Homaro Cantu

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Homaro Cantu, inventor, entrepreneur, chef, and molecular gastronomer operates the Cantu Designs Firm in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

His restaurant, Moto, is famous for creating sushi using a Canon i560 inkjet printer. Rather than using conventional inkjet cartridges, he creates cartridges that are filled with organic, edible "inks." Mr. Cantu's design firm has been featured in the New York Times Magazine as well as some other national media, such as USA Today.

In a 2006 episode of Iron Chef America, Cantu defeated Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto in a battle with beets as the theme ingredient. The high technology Cantu used to create his dishes included a laser to caramelize edible packaging material, as well as liquid nitrogen to create beet "balloons."

In 2007 and 2008 Chef Cantu has been a guest on The Ellen Degeneres Show.

[edit] Education

Cantu claims to be an alumnus of a Le Cordon Bleu school. [1]

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