Homaro Cantu is an award-winning chef, restaurateur, and author of several books on food and cooking.
His first book, Homaro Cantu's Savory Tart, was named one of the best cookbooks for 2010 by USA Today. He is rapidly becoming known as "the chef who gives back."
Cantu is the founder of the nonprofit organization, The Homaro Cantu Foundation. The Foundation's Mission Statement reads: "The Homaro Cantu Foundation was established to create sustainable change in the world through education, empowerment and inspiration. The foundation seeks to improve the quality of life, health care and well-being of people around the world by creating opportunities for excellence through excellence
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The foundation will make these opportunities available to all people who are capable of receiving them."
Since its inception in 2011, the Homaro Cantu Foundation has awarded nearly $1 million in grants to community organizations that promote health and wellness.