From Restaurant Kitchens to YouTube.
Chef-turned-creator, based in Malta.
I’m Stephen La Rosa, a chef-turned-creator based in Malta. I make food content that teaches restaurant-grade technique without the pretension.
I trained at the Culinary Institute of America in New York, graduating with honours, and cooked in Michelin-starred kitchens: Per Se in New York, Quince in San Francisco, and Hélène Darroze at the Connaught in London. Before that, I worked Maltese kitchens at Barracuda and Zest, including Zest’s outside catering arm.
I came home to Malta as Chief Culinary Officer of the Mediterranean Culinary Academy, developing and teaching over a hundred workshops and consulting on restaurant projects. In 2020 I built a website, quit the academy, and started making content full time.
The training is real, but it’s not the point. I want to teach you to cook amazing food and have it feel easy, not like a masterclass. Mediterranean flavour, Maltese heritage, and whatever’s actually good this week, cooked the way I’d cook it at home.
Most of what I make lives on YouTube. If you want the ongoing version of this, come hang out there, or join the list on the Community page.