Franco Noriega is a jack of all trades.
He's been a professional swimmer, a clothing designer, a model, a creative director, and now a chef and restaurant owner.
Noriega recently opened Peruvian restaurant Baby Brasa in NYC's Lower East Side, and has two more similar restaurants in the works.
We sat down with the chef/model to see how he ended up in the food world.
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Noriega was in the midst of opening his original restaurant concept, Brasa, when he discovered the space that is now Baby Brasa. He stepped into the former barber shop and decided it would be the perfect place for a small takeout spot.

Two weeks later he had the demolition permit, and three months later Baby Brasa was officially open.

Less than a year before the restaurant's opening, Noriega had been attending a one-year chef program at the International Culinary Center.

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