Essentials
Chef Jose Garces is excited to invite you along on his culinary journey. Join him in his Essentials series as he teaches easy-to-follow essential recipes in one minute. Watch the short videos, then make a few yourself! New Essentials videos drop every Saturday.
Shokutsū
Jose Garces’ food lab and private cooking studio, where small parties can participate, learn, watch, and taste along with Chef himself, as he prepares his most elevated dishes in an intimate setting.
Enjoy Chef Garces’ Food at Home
Meals by Chef Garces are now available on the CookUnity Platform. Choose from favorites like Adobo Chicken Burrito Bowl and Butternut Squash Relleno.
What’s for Dinner?
Elevate your cooking game tonight with a dish from Chef Garces’ curated library of his favorite recipes.
Food has brought Chef Garces all over the world, and through his vast and rich experiences with cuisine, he’s built an extensive repertoire of unique recipes. Check out the recipes page to find a curated library of some of his favorite dishes and try one of them out for dinner tonight! You won’t be disappointed.
Speaking Appearances
Bring one of the foremost authorities on Latin cooking and hospitality to your next event.
As a winner of Iron Chef America and a featured award-winning chef at famed food & wine Festivals, Chef Garces is widely considered one of the foremost authorities on Latin cooking and hospitality. He is always happy to have an opportunity to connect and share his love of good cooking, good living, and good eating.
Restaurant Happenings
Explore Amada
Since opening in 2005, Chef Garces’s first restaurant has proven itself to be a true icon of Spanish cuisine. Today, Amada remains A Philadelphia institution, with three locations in Philadelphia, Radnor, and Atlantic City.
Amada’s Atlantic City location was recently recognized as one of the 10 best best casino restaurants in the U.S.
Buena Onda Is Franchising
Are you looking for a new journey allowing you to spread good vibes and work with a great team? Now is the time! We invite you to partner with Jose Garces on his newest venture.
Buena Onda is designed to deliver a unique experience to diners in the fast casual market.
See All JG Restaurants
The founder of renowned restaurants throughout Philly’s diverse neighborhoods and beyond, Chef Garces has a meal for you when you’re in town. Come taste the City of Brotherly Love
Check out Chef’s growing list of award-winning restaurants. He hopes to see you at one of them soon!
Cooking Tunes
For Chef Garces, there’s no better way to relax after a long day than by cooking a meal for his family while listening to their favorite tunes. Like cooking, music is such a powerful vessel of self-expression, and he believes that the songs we love tell the stories of who we are in a way that words cannot.
For inspiration, listen to Chef Garces’ favorite songs while cooking one of his famous recipes, and from there continue to express yourself through your own playlists, foods, and anything else that allows you to showcase your true self in the kitchen.