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🗓️ 13 April 2023
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Rodrigo Pacheco worked in some of the world's best restaurants, but he never truly felt like the chef he aspired to be until he found himself far from the culinary scene on the Ecuadorian coast. That's where his quest to build a 100% sustainable restaurant began.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello listeners. For this special season of the Duolingo Spanish podcast, we'll be revisiting some of our favorite stories from indigenous communities across Latin America. |
| 0:15.3 | Today, we'll hear an episode from January 2020. It takes us to Ecuador to meet Rodrigo Pacheco, |
| 0:22.8 | who's worked as a chef in some of the finest restaurants in the world. |
| 0:26.8 | But when he returned to his indigenous roots, |
| 0:29.8 | his culinary journey took on a whole new meaning. |
| 0:32.9 | Keep listening to hear his fascinating story. |
| 0:35.8 | And stay tuned at the end for an update from |
| 0:38.2 | Rodrigo. |
| 0:39.2 | Now, on to the episode. |
| 0:44.9 | Rodrigo Pacheco will never forget where he was in November of 2008. |
| 0:52.0 | At that time, he was at the top of his career. |
| 0:55.0 | He was 25 years old, working as a sous chef at a restaurant with two Michelin Stars in a prestigious French hotel. |
| 1:04.0 | Out front, patrons were anxiously waiting to be served some of the best meals of their lives. |
| 1:15.6 | But behind closed doors, the kitchen was hell. |
| 1:21.6 | That day, I went to help to help and she was to help her to get her with a sartain. |
| 1:25.6 | No, it was an accident. |
| 1:29.3 | That was |
| 1:30.3 | her manner |
| 1:31.3 | to discipline |
| 1:32.3 | her. |
| 1:33.3 | She thought |
| 1:34.3 | that so |
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