He chef makemake nui ʻo Borja Sánchez e pili ana i ka ʻepekema, a ʻaʻole pūʻiwa, he loea ʻo ia meaʻai microbiology. Ua alakaʻi a hoʻomohala i nā papahana noiʻi like ʻole a me nā ʻepekema hoʻolaha e pili ana i ka anthropology culinary, ka hoʻomau ʻana a me ka ecology meaʻai a ke hoʻokaʻawale nei ʻo ia i kona manawa ma waena o ka noiʻi a me ke kūkākūkā gastronomic mai kāna wahi maʻamau o ka noho, ma Shanghai.
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ʻO kāna papahana pilikino i kēia kāhea ua kālele nui i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ka mana o nā kiʻi kuke Kepani i ka gastronomic hoʻihoʻi i ke Komohana, mai ka Modern Age a hiki i kēia lā.