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Homaro Cantu Highlight
As long as you're passionate and can find your creative niche, there's nothing that you can't achieve. I know that sounds cliché and ridiculous, but this place [Moto] is living proof. The answers are out there, we just have to tap into that creative side.
About Homaro
- Chef Cantu experiments with "futuristic" and modern foods, plays with the physics of food.
- Says any of the difficulties he's faced with his restaurant are nothing compared to the challenges of working for someone else.
- Grew up very poor, was homeless for some time; says when you "live a life of simplicity," you start wondering how you can solve problems.
- He had an interest in pyrotechnics, mechanics; he'd take apart something like a lawnmower and try to invent new things with the parts.
- Was working at a fast-food restaurant and living out of his car; a friend encouraged him to apply for culinary school.
- After graduating, he'd knock on the door of any and every restaurant and offer to work for free.
- Once he had enough experience, he flew to Chicago with no money, no place to stay, and convinced his hero, Chef Trotter, to hire him.
- Says even when he was working 18-hour shifts, he'd keep things interesting by inventing new gadgets and concepts on his own time.
