Private Chef Matias Casotto

I’m an open-fire chef with experience across different styles of cooking, from fine dining to street food, and over ten years in hospitality both as a chef and as a cocktail mixologist. My work is rooted in live-fire cooking and in representing the culture of Argentine asado in the UK, bringing its techniques, rhythms and way of sharing food into everything I do. Over the years I’ve built concepts and experiences around that philosophy, taking fire-led cooking to festivals, private events and public spaces across the country. Along the way, I’ve been recognised with awards in both the UK and the US, which reflect the approach I take to cooking, service and the experience around the table. Everything I do is driven by fire, flavour and the idea that food should be something people gather around, not just something they’re served.

For me, cooking is...

about creating moments around fire where people connect share stories and feel something real through food and being together

I learned to cook at...

I started cooking young inspired by my grandad’s choripan cart in Argentina then grew through Europe adding techniques without losing my roots or fire