Chico Francesco has trained in UK, Tunisia, Italy and Mumbai in food development and has extensive first hand knowledge of Middle East/North Africa, Southern Europe, Asia/Far East regions and associated cuisines. Chico has spent time working for a number of restaurant and hotel establishments and now runs his own company, Citrus Tree Productions, which is actively involved in the
development, promotion and catering of ethnic vegetarian foods, as well as private training and education.

An ever-increasing proportion of Citrus Tree Productions is developing new recipes, discovering foods from more remote places, food textures and advanced food concepts. Chico is one of our team of tutors at the Cordon Vert School, teaching world cuisine. He is also an active member of the Cookery and Food Association and sole private caterer to the Prinz Von Hohenzollern’s family - the last Monarchy that reigned Germany until 1919. Whilst today Germany has no Monarchy, the Hohenzollerns still remain very much active within the social and cultural infrastructure of the country and alive in the nation's minds.

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