You and a friend can attend a cooking class with Port Chester's highly acclaimed chef and author of Latin Cuisine, Rafael Palomino, of both Sonora and Palomino Restaurants.

The winner will also receive TWO copies of his most recent cook book.

Class is to be scheduled for a day in JULY.

CHEF RAFAEL PALOMINO

Rafael Palomino's professional life began when he was just sixteen years old and worked for Larry Forgione's at his River Café in Brooklyn. At age 19 he studied for a year with celebrated chef Michel Guèrard in France. When he was twenty, Palomino returned to work for Larry Forgione, this time at his critically acclaimed An American Place, where he spent three more years. He moved on to become sous chef to Jonathan Waxman at Jams, the restaurant that is credited with introducing New Yorkers to the highly popular California cuisine of the 1980s.
From 1987 to 1995, Palomino was executive chef of the famous Metropolis Café. In 1998, Chef Palomino opened his sophisticated midtown Manhattan restaurant, Sonora which was immediately proclaimed by New York Magazine as one of the best places to eat in New York in 1999. In 2000, Chef Palomino brought his cuisine to Westchester County, and opened Sonora in Port Chester, New York. The New York Times gave Sonora an "excellent" rating in August, 2004. In September 2003, Chef Palomino opened Pacifico, also in Port Chester where he created a Nuevo Latino seafood house.
Chef Palomino has also been quite active outside the kitchen. His first cookbook, Bistro Latino, (William Morrow, 1998), introduced home cooks to his brand of Nuevo Latino cooking. Viva la Vida: Festive Recipes for Entertaining Latin Style, Palomino's second cookbook (Chronicle Books, 2002) features easy to follow recipes for entertaining Latin style. His third book, Nueva Salsa, contains 65 accessible and exciting salsa recipes (Chronicle Books, 2003). Chef Palomino has just completed his latest cookbook, Fiesta Latina (Chronicle Books, 2006).