Luis Herrera

Luis Herrera is a venezuelan chef based in New York City. He worked at Chef Carlos Garcia’s Alto Restaurant, considered the best restaurant in Venezuela and then at Cosme, award winning Mexican Chef Enrique Olvera’s restaurant in New York City, from its opening in October 2014 up until September 2017. Luis started as a prep cook and moved his way up to become a sous chef within the year. Cosme was voted New York Times “Best Restaurant in NYC 2015” and awarded 25th best Restaurant in the world on “The World’s 50 Best” list in 2018. Since 2017, Luis has been doing consulting work, pop-up dinners and showcasing latin american flavors and seasonal ingredients throughout New York City. He consulted for the now established restaurant Casa Ora in Brooklyn, bringing high end venezuelan cuisine to NYC for the first time. Luis also worked as a tournant at Blanca Restaurant in Brooklyn, awarded 2 Michelin stars. During the summer of 2020 he opened Outerspace Restaurant in Bushwick, Brooklyn as the co executive chef. Most recently he opened a Mexican seafood concept in Williamsburg called Ensenada as the executive chef/partner. Luis holds a BA in Mechanical Engineering, and completed culinary school in Caracas, Venezuela where he specialized in Venezuelan Cuisine.