19 February, 2008 – THE SWARM OF CELEBRATED FOODIES TO MÉRIDA CONTINUES: Über restaurant critic Gael Greene recently spent a month in town, enjoying Yucatecan flavors and taking a class at Los Dos. Chef David Sterling and Ms. Greene also dined together at Néctar where pens were poised above notepads to see who could write the most entertaining review – on deadline. In a handful of weeks, Gael became a fixture of Mérida, meeting just about everyone we know and dining at restaurants even we never heard of.

 

30 December, 2007 – RENOWNED NEW YORK TIMES FOOD COLUMNIST, cookbook author and television personality, Mark Bittman, recently spent a week in Mérida on his quest for The Best Recipes in the World. Actually, his adventures this time will take shape as the new public radio program he is producing – title still undecided. Chef David Sterling is slated to be a guest in one of the first in the series.

SINCE OPENING THE DOORS OF HIS COOKING SCHOOL, Los Dos proprietor Chef David Sterling has been called upon to share his expertise with companies large and small, worldwide. In Yucatán, he has consulted with the personal chefs of hacienda owners, as well as created custom-tailored menus for local restaurants. Farther afield, he has consulted on product development for global companies such as Kahlúa during their launch of a new beverage, and with Masterfoods in the creation of a line of Mexican-themed packaged foods.

CELEBRITY CHEF RICK BAYLESS – owner of Chicago’s award winning Frontera Grill and star of his own PBS series “Mexico: One Plate at a Time” – chose Yucatán as the setting for all 13 episodes of the series’ fifth season. And of course, no culinary adventure in Yucatán is complete without a visit to Los Dos, where Rick and 15 crew members arrived in October of 2006 to film one of Chef David’s classes. So popular was the experience that Bayless decided to return to Los Dos with more than 25 staff members from his culinary empire for the group’s annual July retreat and inspirational tour.