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Chef Enrique Limardo
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Enrique Limardo is Chief Culinary Officer of Seven Restaurant Group, in Washington, DC. He is Co-Owner & Executive Chef at Seven Reasons, DC’s Best Restaurant (Washington Post, 2019), and the Best New Restaurant in America (Esquire, 2019),as well as Co-Owner and Executive Chef at Michelin-starred Imperfecto in Washington, DC. Enrique fulfilled that dream of becoming a Michelin-starred chef during the Michelin Guide revelation in 2022.

Prior to moving to Washington, D.C, Enrique was Executive Chef at Alma Cocina Latina Alma Cocina Latina in Baltimore, MD from 2014 to 2019 as Executive Chef. “Alma” was acclaimed by Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema with a rating of 3.5/4 stars, putting Enrique on the map for his modern Venezuelan techniques. Enrique is also Co-Founder and Executive Chef of Immigrant Food, the world’s first “gastro-advocacy” restaurants located across DC which has received national acclaim from The Washington Post, Forbes, and others.

A man of many talents, Chef Limardo is also an accomplished painter, artist and musician, and even recorded a rock album in his younger years.