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Roberto Santibañez is the chef/owner of Truly Mexican, a restaurant consulting firm. Educated at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, Chef Santibañez has worked in the kitchens of La Bourgogne in France; the Henbury Estate in Cheshire, England; the Foreign Affairs Ministry; and El Olivo in Mexico City. In the early 1990s he was chef/owner of Mexico City’s El Sax, La Circunstancia, and the Restobar Salamandra restaurants. In 1997, he moved to Austin, Texas to assume the position of executive chef at Fonda San Miguel, where he was named Best Chef by the Austin Chronicle and garnered a five-star review from the Austin American-Statesman. From 2002 to 2007 Roberto was culinary director for Rosa Mexicano Restaurants. His 2007 book, Rosa’s New Mexican Table, was nominated for a 2008 James Beard Award.
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