Wilo Hosts Own TV Show at Fox Latino

SABORES DE ENSUEÑO con Wilo Benet”

SAN JUAN, PR (May 24, 2010)– Foodies Rejoice! Tuesday, June 1 at 8:30m will be the premier of the renowned chef Wilo Benet’s new TV Show dubbed “SABORES DE ENSUEÑO con Wilo Benet”, in Utilísima Channel FOX Latino. The show is based on recipes of his best-seller “Puerto Rico True Flavors”. With an audience of 11 million people from Mexico to Argentina, including the United States, the show can be viewed in Puerto Rico in Onelink (Channel 171), on Direct TV (Channel 234) and in Dish TV.

Late last year Benet flew to Buenos Aires, where the Utilísima studios are located, and filmed 14 programs where he masterfully prepares 2 recipes in 25 minutes for each program for the TV audiences to enjoy. “The program is designed for housewives and cooking enthusiasts that want to learn how to cook delicious, easy, fast and low budget recipes,” commented the talented chef. “My goal is to take a little piece of Puerto Rico and sprinkle it around the world, with a lot of pride!” he concluded.

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“SABORES DE ENSUEÑO con Wilo Benet” does not only revolve around the kitchen world… Benet’s passions found a place to merge perfectly: Gastronomy, Photography and Music. “I wanted to showcase, via my photography, art pieces of Gastronomic Impressionism, which I built based on the ingredients of each recipe,” Benet expressed.

Amongst the typical Puerto Rican recipes Benet skillfully showed how to prepare are Tostones, Arañitas, Mofongo de Plátano, Mofongo de Yuca, Asopao de Pollo, Piñón, Carne Frita, Fricasé de Pollo, Chillo Frito, Serenata de Bacalao, Arroz con Pollo and Arroz con Longaniza.

SCHEDULE

The first show will air on Tuesday, June 1 at 8:30am and a program will premiere for the following 13 weeks.

Weekly repetitions:

MONDAY

• 2:30 AM

TUESDAY

• 8:30 AM
• 2:30 PM
• 1:30 AM
• 7:30 AM

WEDNESDAY

• 1:30 PM
• 7:30 PM
• 2:30 AM

THURSDAY

• 8:30 AM
• 2:30 PM
• 10:30 PM

FRIDAY

• 3:30 AM

SATURDAY

• 11:30 AM
• 10:00 PM

SUNDAY

• 10:00 AM
• 5:30 PM

Wilo Benet is the chef and owner of Pikayo, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, Payá and Varita. In May 2009, Benet stepped into the wine world with his DOBLEÚ wine, 100% Tempranillo grapes. In 2007, he launched his cookbook, “Puerto Rico True Flavors”, offering more than 100 recipes, complimented by exceptional photography, inviting readers to follow his culinary journey. This best-seller was followed by his translation in Spanish, “Puerto Rico Sabor Criollo”.

New Roast Beef Menu at Varita

Varita Roast Beef Menu

Varita Roast Beef Menu

Manjares Magazine

Clippings from Manjares Magazine, March 2010

Manjares Magazine

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El Nuevo Día: Cocina en dos pasos

02 Mayo 2010

Con eso en mente, Wilo Benet diseña un espacio y lo estrena con chocolate. Mira los vídeos

Por Eileen Rivera Esquilín / erivera1@elnuevodia.com

http://www.elnuevodia.com/cocinaendospasos-696158.html

Cuando estudió cocina aprendió la importancia de que el flujo de trabajo no se interrumpiera. Que su diseño permitiera que pudieras poner la compra en un lugar cerca de la puerta, que de ahí pudieras guardarla en las diferentes áreas de ‘storage’, que haya mucho espacio de ‘counter’ y que la estufa, nevera y fregadero estuviesen ubicados formando un triángulo. Abrir nota completa

Video: Behind the Scenes at Travel Channel

Behind the scenes of

Travel Channel’s Endurance Travelers show

in Puerto Rico at Picayo Restaurant

Puerto Rico’s new cuisine will have you at “hola”

For reviewer-praised, upscale San Juan dining, follow the foodies to Pikayo, a modern masterpiece in the Conrad San Juan Condado Plaza. Chef Wilo Benet invokes his Culinary Institute of America degree, his keep photographer’s eye and his inventor’s urge to mastermind dazzling, delectable dishes.

We’re talking empanadilla turnovers with truffle mojito sauce, risotto with chicharron (pork cracklings), and a saffron-dusted update of the beloved local dish, mofongo, more or less a Puerto Rican matzoh ball made from green plantains and pork. Benet tops his mofongo with a fat shrimp and lavishes it with saffron broth. (Varita, Benet’s other eatery in the hotel, serves more traditional Puerto Rican dishes.) Abrir nota completa

A Caribbean feast for ‘locavores’

There’s something in the human soul that loves just about anything deep-fried. So, despite concerns about my girth, I couldn’t resist the sizzling tostones (plantain chips) served at Paya–loosely translated, the name means “go there” — a casual restaurant in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. I wasn’t sure about the dip, though. “It’s made of corned-beef hash,” said our host, celebrity chef Wilo Benet. Yes, that’s the processed stuff that comes in a tin. Abrir nota completa

About.com: Pikayo = Puerto Rico’s Best

Zain Deane, About.com Guide to Puerto Rico Travel, selects Pikayo as Puerto Rico’s best restaurant.

The food and the ambience at Pikayo are both original and transporting, and it is also the only restaurant (along with Chef Wilo’s two other eateries in San Juan) where you can get Chef Wilo’s signature wine.

To read the full article click here

Thanks Zain!

Wilo Benet se une a los maestros

En junte culinario y benéfico para el San Jorge Children’s Foundation

Por Cristina Fernández / www.sal.pr / http://www.elnuevodia.com/wilo_benet_se_une_a_los_maestros-636774.html

En la más reciente edición del programa ‘Top Chef Masters’ de la cadena Bravo, todo apuntaba a que el chef Wilo Benet tenía una gran rivalidad con sus compañeros de competencia, pero la realidad es que el experto encontró grandes amigos que ahora están dispuestos a ayudarle.

Este próximo 7 de diciembre, los súper famosos chefs Ludo Lefebvre, Cindy Pawlcyn y Rick Bayless, ganador de Top Chefs Masters 2009, dejarán sus ocupadas cocinas para viajar a Puerto Rico y ayudar a Benet a recaudar fondos para el San Jorge Children’s Foundation. Abrir nota completa

Utilísima Arrives in the United States: Wilo on Schedule!

A New TV Programming Option for the Hispanic Woman

The 24-hour signal includes attractive programming based on the “how-to” concept, gathering talent from Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela

MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Utilísima, the cable television signal created specially for women and enjoying great success throughout Latin America, arrives in the United States. With an audience that exceeds 21 million homes in Latin America, Utilísima offers 24 hours of programming, focusing on the feminine market. The signal is already available to Hispanic women in the United States since it has just been included among the DISH Network channels.

Utilísima gathers in one single signal all the topics of interest to Latina women, including original content with more than 1,000 hours of programming. The programs are hosted by well-known Latin American presenters and international talent from Argentina, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, and Cuba, with specialists from the entire continent to be added over the next few months. Abrir nota completa