Chef Lorena Garcia Of Chica Las Vegas On Finding Her Voice And Sharing Her Culture

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Chef Lorena Garcia of Chica restaurant at The Venetian in Las Vegas is this week’s guest on Destination Cherry Bombe, our travel miniseries. Learn how Lorena almost practiced law for a living, her time on Season Four of "Top Chef Masters" in Las Vegas, how she came to open the first Chica restaurant, and what preparation has to do with success. This mom, chef, and restaurateur has a lot of wisdom to share, so don’t miss this episode. Thank you to Las Vegas for supporting our show. Learn more and book your trip to Las Vegas here. Get tickets for our Las Vegas event on Monday, June 24th here. Hosted by Kerry Diamond Produced by Catherine Baker and Elizabeth Vogt Edited by Jenna Sadhu Content Operations Manager Londyn Crenshaw Radio Cherry Bombe is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. Subscribe to our newsletter and check out past episodes and transcripts here. More on Lorena: Instagram, CHICA, website, MAPP, Big Chef Little Chef More on Kerry: Instagram

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0:00.0	Hi, boys and girls are all fired up.
0:07.0	Hi, everyone, you're listening to Radio Cherry Bomb, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond.
0:21.8	I'm the founder and editor of Cherry Bomb magazine.
0:25.1	Today, we're bringing you our new travel miniseries, Destination Cherry Bomb, and we are going to Las Vegas.
0:32.4	Each Wednesday this month, I'll be celebrating bright lights on the Vegas culinary scene.
0:37.1	Join me to discover the chefs,
0:38.6	mixologists, and innovators, defining the city and taking the food scene to new heights.
0:44.4	Today, I'm talking to chef and restaurateur Lorena Garcia of Chica. Lerina opened the first Chica
0:50.4	in 2017 at the Venetian in Las Vegas. She grew up in Caracas and studied to be a lawyer.
0:56.6	However, her true passion was cooking, and lucky us, the culinary world won out. Today, Lorena
1:02.4	owns multiple restaurants is the founder of the nonprofit, Big Chef Little Chef, which teaches
1:07.7	young people about healthy eating, and she is a frequent presence on TV.
1:12.2	Some of you might even remember Lorena from season four of Top Chef Masters, which filmed in Las Vegas.
1:18.3	Lorena is also passionate about sharing her Latin culture with the world. She and I cover a lot of
1:23.4	ground, from Las Vegas to her career, to her business and life advice. This mom, chef, and
1:29.3	restaurateur is a force, as you are about to learn. Stay tuned for my chat with Chef Lorena
1:34.6	Garcia. Our destination cherry bomb series is presented by Las Vegas. I visited Las Vegas last month and had
1:41.4	the best time. I'd been watching all this amazing Vegas
1:44.6	activity from afar and having lots of FOMO, new resorts, the sphere, all the great
1:50.0	residences, and most interesting to me, all the new restaurants and incredible female talent,
1:55.5	from chefs to restaurateurs to mixologists and pastry chefs. The city has become such a culinary destination
2:01.9	that the 24 World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards took place there earlier this month.
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