MEET CHEF MARCO GONZALES

CHEF MARCO GONZALES
Restaurant Consultant | Executive Chef | Private Chef | Openings & Operations
New York · New Jersey · Orlando · Dominican Republic

ABOUT

Marco Gonzales is a Peruvian Executive Chef and Restaurant Consultant with more than 18 years of international experience developing, opening, restructuring, and scaling restaurant concepts across Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States. His culinary journey began at an early age, but he quickly understood that exceptional cuisine alone does not guarantee success. Sustainable restaurants are built on structure, financial discipline, operational systems, leadership, and consistency. Marco specializes in transforming culinary vision into profitable, scalable, and operationally sound businesses.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXPERIENCE

Marco served as Corporate Chef for a leading restaurant group in the Dominican Republic, playing a central role in the creation, opening, and operational development of multiple successful restaurant concepts.

• Noah Punta Cana
• Noah Santiago
• La Trattoria de Claudio
• La Bruja Steakhouse
• KGB Bistro
• Taberna de Pepe

• Multi-unit operations
• Cost control & food profitability
• Team leadership & kitchen management
• Standardized systems & SOP development
• Concept positioning and menu engineering

PRIVATE CHEF EXPERIENCE

Marco also served as Private Chef for actor Vin Diesel at Casa de Campo, La Romana, Dominican Republic. He was responsible for designing customized daily menus, creating high-end private culinary experiences, executing exclusive dinners and events, and maintaining elite-level service standards with absolute discretion.

CURRENT FOCUS

• Restaurant owners seeking operational restructuring
• Investors developing new culinary concepts
• Hospitality groups expanding into new markets
• Private clients seeking exclusive culinary services

Mission: To help restaurants operate with structure, clarity, profitability, and long-term sustainability.