Peru's popular cuisine

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With a swag of global restaurant awards and praise by leading chefs and travel guides, Peru is fast becoming one of the world's top foodie destinations, with Lima as its gastronomic capital. With influences from the Incas, Asia, Europe and elsewhere, there is a food revolution happening in Peru and international visitors are flocking to Lima to experience it.

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Internationally renowned chef Ferran Adrià of El Bulli has pronounced that "the future of gastronomy is being cooked up in Peru," and The Food Channel suggests that "Groovin' on Peruvian" is one of the top 10 trends for 2012.

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Why is this all happening? Many say that it is Peru's most famous chef Gaston Acurio leading the charge. His flagship restaurant in Lima, 'Astrid & Gaston' was named one of the World's 50 Best Restaurants by Restaurant Magazine for the second consecutive year and he has recently started taking his message about Peruvian cuisine global. He has opened restaurants across South America and more recently in New York and San Francisco, and also collaborated with Adrià to make a documentary, Peru Sabe, about Peruvian cuisine and culture.

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Other top chefs opening restaurants around the world include:

Virgilio Martinez, of Lima's Central, is about to open London's first Peruvian fine-dining restaurant called Lima,  and is in charge of Senzo, Orient Express' Palacio Las Nazarenas new property in Cusco.

Jaime Pesaque, chef of Mayta who also opened Nuna in Punta del Este, Uruguay and designed the menu of the new restaurant Raymi in Manhattan.

Pedro Miguel Schiaffino of Lima's Malabar, Amaz, known for promoting Amazonian products to the world by creating unique menus such as the one served on the MV Aqua riverboat.

Rafael Piqueras, the first Peruvian chef to go to Madrid Fusion, and head Chef of Maras at the Westin Lima Hotel.

Alejandro Saravia who recently opened Sydney's Morena, after spending his first few years in Australia working at Pier Restaurant, Salon Blanc, Opera Bar and Sails Restaurant at Lavender.

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Later this year leading Australian chefs, Peter Gilmore and Dan Hunter will be visiting Peru to participate in the annual gourmet show Mistura, highlighting the very best of Peru's identity. Mistura 2012 is aiming to attract a record 500,000 visitors to try the products and attend cultural and gastronomic events and lectures with keynote speakers, cooking demonstrations, cultural performances and dances.

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