UHector Prieto uye wabizwa ngokuba ngumpheki olawulayo kwiCaribe Hilton eyaziwayo eSan Juan.
Kwindima yakhe entsha, uChef Prieto uya kuba noxanduva lokongamela yonke imisebenzi yokupheka kwindawo yokutyela ekhethekileyo, uqeqesho kunye nophuhliso lwamalungu eqela, ucwangciso lwemenyu, uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali, kunye nokubeka iliso kwintlanganiso kunye neenkqubo zokupheka kunye neenkonzo.
Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-26 yamava okutya, uthando lukaPrieto lwe-gastronomy lwaqala ekhitshini likamakhulu wakhe, apho wamfundisa khona ezona zitya zinencasa zisebenzisa izithako ezimbalwa ezinesibindi nezintsha. Waqala uhambo lwakhe lokupheka kwasebuncinaneni be-14, encedisa ekulungiseleleni nasekuphunyezweni kwezitya kwindawo yokutyela yosapho lwasekuhlaleni. Waqhubeka nendlela yakhe ye-gastronomic, ehlonipha iitalente zakhe kwiindawo zokutyela ezininzi ezisePuerto Rico.
Ngowama-2004, emva kokufumana isidanga kubugcisa bokupheka ku-Escuela Hotelera de San Juan, uPrieto waqala njengompheki we-sous eCaribe Hilton, apho kwacacayo ukuba, wayemiselwe ukuba ngenye imini abe nguye okhokela ekhitshini. UPrieto ebeseCaribe Hilton ukusukela oko, ngaphandle nje kwethutyana eHilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon kunye neEmbassy Suites nguHilton Isla Verde ngelixa indawo yokuchithela iholide ibilungiswa.
“Sinethamsanqa lokuba neChef Hector Prieto ekhokela inkqubo yokutya yeCaribe Hilton,” utshilo uSharilyn Toko, umphathi jikelele, uCaribe Hilton. “Ukuthanda kwakhe, iimbono ezintsha, kunye nomnqweno wokubhiyozela iintlobo ngeentlobo zokutya zesi siqithi kunye nencasa enencasa iyaqhubeka ukuba luncedo kwiqela lethu nakwiindawo zokutyela. Siyakuxabisa ukuzibophelela kwakhe kuzinzo kunye nokugcina izithethe zasekhaya zasePuerto Rico ekunikezeni iindwendwe zethu ukutya okuphakamileyo okunemvakalelo efana nekhaya.
Ekubeni ebehlala eRio Piedras, elikhaya kwenye yezona marike zinkulu zokutya zasePuerto Rico, uPrieto wayenza injongo yakhe eqhubekayo yokuxhasa amafama kunye namashishini asekuhlaleni. Unomdla wokufumana ubugcisa obulahlekileyo bokupheka ngezithako zemveli kwaye uyathanda ukukhula nokuthenga indawo kunye nayo yonke inkqubo ebandakanya.
UChef Prieto wathi: “Ukukhokela igastronomy kwindawo eyaziwayo neyaziwayo ePuerto Rico lilungelo eliwonga endingalithathi lula. "Ndijonge phambili ekuziseni imibono emitsha kule ndima intsha kwaye ndiphuhlise iminikelo yokupheka engalibalekiyo ephucula amava eendwendwe kunye nokubhiyozela i-gastronomy etyebileyo yasePuerto Rico kunye nezithethe zasekhaya."
UChef Prieto uchaza isitayile sakhe sokupheka njengesiqhelo kunye ne-European twist kunye nogxininiso kwincasa ekhethekileyo kunye nomboniso onomtsalane omele iPuerto Rican Island flair. Ukuqonda inkalakahla kuya konwatyiswa sisitya sikaPrieto sokutyikitya – iimbambo eziqholiweyo eziqholiweyo ezinegrits yetruffle edityaniswa netshokholethi emhlophe, itshizi zalapha ekhaya, kunye nemousse yegwava.
