About Victor Albisu
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About Victor Albisu
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Chef Victor Albisu
Chef Victor Albisu has more than two decades of experience in fine dining and upscale French, American and Latin American restaurants. He combines his culinary education with his Latin American heritage to bring a unique style of cuisine to his restaurant concepts Taco Bamba, Poca Madre, and Huevos.
In 2015, Albisu was named Chef of the Year by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW). In 2016, he was selected as a semifinalist for the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic award. In 2019, he was nominated Restaurateur of the Year by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW).
Albisu owns wildly-popular taqueria, Taco Bamba with multiple locations in northern Virginia and one outpost in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. These taquerias reflect his Cuban and Peruvian roots, as well as his take on Mexican fare. In 2019, RAMW named Taco Bamba “Favorite Fast Bites of the Year” in the region.
The D.C. location of Taco Bamba is adjacent to Poca Madre, Albisu’s first contemporary upscale Mexican concept, which opened in June 2018. In 2019, RAMW nominated Poca Madre for Best New Restaurant.
Before pursing independent ventures, Albisu served as executive chef of BLT Steak in downtown D.C. While at the helm, Albisu cooked for President and Mrs. Obama and led the restaurant to earn several accolades, including RAMW's Power Spot of the Year in 2012.
In 2015, Albisu competed on Food Network’s Beat Bobby Flay and bested the host and grill master with his signature dish, steak & eggs. Albisu has appeared as a guest judge on Telemundo’s Top Chef Estrellas and the FOX TV series Hell’s Kitchen.
Albisu is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu School in Paris. His professional culinary journey included Michelin three-star restaurant L’Arpege in Paris. Albisu is fluent in English, Spanish and French, and he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and International Relations from George Mason University. He resides in Northern Virginia with his wife and sons.
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Smile on the World
Smile on the World is a new non-profit organization founded by Chef Victor Albisu and made up of chefs and dentists who bring food safety training and dental care to underserved communities around the world. Their inaugural mission took place outside Lima, Peru in February 2020.
