Inés Páez Nin

Inés Páez Nin (born in 1979 in Santo Domingo), also known as Chef Tita, is a Dominican chef, activist and television personality. Owner of MoriSoñando and Aguají restaurants, Páez is a member of the Dominican Chefs Association, has been a judge on several versions of the reality show MasterChef and has represented her country in different international cooking festivals.

Páez participated in the creation of the Gastronomic Diplomacy program with the Ministry of External Relations of the Dominican Republic, with which she has visited several countries around the world promoting the gastronomic culture of her country.

Biography

Beginnings and academic background Working as a cook since the age of seventeen, She later obtained a diploma in Culinary Arts at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra and a certification from the Culinary Institute of America. In 2021 she received the Medal of Merit for Dominican Women in the category of culture and culinary arts, in an event held at the Eduardo Brito National Theater. In 2023 she won an award at the La Liste Special Awards in Paris, France.

She is the owner of MoriSoñando restaurant, opened in 2020 and located at Las Américas International Airport, in which "she has created a line of cuisine focused on the rescue of the native gastronomic heritage", according to Santo Domingo Times. In 2023 Páez opened a new restaurant at The Ocean Club hotel in Puerto Plata called Aguají, inspired by the indigenous cultures of Dominican Republic.

Parallel to her work as an entrepreneur, she has participated as a guest or judge in reality shows like MasterChef República Dominicana, MasterChef Celebrity and MasterChef Junior, among others. Páez is a member of initiatives and institutions like the Dominican Chefs Association, Slow Food, Chaines des Rotisseurs, Chefs Against Hunger and Marine Stewardship Council.