Chef Lina is a pastry chef who specializes in plated restaurant desserts. She studied Culinary Arts in Bogotá, Colombia, at Escuela de Gastronomía Mariano Moreno, and then completed a Restaurant Dessert Specialization at Espai Sucre, a pastry school for restaurant desserts in Barcelona, Spain.She has worked in luxury hotels and fine dining, including The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman, The St. Regis Aspen and, most recently, Mawa’s Kitchen in Aspen, Colorado, a Michelin Guide-recognized restaurant where she made tarts, pies, plated seasonal desserts and the restaurant’s well-known gluten-free cakes. She also traveled with the chef to culinary festivals and events in the U.S. and abroad. Lina is now based in the Atlanta area. She is fluent in English and Spanish, and she loves teaching: breaking down professional technique into steps that anyone can follow in a home kitchen.