Executive Chef, City Winery

Chef Barrera was first inspired to cook watching the early greats on television. Greats such as Jeff Smith, Martin Yan, Julia Childs, Jack Tripper and the Swedish Chef inspired Barrera to find out more about this "cooking". At the tender age of 10 he turned to the matriarchs in his family; his mother, his grandmothers and his aunts. These women taught him the comforting properties of a meal. They showed him food should feed the mind and soul as well as satiate the appetite. These early influences led him to Le Cordon Bleu to study classical French and Italian cuisine.

After moving to NYC he worked at every type of restaurant from slinging pizzas at Franny's in Brooklyn to precise cooking and perfect plating techniques at the famed Capital in NYC - all in the pursuit of knowledge and experience. Chef Barrera brings all these experiences and influences to his menu at City Winery, a menu inspired by the wine producing regions of the world designed to relax, surprise and satisfy you.

email: andres@citywinery.com