Latino Foodways
Smithsonian Con Sabor! 2008

 Celebrity Puerto Rican Chef José Santaella

“My style of cooking is between classic and modern, very simple but sophisticated of the highest quality”.

The Smithsonian Latino Center’s featured chef for the ¡Smithsonian Con Sabor! 2008 Gala… José Santaella.

José Santaella is the chef-owner of JSB Cooking Group, the most prestigious catering company in Puerto Rico whose clientele includes the ‘who’s who’ of Puerto Rican society. Since establishing his business in 1992, this admired and talented chef lived between Barcelona, New York and San Francisco and trained with some of the most renowned chefs around the world including Ferrán Adrià at el El Bulli, Eric Ripert at Le Bernardin and Gary Danko when he worked as chef of the Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco.

His most recent work includes his collaboration in a book where he is featured as one of nine Master Chefs of the Caribbean by the name of “Puerto Rico: Grand Cuisine of the Caribbean” written by Jose Luis Diaz de Villegas. Also, very noticeable indeed have been his latest fine cooking catering to clients such as Oprah Winfrey, Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Group and the wedding of singer Marc Anthony to former Miss Universe, Dayanara Torres, in Puerto Rico among other where he has been highly recognized for his excellent cooking.

To learn more about our celebrity chef…click on link below: