ROBERT ORTIZ’S PERUVIAN BEEF ESTOFADO
“I’d climb into orange and mango trees and eat maybe 20 oranges”
As a teenager, Robert Ortiz was sold on cooking professionally as a glamorous way to see the world. In the 1980s, his native Peru was in bad shape economically, and, after winning a school cooking competition, a teacher who’d worked on cruise ships advised him that if he wanted to travel, eat the best food and meet great people, he should become a chef.
That journey would take him to Britain. But, in the last decade, it’s also drawn him closer to home. When Lima restaurant launched in London, heading a new wave of Peruvian restaurants in the capital, Robert was head chef. He played a
