Restaurants in Colombia: Tábula
Chef Tomás Rueda, part poet and part rebel rock star, brings his creative force to the kitchen of Tábula.
Chef Tomás Rueda, part poet and part rebel rock star, brings his creative force to the kitchen of Tábula.
This restaurant is where heads of state, national and international artists, and famous musicians go for unforgettable meals in Bogota.
Since 2011, the Bogota Wine and Food Festival has been bringing attention to Colombia's fascinating culinary scene. The festival gathers together chefs from around the world to cook, talk, eat and share their knowledge.
Love was born between chefs in a kitchen in New York, transplanted to South America, and bloomed in a restaurant in the Andes Mountains.
We always seem to have the desire to celebrate those in our community whose creative impulses make them look beyond themselves and their immediate benefit and see the big picture of the community they belong to. These are people who manage to reach deep within and find what matters most, and then publicly present that for others to share. For women working within the male-dominated restaurant industry, that’s not easy to do. But Chef Luz Beatriz Vélez has been doing that for years. As chef and co-founder of the restaurant Abasto, she has been focusing on local ingredients and working with farmers and artisan producers.