After a nine year modeling career in Paris, Milan, New York and even South Africa, Chef Momo Attaoui of MoMo Food, decided to leave the business and focus all his energy in his lifelong loves of food and wellbeing.His first foray into his new career began in France, where he worked as a personal trainer and began honing his own philosophy with his clients.To this day he begins every lecture with the same sentence he did with his very first clients: “Only proper training combined with well balanced nutrition can give us a healthier and fulfilling living experience.”To this day, his same basic principles about eating and exercise remain the same. Momo left France to settle in New York City, where he earned a degree from the prestigious French Culinary Institute.Momo began honing a great many skills in various upscale kitchens: Montrachet, The American Park Restaurant, Monkey Bar, The Mercer Kitchen, La Grenouille, Au Violon d’Ingre Paris France, Pure Food and Wine for Raw food to name a few. Momo wanted a more personal experience with his food so he began working as a chef and nutrition consultant to a great many high profile clients in New York City.Along this new path he became a menu consultant for The Palm restaurant in Rio de Janeiro, a private chef to the United Nations German Consulate in upscale executive dining rooms and a sought after food stylist. Throughout all these experiences he has remained dedicated to researching and perfecting his own style of healthy and affordable cuisine. His goal has always been to inspire people from all experiences and walks of life to find their own palate in the kitchen. Momo Attaoui combines a prodigious background in nutrition, physical fitness, and the culinary arts. His passion has always been to introduce a new understanding of clean food and a healthy life style. Food and wellbeing is not only his mantra but, sharing and teaching it has become his love
Momo has also been featured in:
The cover of Lou Manna’s Digital Food Photography and as a contributor
Food stylist and recipe contributor of a Magazine Kitchen Cook News Letter from CIA (Culinary Institute of America)
Food Arts Magazine November 2007
The cook book “The Gourmet Bachelor” by Chad Carns
Articles on Jornal do Brasil and Gazeta do Rio (Brazilian Newspapers)
Japanese Magazine Woofin on Spa Cuisine
Chef for Elton John’s AIDS Foundation Charity Event at TBW/CHIA/DIA