He was born in San Diego, California, but grew up in Tijuana, Mexico. Chef Adria Marina is one of the judges on Telemundo’s reality show, Top Chef VIP, and her talent in the kitchen is something she has been noticing for a few years.
He participated in 2016 in “Top Chef México”, on Sony Channel Latin America and later, in “Masterchef México 2019 La Revancha”, a reality show that was broadcast on TV Azteca in 2019. He also participated in Iron Chef.
Adria Marina Montaño has three restaurants in which she fuses different trends and influences, with Tijuana food being her main inspiration.
Her great knowledge of cooking has led her at this stage of her career to judge dishes in top-chef VIP.
In Top Chef VIP, 16 celebrities started in the competition to win $100,000 and “the coveted title of ‘Top Chef VIP’ (…) where they will put their cooking skills to the test to win over the palates of three renowned chefs who will judge their performance and effort until finding the winner of the coveted title”, reports Telemundo.
“You are so cute with the participants, so patient, at first I thought you would be demanding with them but I was wrong, that way they learn more about you, they are nervous,” wrote an Internet user to Adria Marina.
Adria Marina and her beginnings in the kitchen
Adria Marina tells that she went with her parents to the local markets
“My parents took me to markets, especially Asian ones, different things caught my attention, and that’s where it all started,” he said in one of his interviews.
For Adri Marina, the “worst mistake a chef can make is not trying his dishes before they come out.”
Adri and her resemblance to Marlene Favela
Many have compared Adriana Marina with actress Marlene Favela, who also participates in the reality show top-chef VIP.
“You look a lot like Marlene Favela”, “You have a very nice smile”, “She looks like Marlene Favela, as if they were sisters and very beautiful”, are some of the comments.
