Franco watched the bakers intently, and would sometimes get a chance to work with doughs and make cookie batches. His oldest brother, 20 years his senior, was a well-established pastry chef in San Diego and gave him his first job in his bakery as a dishwasher. Several of his brothers had already entered the culinary industry. In his late teens, his grandmother brought him and his siblings to live with family in San Diego. They would often catch their dinners and cook octopus, shrimp and fish plentiful in the waters around southern Mexico. The youngest of nine children, Franco Duarte-Piza grew up going to the beach with his brothers to fish. A native of Acapulco, Mexico, Chef Duarte-Piza offers his creative culinary flair and affinity for seafood and Latin dishes while appealing to the variety of tastes of the approximately 15,000 guests who dine at the 460-seat buffet each week. Pechanga Resort & Casino proudly welcomes Franco Duarte-Piza as its new head chef of the Pechanga Buffet. New Pechanga Buffet Chef, Franco Duarte-Piza
PECHANGA RESORT & CASINO WELCOMES INSPIRING CHEF TO TOP CULINARY POSITION AT THE POPULAR PECHANGA BUFFET
