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Giovanna Huyke is a Puerto Rican chef and restaurateur who has been featured in numerous television shows and publications. She is the owner of the restaurant, La Cocina de la Abuela, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Huyke was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on December 21, 1956. She attended the University of Puerto Rico, where she studied nutrition and dietetics. After graduating, she worked as a dietitian in a hospital in San Juan. In the early 1980s, Huyke opened her first restaurant, La Cocina de la Abuela, in San Juan. The restaurant quickly became popular for its traditional Puerto Rican cuisine. Huyke has since opened several other restaurants in Puerto Rico, including La Cocina de la Abuela in Ponce, La Cocina de la Abuela in Mayagüez, and La Cocina de la Abuela in San Juan. Huyke has been featured in numerous television shows and publications, including the Food Network's "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" and the New York Times. She has also been featured in the book, "The Puerto Rican Cookbook: Traditional and New Dishes from the Island of Enchantment" by Carmen Aboy Valldejuli. Huyke is married to her husband, Carlos Souffront, and they have two children. She currently resides in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Popular As Giovanna Maria Huyke-Souffront
Occupation Chef
Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 21 December, 1956
Birthday 21 December
Birthplace San Juan, Puerto Rico
Nationality Puerto Rican

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2019

Huyke recently competed in Food Network's TV show "Beat Bobby Flay. She has also been featured on Good Morning America, Pierre Franney’s Cooking in America, AARP VIVA, Burt Wolf's Travels and Traditions, and Univision’s Despierta. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Bon Appetit, Food and Wine, Shape en Español, Vanidades and Cristina. She has additionally published six cookbooks and 20 recipe booklets showcasing her culinary creations.

2016

Huyke is currently serving as a global culinary ambassador for Puerto Rican cooking by consulting for various restaurant projects, serving as menu-designer and composer, speaking at various cooking events, and serving as judge at various Puerto Rican culinary events, including Saborea 2016. She was most recently the Executive Chef at Mio Restaurant in Washington, DC, which has been called the “Embassy of Latin America in DC” by Washingtonian Magazine. Huyke was critiqued by Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema, calling one of her specialties a “last meal request” and leading Mio to be listed in the Washington Post “Top Forty Fall Dining Guide” restaurant list and the Washingtonian Magazine's “Top 100 Restaurants”.

1956

Giovanna Huyke-Souffront (born 21 December 1956), known as Giovanna Huyke and "Chef Giovanna", is a Puerto Rican celebrity chef and an international culinary leader often referred to as the “Julia Child of Puerto Rico".

Huyke was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 21 December 1956. Her mother is Alice Huyke, a celebrated cooking teacher in Puerto Rico for over 30 years, and Hector Huyke-Colon, a civil engineer and architect in Puerto Rico. Huyke began her career in theater, obtaining a bachelor's degree in Dramatic Arts at Tulane University. While in New Orleans, she worked in Paul Prudehomme’s Louisiana Kitchen and as an assistant to Lee Barnes, and then moved on to New York City to work with renowned chef Felipe Rojas Lombardi. Huyke then returned to Puerto Rico and worked at the Caribe Hilton for one year, after which she founded Amadeus in San Juan, where she pioneered “nouvelle criollo”, which consists of native ingredients and recipes with classic techniques. She was also the chef at Ali-Oli, founded by one of her mentors, Alfredo Ayala. Huyke founded the restaurants Don Juan in the El San Juan Hotel and Giovanna's Café.

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