Unlock your culinary potential.

The Hispanic Chefs Association is a free-to-join, unprecedented support network dedicated to supporting and connecting chefs in their professional journey.

Unlock your culinary potential.

The Hispanic Chefs Association is a free-to-join, unprecedented support network dedicated to supporting and connecting chefs in their professional journey.

Unlock your culinary potential.

The Hispanic Chefs Association is a free-to-join, unprecedented support network dedicated to supporting and connecting chefs in their professional journey.

Elevating Hispanic Chefs

Elevating Hispanic Chefs

The HCA is a network of chefs and culinary professionals that educates and elevates Hispanic chefs. Our dream is to support and connect as many chefs and aspiring chefs as possible.

The HCA is a network of chefs and culinary professionals that educates and elevates Hispanic chefs. Our dream is to support and connect as many chefs and aspiring chefs as possible.

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We host regular meetups to tackle challenges, techniques, and ways to grow as a chef.


We offer training you can't find elsewhere to take your career to the next level alongside peers who are motivated just like you.


We offer training you can't find elsewhere to take your career to the next level alongside peers who are motivated just like you.

Join a national community of chefs.

Join a national community of chefs.

Join a national community of chefs.

We host regular meetups to tackle challenges, techniques, and ways to grow as a chef.

We host regular meetups to tackle challenges, techniques, and ways to grow as a chef.


We offer training that you can't find elsewhere to take your career to the next level alongside peers who are motivated just like you.

We offer training that you can't find elsewhere to take your career to the next level alongside peers who are

Join a national community of chefs.

Develop your skills with mentors and meet friends along the way.

Develop your skills with mentors and meet friends along the way.

Develop your skills with mentors and meet friends along the way.

We offer training that you can’t find elsewhere to take your career to the next level alongside peers who are motivated just like you. 

We host regular meetups to tackle challenges, techniques, and ways to grow as a chef.


We offer training that you can't find elsewhere to take your career to the next level alongside peers who are motivated just like you.

We offer training that you can't find elsewhere to take your career to the next level alongside peers who are

Join a national community of chefs.

Gain visibility and access to new professional paths.

Gain visibility and access to new professional paths.

Gain visibility and access to new professional paths.

Just give us a call and we’ll send out an email to our network to help you find the next step in your career or find motivated chefs who want to work with you.

We host regular meetups to tackle challenges, techniques, and ways to grow as a chef.


We offer training that you can't find elsewhere to take your career to the next level alongside peers who are motivated just like you.

We offer training that you can't find elsewhere to take your career to the next level alongside peers who are

Join a national community of chefs.

Utilize the HCA network and find job opportunities.

Utilize the HCA network and find opportunities.

Utilize the HCA network and find job opportunities.

Just give us a call and we’ll send out an email to our network to help you find the next step in your career or find motivated chefs who want to work with you.

We host regular meetups to tackle challenges, techniques, and ways to grow as a chef.


We offer training that you can't find elsewhere to take your career to the next level alongside peers who are motivated just like you.

We offer training that you can't find elsewhere to take your career to the next level alongside peers who are

Join a national community of chefs.

Connect with our resources built for you.

Connect with our resources built for you.

Connect with our resources built for you.

Just give us a call and we’ll send out an email to our network to help you find the next step in your career or find motivated chefs who want to work with you.

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We want to continue growing. Contigo.

Our Mission

Our Mission

Our mission at the Hispanic Chefs Association is to
EDUCATE AND ELEVATE our community and fellow culinary enthusiasts. We will be educators, mentors, role models, guides, and friends that come alongside you, willing to help you and others. Our goal is to inspire a new generation of chefs and culinary experts.  

Our mission at the Hispanic Chefs Association is to EDUCATE AND ELEVATE our community and fellow culinary enthusiasts. We will be educators, mentors, role models, guides, and friends that come alongside you, willing to help you and others. Our goal is to inspire a new generation of chefs and culinary experts.  

Our Core Tenants

Our Core Tenants

The development of leadership skills and the tools needed to teach those skills to others in the community. 

The development of leadership skills and the tools needed to teach those skills to others in the community. 

The development of leadership skills and the tools needed to teach those skills to others in the community. 

Inform the community about the whys of the need to educate and elevate the Hispanic Community across a multi-generational spectrum. 

Inform the community about the whys of the need to educate and elevate the Hispanic Community across a multi-generational spectrum. 

Inform the community about the whys of the need to educate and elevate the Hispanic Community across a multi-generational spectrum. 

Guide the Hispanic Community to educational opportunities through our academic and trade partnerships. 

Guide the Hispanic Community to educational opportunities through our academic and trade partnerships. 

Guide the Hispanic Community to educational opportunities through our academic and trade partnerships. 

Our Vision

Our Vision

Educational Seminars with industry professionals in the culinary world.

Educational Seminars with industry professionals in the culinary world.

Have a Hispanic Chef's Association Member Leadership Council to develop strategy, methodologies, and tools to grow the organization's influence and profile.

