Ezequiel Valencia, chef of the year at SUMAG 2016, migrated to New York from his beloved humble Yungay, known as "Callejón de Huaylas" in Ancash, Peru, to work as a private chef at the Mission of Peru at the United Nations in New York. Valencia, does not speak much English, but his food speaks for him. "Mr. Javier Pérez de Cuellar told me he had met many chefs around the world but that my omelette was the one" - he says with pride. "I am proud to be here and to have been able to make my dishes for presidents, ministers, politicians and other important personalities. It even makes me want to cry when I remember where I come from and where I am at now" Valencia is infinitely grateful to all the people who have given him opportunities to work.