Leonor's Life

• She is the second of six children born to Juan Antonio Espinosa and Josefina De la Ossa de Espinosa. She has a daughter.
• Leonor grew up and lived most of her youth in Cartagena, Bolívar, where she studied Economics and Fine Arts. Later, she devoted herself to marketing and advertising, achieving significant recognition in various agencies in Bogota during the 90’s. Since 1998, Leonor decided to take her passion for arts to the culinary field through research and experiential learning of techniques, preparations and traditional ingredients of her country.

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HER CAREER

• She spent the majority of her childhood in Cartagena, Colombia, where she studied fine arts and economics.
• Originally, Espinosa trained in economics and subsequently, in advertising and fine arts. She began to use food as a means to express creativity, and took a position at the Bogotá restaurant Claroscuro, before being finally able to open her own restaurant, Leo Cocina y Cava, in 2007.

• Her restaurant Leo Cocina y Cava was ranked in 2007 as one of the top 82 restaurants in the world by Conde Nast Traveller and has been awarded in 2014 and 2015 as one of the best restaurants in Colombia according to S. Pellegrino list of Latin Americas’s 50 Best Restaurants. Being a prominent landmark, known by celebrating the national cuisine through its menu, Leo Cocina y Cava is a must for visitors and travellers.She spent the majority of her childhood in Cartagena, Colombia, where she studied fine arts and economics.
• Originally, Espinosa trained in economics and subsequently, in advertising and fine arts. She began to use food as a means to express creativity, and took a position at the Bogotá restaurant Claroscuro, before being finally able to open her own restaurant, Leo Cocina y Cava, in 2007.

• Her restaurant Leo Cocina y Cava was ranked in 2007 as one of the top 82 restaurants in the world by Conde Nast Traveller and has been awarded in 2014 and 2015 as one of the best restaurants in Colombia according to S. Pellegrino list of Latin Americas’s 50 Best Restaurants. Being a prominent landmark, known by celebrating the national cuisine through its menu, Leo Cocina y Cava is a must for visitors and travellers.