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ROMEO PENACINO
BORIS DRUSCHKOWITSCH
Complex Executive Chef
Chef
Aruba Marriott Resorts
Madame Janette
Chef Romeo Penacino brings valuable experience and international flair to Aruba Marriott’s Resort Complex. Having started his career in Argentina, he worked his way up the hotel industry, in Argentina and the Cayman Islands. For five years, Chef Penacino served as restaurant supervisor and chef at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort, before joining the Aruba Marriott. In his role of Complex Executive Chef, Penacino oversees the operations of the twelve bars and restaurants of the complex, ensuring the highest standard of culinary excellence for the Aruba Marriott Resort, Marriott’s Aruba Surf Club and Marriott’s Aruba Ocean Club. BORN:
1978
BIRTHPLACE:
Like many great chefs, Boris Druschkowitsch comes from a family with close ties to the hotel and restaurant world: both his parents worked in the hotel business, in Austria, and he grew up assisting hotel guests, and loving it. So it was only natural that, as a teenager who had found his passion, Druschkowitsch started his career at age fourteen, with an apprenticeship in one of Austria’s top five-star hotels. Years later, in 2001, he left the Austrian snows for Aruba’s sandy beaches. Although he did return to Austria to start his own business, in 2009, he found himself unchallenged during the slower seasons, and missing Aruba, its perfect weather and the bustling Madame Janette restaurant. So he returned to his island home, in 2011, where his talent and passion have been pleasing thousands of foodies since.
Emilio V. Bunge, Argentina
FAVORITE FRUIT:
Watermelon
FAVORITE VEGETABLE: FAVORITE SPICE:
BORN:
Carrot
Green peppercorn
FAVORITE DISH:
Fresh home-made ravioli
FAVORITE WINE:
Malbec
FAVORITE FOOD CITY:
AN INSPIRING CHEF:
Alain Ducasse and Francis Mallmann
I love berries like raspberries, currants, strawberries and more
FAVORITE VEGETABLE: FAVORITE SPICE:
Any new place that combines a rich culture,
nature and good food
Klagenfurt, Austria
FAVORITE FRUIT:
San Francisco and New York
FAVORITE VACATION DESTINATION:
1978
BIRTHPLACE:
FAVORITE DISH:
Everything that comes out of my mom’s oven
FAVORITE WINE:
Red, Wimmer Zweigelt and white, Hugl-Wimmer Grüner Veltliner
FAVORITE FOOD CITY:
Vienna, Los Angeles and Miami
FAVORITE VACATION DESTINATION: AN INSPIRING CHEF:
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Kolbnitz, Austria, my hometown, where I can relax
Wolfgang Puck, Reinhard Ott, many others and,
of course, my mom
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The whole cabbage family
Clove, caraway seeds, sea salt, among others