Revelations: Jorjon Colazo, head chef, Aquavit London

What was your best subject at school?

 

Geography

 

What was your first job?

 

Commis chef at an Italian restaurant in a resort town in Argentina

 

What do you normally have for breakfast?

 

Coffee and a bowl of granola with blueberries

 

What do you do to relax?

 

Brew kombucha

 

Which is your favourite restaurant?

 

Gastrologik in Stockholm

 

What’s your favourite hotel?

 

Alila Yangshuo, in China

 

What is your favourite drink?

 

High-altitude Argentinian wine

 

What is your favourite food/cuisine?

 

Scandinavian

 

Which ingredient do you hate the most?

 

Hot olives

 

What flavour combinations do you detest?

 

Anything dressed or seasoned with extra lemon

 

What do you always carry with you?

 

Phone and headphones

 

Which person in catering have you most admired?

 

Magnus Nilsson, for his talent, dedication and philosophy

 

 

Cast away on a desert island, what luxury would you take?

 

My phone with a solar charger and satellite WiFi

 

If not yourself, who would you rather have been?

 

Neil Armstrong

 

If you had not gone into catering, where do you think you would be now?

 

I cannot imagine my life not being a chef, but I think I would be a commercial pilot

 

Describe your ultimate nightmare?

 

A dining room full of people with fake allergies

 

When and where was your last holiday?

 

It was a staycation in a motorhome in Cornwall last July

 

Tell us a secret...

 

My favourite food is made by a person who can barely cook

 

Who would play “you” in a film about your life?

 

A chubby Chris Pratt

 

 

What’s your favourite film?

 

Scarface