My Friend, Chef Roberto

Written by Writer Dad on October 6, 2009 - View Comments
Categories: Etcetera

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The two pictures are of my good friend Roberto teaching my children to make guacamole. Roberto and I have been friends for a few years now and he is without a doubt one of my favorite people in the world. Last week something wonderful happened for him and I’m thrilled to congratulate him in the best way I know how.

Roberto has a pretty cool job.

He loves to cook and is fortunate and hard working enough to have spent his last few years as a celebrity chef. This doesn’t mean Roberto is a chef who is also a celebrity. It means he is a chef who has worked mostly for celebrity clients. He has worked with his most recent client for a while now and two weeks ago she asked if he would like to make an appearance on her daily talk show.IMG_1143

Congratulations Roberto, I couldn’t be happier for you. Not just for the opportunity, but for the way you carried yourself in front of a national audience. You showed no fear and were every bit the man I know with all your warmth, confidence and humor all in place. I can’t imagine holding it together half as well as you did, but I felt giddy watching you and imagining your excitement.

Please enjoy my friend Roberto Martin as he made his first appearance on Ellen:

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I’ve entered a contest where the winner gets a six month gig blogging about happiness. I would LOVE to land this gig. Voting takes less than five seconds and you can vote once per day. Click here to cast your vote. THANKS!

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  • Pam Hernandez
    Could you ask your friend Roberto...where I can buy the black bean spaghetti? Mother's market in our area (Santa Ana, Orange, CA) does not carry it. We are interested.
    Thanks so much.
    I will vote for you!
  • Hello Writer Dad-
    I hope you landed the gig!! I am hoping you can help me get in contact with Chef Roberto. I am Marketing Manager at Chef Revival and I have many marketing opportunities for Chef Roberto just starting with Modeling for Chef Revival's world wide catalog! I won't toot the horn of Chef Revival on here right now as I"m pretty darn positive Chef Roberto knows who we are. (he was wearing a chef revival jacket on one of his episodes on ellen!) Anways, I have tried contacting the Ellen show but the people with whom I speak with have no way of connecting me with him or don't know who he is associated with to transfer me to. Below if my contact information- if you could please let me know how I get in contact with Chef Roberto for dual advertising for both him and Chef Revival, that would be wonderful!!! or feel free to pass my information on
    Katie Babcock
    Marketing Manager-Chef Revival
    T: 888-580-2433 x213
    E: kbabcock@chefrevival.com

    thanks again!
  • Bron Brown
    Thanks for the share, that was so much fun to watch. Roberto certainly is a natural, very entertaining and his authenticity shines thru. Much luck to him on this new adventure in TV land!
    And good luck to you to Sean, hope you get the happy gig, I have no doubt that your readers will do their darndest to get you there :)
    Cheers
    Bron
  • Very cool - I wish everyone could make their living doing what they love.

    I shall be a good little doobie and go vote, now.

    Shade and Sweetwater,
    K
    .-= Kyddryn´s last blog ..You're So Vain... =-.
  • I loved the clip; it's fun to watch. I'm going to get Chef Roberto's recipes from Ellen's website for sure. I'm not vegan or even vegetarian but I am introducing my family to more of those types of meals. We're all enjoying them and it's so much healthier than meat every day, plus all of the planetary benefits. (We ARE vegetarians on Mondays, though, since we made the meat free Mondays promise on www.meatlessmonday.com.)

    Thanks for sharing the clip; now I'll go cast my vote for you for the contest!
    .-= Kim, Rambling Family Manager´s last blog ..Of Book Clubs and Brownies =-.
  • Thanks for sharing Roberto with us, Sean. That's one of the best bits about blogging, getting to highlight the folk who make us happy and who deserve a bit of spotlight. I'm glad he had his TV moment. I can't wait to see the video of you getting yours some day!
    .-= janice´s last blog ..Berries and Birds =-.
  • wow! that's really cool. I always wondered where they found the chefs who appear on those shows. Oh, and guacamole rules! :-)
    .-= Keith Wilcox´s last blog ..Songs of Sesame Street =-.
  • Berto: We have had so many front porch talks about the backyards of our lives. We were gifted to spend so many moments teaching your son and sharing anectdotes about your aspirations and family life. I am excited for the public, humble, and personable way the world received your presence. I adore you and I have been a number 1 fan since day one when we interviewed each other's families for the most important job...inspirng intelligent people on a daily basis and making sure reciprocity of learning took place before we parted ways with peace. A well deserved accolade. " You rock, because you are a ROCK" no hyperbole. Simepre, brother bear.
    .-= Cindy´s last blog ..21st Century Learners Choose the Write Media =-.
  • Hayden: Roberto is the awesomest for sure.

    Mom: I shart sunshine too! Thanks for the plug, ma. It would totally be the best gig ever, wouldn't it? I just found out about on Friday night. Voting runs until the last day of the month and then it moves to phase II. I'm gonna try and grab it!

    Michelle: Natural is definitely the right word. I was struck by how authentic he was standing up there on the stage. He seemed so calm, collected and totally himself. I imagine I would've lost it for sure!
  • I enjoyed this very much. You can tell your friend certainly makes everything fun for the kids and for Ellen. He did a great job on camera and seems like a natural.
    Congratulations to him.
    .-= Michelle Gillies´s last blog ..The “Other” Michelle =-.
  • Hi sean, finally I get to meet Roberto! I have heard so many stories of him as we sit around the table on "grammy night" and I can say he seems every bit of a sweetheart as you have made him out to be. Good luck to him on his new gig and good luck to you in your contest (come on, readers, vote for my baby boy....he really does fart sunshine!) Love ya, mom
  • WOW, congratulations Roberto!!! That is so awesome!!!!
    .-= Hayden Tompkins´s last blog ..DIY The Universe =-.
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