Spouse Sascha Newport (m. 2010) | Siblings Carlos Maestre | |
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Full Name Miguel Cascales Maestre Website www.miguelmaestre.com.au Books Miguel's Tapas, Spanish Cooking Children Morgan Miguel Maestre, Claudia Maestre Similar Chris Brown, Amanda Keller, Manu Feildel, Julia Morris Profiles | ||
Miguel Maestre (born 5 November 1979) is a Spanish-born Australian chef, restaurateur, author and television personality. Maestre is best known for presenting TV programmes such as Miguel's Feast, Miguel's Tropical Kitchen and Boys Weekend, and appearing on the lifestyle television series The Living Room.
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In October 2013, Maestre became an Australian citizen.
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Career
At the age of 21, Maestre travelled to experience the world and moved to Scotland where he began cooking and learnt to speak English. Maestre worked at Indigo Yard, Montpelier’s Partnership, the biggest monopoly of restaurants in Edinburgh. Maestre then returned to Spain, before moving to Australia. He worked in some of Sydney’s premier kitchens including Bather’s Pavilion, Bel Mondo, Cru and Minus 5 at Circular Quay. At the age of 27, Maestre worked as Head Chef of Tony Bilson’s Number One Wine Bar in Sydney’s Circular Quay, where he was originally working under Manu Feildel. Following a meeting with Spanish chef Ferran Adrià at elBulli, Maestre opened Australia's biggest Spanish restaurant named El Toro Loco at Manly Beach. Maestre was head chef at El Toro Loco until he departed in 2010 following a legal stoush and the restaurant's name was changed to El Poco Loco.
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Awards
In 2014, Maestre was honoured by the King of Spain, Felipe VI, with the Cruz de Oficial de la Orden del Mérito Civil (Officer's Cross - Order of the Civil Merit) for his "outstandng profile and representation of Spain in the Australian media" which was presented to Maestre by the Spanish Ambassador to Australia, Enrique de Viguera, in Canberra.
Charity work
Maestre is an ambassador for Cancer Council Australia and CARE Australia since 2014.
Personal life
Maestre met his Australian partner Sascha while he was living and working at Indigo Yard in Edinburgh and where she was working as a waitress. They married in 2010 and have a daughter (born 2011) and a son (born 2014). Maestre has a younger brother who is a restaurant manager.