Have a Hispanic Chef's Association Member Leadership Council to develop strategy, methodologies, and tools to grow the organization's influence and profile.

Partnerships with organizations aligned in vision.

Partnerships with organizations aligned in vision.

Leadership training Seminars with
world-class leaders.

Leadership training Seminars with
world-class leaders.

Develop the Latin Supper Club Series to Educate and Elevate the Hispanic Chef and raise the profile of Latin-infused cuisine.

Cooking competitions such as Hispanic Top Chef.

Partnerships with academic institutions that help us educate and elevate the Hispanic Community.

Partnerships with academic institutions that help us educate and elevate the Hispanic Community.

Partnerships with academic institutions that help us educate and elevate the Hispanic Community.

Utilize the Restaurant Vendors and Suppliers Network to help Chefs and Restaurants operate effectively and efficiently.

Utilize the Restaurant Vendors and Suppliers Network to help Chefs and Restaurants operate effectively and efficiently.

Utilize the Restaurant Vendors and Suppliers Network to help Chefs and Restaurants operate effectively and efficiently.

Use Digital Technology Tools & HRA Media as an Information and Influence medium to accomplish the vision and mission.

Use Digital Technology Tools & HRA Media as an Information and Influence medium to accomplish the vision and mission.

Use Digital Technology Tools & HRA Media as an Information and Influence medium to accomplish the vision and mission.

Seek sponsorships from appropriate organizations with similarly aligned visions.

Seek sponsorships from appropriate organizations with similarly aligned visions.

Seek sponsorships from appropriate organizations with similarly aligned visions.

Hold festivals and award ceremonies to celebrate achievements.

Hold festivals and award ceremonies to celebrate achievements.

Be a networking mechanism to help each other solve problems, seek opportunities, and better ourselves and others.  

Hold festivals and award ceremonies to celebrate achievements.

Be a networking mechanism to help each other solve problems, seek opportunities, and better ourselves and others.  

Develop the Latin Supper Club Series to Educate and Elevate the Hispanic Chef and raise the profile of Latin-infused cuisine.

Develop the Latin Supper Club Series to Educate and Elevate the Hispanic Chef and raise the profile of Latin-infused cuisine.

Cooking competitions such as
Hispanic Top Chef.

Cooking competitions such as
Hispanic Top Chef.

Educational Seminars with industry professionals in the culinary world.

Have a Hispanic Chef's Association Member Leadership Council to develop strategy, methodologies, and tools to grow the organization's influence and profile.

Partnerships with organizations aligned in vision.

Leadership training Seminars with
world-class leaders.

Be a networking mechanism to help each other solve problems, seek opportunities, and better ourselves and others.  

Our Leadership

Manny Barella

President - Hispanic Chefs Association

Ambassador to Mexico

Pablo Aya

Executive Leadership

Ambassador to Columbia

Zuri Resendiz

Executive Leadership

Ambassador to Mexico

Claud Beltran

California Chapter President

Owner - Bachhaus House Restaurant

Fernando Enrique Stovell

Executive Leadership - Global Ambassador

Chairman - Quetzales Guide

Fernando Olea

New Mexico Chapter President

Owner - Sazon Santa Fe Restaurant

Our Leadership

Our Leadership

Manny Barella

Manny Barella

President - Hispanic Chefs Association

Ambassador to Mexico

President - Hispanic Chefs Association

Ambassador to Mexico

Pablo Aya

Pablo Aya

Executive Leadership

Ambassador to Columbia

Executive Leadership

Ambassador to Columbia

Zuri Resendiz

Zuri Resendiz

Executive Leadership

Ambassador to Mexico

Executive Leadership

Ambassador to Mexico

Claud Beltran

California Chapter President

Owner - Bachhaus House Restaurant

Fernando Enrique Stovell

Executive Leadership - Global Ambassador

Chairman - Quetzales Guide

Fernando Olea

New Mexico Chapter President

Owner - Sazon Santa Fe Restaurant

Erasmo Casiano

Executive Leadership


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We want to continue growing. Contigo.

Phone: (303) 351-1598

The Hispanic Restaurant and Chefs Association is recognized as a public charity by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service under §501(c)(3) IRC, EIN: 86-2313981.  Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.


Denver, Colorado

© 2023 by the Hispanic Chefs Association


Phone: (303) 351-1598

The Hispanic Restaurant and Chefs Association is recognized as a public charity by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service under §501(c)(3) IRC, EIN: 86-2313981.  Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.


Denver, Colorado

© 2023 by the Hispanic Chefs Association


Phone: (303) 351-1598

The Hispanic Restaurant and Chefs Association is recognized as a public charity by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service under §501(c)(3) IRC, EIN: 86-2313981.  Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.


Denver, Colorado

© 2023 by the Hispanic Chefs Association


Phone: (303) 351-1598

The Hispanic Restaurant and Chefs Association is recognized as a public charity by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service under §501(c)(3) IRC, EIN: 86-2313981.  Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.


Denver, Colorado

© 2023 by the Hispanic Chefs Association