A culinary voyage with an intrepid celebrity chef
By Moises Avila and Luis Jaime Cisneros in Lima, Peru | China Daily | Updated: 2016-07-22 08:03
As a teenager on the streets of Lima, Virgilio Martinez aspired to a life of extremes, hoping to become a professional skateboarder.
When a fractured collarbone sidelined that dream, he swapped the skateboard for the cutting board.
In 2009, he opened his flagship restaurant Central in Lima - currently ranked as Latin America's top eatery and fourth globally by The World's 50 Best list.
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