Mama´ s Restaurants & Lounge

150 Common Street,Lawrence MA 01840

12 November, 2021

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Join us for an exclusive cuisine experience. After breaking up the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS on October 1st with the preparation of the biggest mangu ever made in New York City, chefs Amilkar Gonell and Pamela Gonell are ready for their next challenge. Now, at Mama’s Restaurant, a new eatery in Lawrence, MA, to offer haute cuisine techniques, Mediterranean, Oriental and Latin Fusions. Join us for an exclusive menu tasting where both chefs will present a unique gastronomic experience full of flavors, textures, and aromas. Limited availability Date: November 12, 2021, 6 pm. Looking forward to seeing you and celebrate the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS with the chefs. Chef Amilkar Gonell Bio Executive Chef Amilkar Gonell is an award-winning Chef with a 20-year career in food preparation, menu development and kitchen operations management. Chef Gonell is considered by many to be a culinary innovator known for producing top quality creative dishes. His first memories of food revolve around helping his parents prepare food homemade recipes in his native Dominican Republic where he was considered to be a teen Chef prodigy receiving praises for this unique seasoning and cooking techniques. Chef Amilkar moved to New York City in 2005 and landed his first job as a dish washer. His cooking ability coupled with his drive and relentless attitude to win propelled him to become Executive Chef within a short period of time. He is passionate about food, writing, and music and takes great pride in mixing traditional flavors from Spain, Asia, Latin America, Italy, France and even venturing into Haute cuisine. In 2017, Chef Gonell co-founded Gonell Enterprise with his wife Pamela Gonell. Gonell Enterprise is a successful catering and food consultancy firm that specializes in the fusion of Latin cuisine in the Merrimack, MA area. Within the first year of operations, Gonell Enterprise secured a number of high-profile contracts with well-established companies including New Balance, Charm Sciences, Table Talk Pies, Joseph’s Bakery as well as local government agencies, non-profit organizations and multiple real estate developers and brokers. Follow: Facebook: @amilkargonellchef Instagram: @amilkargonellchef Linkedin: Amilkar Gonell Twitter: @Amilkargchef WEBSITE: flavorfusionfest.com Flavor Fusion Fest: Facebook Instagram Twitter Chef Pamela Gonell Bio Executive Chef Consultant brings over 15 years of culinary experience to Flavor Fusion Fest. She was born in Dominican Republic and quickly developed a passion for the art of culinary. While growing up, Chef Gonell was exposed to different food cultures by participating at traditional festivals, learning about seasonings and flavors as well as watching her grandmother prepare delicious recipes. She studied to become a Medical Doctor in the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo but her career path changed after a road accident paralyzed her leg and was forced to leave school. In 2010 she embarks on a new course towards Italy that would lead her to the world of gastronomy. She settled in the city of Perugia. She landed her first job as a dish washer at a local Trattoria in Perugia. She acquired valuable culinary and cultural essence with the help of Chef and owner Cuoco Giovanni Proietti who later became her mentor. In 2014 she moved to the United States looking to reunite with her family and to further pursuit her culinary dream while assisting Executive Chef Todd Mitgang of the 5 star Crave & Fish Bar Restaurant in New York City. She quickly climbed through the ranks and became Chef Tournant, where she learned about sustainable food and social responsibility. These topics greatly influenced her career and in 2016 she accepted an offer in Massachusetts as Sous Chef with Executive Chef and Consultant Amilkar Gonell. In 2017, Chef Gonell co-founded Gonell Enterprise, a successful catering and consultancy firm that specializes in the fusion of Latin cuisine in the Merrimack, MA area. Within the first year of operations, Gonell Enterprise secured several high-profile contracts with well-established companies including New Balance, Charm Sciences, Table Talk Pies, Josephs Bakery as well as local government agencies, non-profit organizations and multiple real estate developers and brokers. Follow: Facebook: @Pamela Gonell Instagram: @pamelagonellchef Linkedin: Pamela Gonell WEBSITE: flavorfusionfest.com Flavor Fusion Fest: Facebook Instagram Twitter For more info: 757-921-7520 Mama’s Restaurant & Lounge Follow: Instagram Facebook [email protected] 150 Common St. Lawrence, MA 01840