Hector Jimenez-Bravo

In 2017 Hector published "The first culinary book" (in Ukrainian) which became a bestseller with 400,000 book sold.

In 2016 Hector has opened his First restaurant of modern Chinese cuisine in Ukraine BAO.

In May 2016 opened Hector Jimenez-Bravo Online Culinary Academy.

In February 2016 opened Modern Chinese cuisine restaurant BAO in Kyiv.

At the age of 27, he was offered to become a Chef of Restaurants at one of the most luxurious hotels in the USA – Hilton Boston Back Bay in Boston. He then became the youngest chef at this Hilton. At first days of his work, colleagues did not perceived Hector seriously, because of his youthful age, but soon they encountered his professionalism. According to Hector Jimenez-Bravo, the work in the U.S. had a powerful influence on him, and divided his career into two parts – before and after Hilton.

In November 2013 opened Hector Jimenez-Bravo Culinary Academy in Kyiv. Its mission is to introduce world culinary cuisine to culinary fans and to improve proficiency of professional cooks.

From September 2011, Hector has been involved into several culinary projects on Ukrainian television, primarily STV channel.

In 2011, Jimenez-Bravo launched the production of spices, manufactured by his own formulations and recipes. His spices went on sale under the brand "Pripravka".

At the end of 2010, he developed restaurant concepts and kitchen technology for the Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv, as well as other prestigious hotels in Kyiv.

In 2009, Hector Jimenez-Bravo received an offer from the international hotel chain InterContinental Hotels Group to open restaurants at the five-star hotel InterContinental Kyiv in Ukraine, where he created and implemented the concepts of all the restaurants. Aside from the hotel, Hector developed concepts for several restaurants of the owning company.

In 2008, Hector left to Maldives to lead the kitchens of the most famous Hotels in Asia. There he was the Director of Cuisine at "W Retreat & SPA" and the "Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & SPA" hotels. Traveling to Singapore and Hong Kong, Hector studied the culture of Chinese and Malay cuisines, and was part of the "Task Force" for the openings of the "W Hong Kong" and the "St. Regis Singapore" hotels.

After Russia, in 2007, Jimenez-Bravo moved back to Canada, where he took a lead on the kitchen at the Delta Hotels & Resorts in Fredericton.

In 2006 Jimenez-Bravo became a chef at Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, St. Petersburg. His work brought to the hotel Radisson the «Best Hotel Restaurant Award» from magazine "TimeOut". After his arrival to St. Petersburg, he surprised the city with the opening of a «Nuevo Latino» concept, which was very unknown and new to the city. In 2006 the G8 Summit took place in St. Petersburg, where Jimenez-Bravo had a difficult task serving heads of the world's leading countries.

In 1995–1999 he lectured Culinary Arts at National Learning Service of Medellin.

Hector Jimenez-Bravo was born and raised in Colombia. In the words of the chef himself, his mother has encouraged him to cook. He was interested not only in the procedure of cooking but also in its aesthetic side. In high school, he was into fine arts, which woke-up his creative side. Later on he did enroll into the Culinary Arts Program from the National Learning Service in Bogota, from where he has graduated. After in 1992 began to work in the best 5 star hotels of Colombia, such as the "Hotel Charleston Casa Medina", "Metrotel Royal Park" from Royal Hotels.

Héctor Ismael Jiménez-Bravo (Spanish: Héctor Ismael Jiménez-Bravo, born 14 January 1972 in Bucaramanga, Colombia) is a Canadian and Ukrainian chef of Colombian origin, business man, TV presenter, judge at the TV project "Master Chef Ukraine", "Ukraine's Got Talent", and culinary arts lecturer, currently based in Ukraine. He is founder of Bravo Restaurant Group Company. He also received the prestigious "The World Master Chef" award.