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Isabel Guerra

According to the Peruvian cheff Gastón Acurio, our gastronomy is very appreciated in Chile, so that country is an excelent lab to prepare the Peruvian foods's expansion.

He said that currently our gastronomy moves US $1.5 billion dollars, but the goal is reaching an annual turnover of US$ 150 billion dollars.

"Chile is a fantastic place to continue our expansion (in the world) and today Peruvian food is the most valued in this country," he said in an interview to the Chilean newspaper La Tercera.

Acurio is planning to open a new “Cevicheria” La Mar restaurant in New York, with an investment of US 10 millions, and another one in London (UK), which would require US $14 millions; he will open another T'anta in Chile (US $1.2 millions) and will enter the hotels business.

The Peruvian cook cook will open a hotel in the Incas Sacred Valley (Cusco), and is currently remodeling a colonial manor house in Lima, while looking for possible new locations for his hotel brand (Nativa) in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Chile.

Acurio estimates that his food businesses will have this year a net revenue of US $ 65 millions.

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