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"For me, hospitality is about welcoming, caring, and showing affection. The need to be cared for and welcomed is intrinsic to our species—after all, humans are perhaps the least autonomous animals in existence. We are social by nature: we cannot survive without belonging, without bonds, without the feeling of being seen and welcomed. That's why, in the end, what truly marks an experience is how we treat people. They may forget details of what they ate or drank, but they will never forget how we made them feel. That, for me, is the basis of hospitality: making each person who enters our restaurant feel seen—and, above all, leave feeling better than when they arrived." Katherina Cordás

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Ivan Ralston

executive chef

Born in São Paulo, Ivan Ralston graduated in gastronomy from the Escuela de Hosteleria Hofmann in Barcelona and in music from Berklee College of Music in Boston. Throughout his career, he worked in the kitchens of the Michelin-starred El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Mugaritz in the Basque Country, and RyuGin in Tokyo, before opening Tuju in 2014.

 

Born to restaurant owners, Ivan grew up in the kitchen and gained prestige for his intensive research and development of Brazilian and regional producers and suppliers, highlighting the importance of understanding local ingredients.

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Katherina Cordás

restauratrice

Gastronomic researcher Katherina Cordás specializes in the relationships between food, art, and society, and how these developments are reflected in local culture.

 

She holds a degree in art history and a postgraduate degree in research on visual representations of food. Born in São Paulo, she has lived in Barcelona, London, and Milan.

 

She writes about gastronomy for various media outlets around the world, in addition to teaching and giving lectures at courses and conferences. She is also the creator of the website Diga-me o Que Comes (Tell Me What You Eat), focused on gastronomic history and curiosities.

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Lucas Medeiros

chef

Victoria Vendramini

R&D chef

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Barbara Bettinassi

maître

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Karine Sobreira

maître

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Pedro Hemmel

maître

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Melissa Maximo

head bartender

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Thiago Frencl

sommelier

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Tiago Menezes

sommelier

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Edivaldo Lopes

maintenance manager

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Fabiana Lopes

personnel department

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Helena Guimaraes

communication and research

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Adne Coelho

waitress

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Alessandro dos Santos

waiter

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Caiki Diegues

assistant waiter

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Camila Barauna

waitress

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Daniela Matos

human resources

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Eduardo Santos

host and events

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Beatriz Botelho

pastry chef

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Carlos Vieira

bartender

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Francisco Chagas

assistant waiter

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Gabriela Lima

cook

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Gabriel Silva

pastry cook

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Gustavo Chiva

cook

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Henry Leisnoch

cook

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Lissa Pimentel

cook

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Maria Lucia dos Santos

cleaning

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Herbert Vieira

administrative

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Maria Beatriz Makhlouf

cook

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Matheus Gomes

cook

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Ilda Flauzino

cleaning

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Maria Eduarda Land

baker

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Natalya Sá

assistant sommelier

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Pilar Coutinho

cook

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Rafael Correia

cook

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Thais Skurtinski

waitress

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Yuzo Nakasone

cook

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