Tom grew up in England, but from an early age developed a love of food and travel, regularly travelling to locations across Africa, the Middle East and the Pacific Islands. After graduating with degrees in Zoology and Ecology, he spent the next eight years living in London before permanently relocating to Brazil. Today Tom works as a freelance food and travel writer, focusing primarily on Brazil. He has been blogging at Eat Rio since 2011 and also runs a small culinary tour business in Rio called Eat Rio Food Tours. Tom's first printed guide to Rio, The Hunt - Rio de Janeiro</I [ISBN: 978-9810968847], was published in 2016 by GateHouse Publishing.
Martin Morales is the award winning, pioneering Peruvian chef, restaurateur and founder of Peruvian restaurants Ceviche Soho, Andina in Shoreditch, Ceviche Old St and Casita Andina. He is the author of the bestselling cookbook Ceviche Peruvian Kitchen - Sunday Times Cookbook of the Year. Martin is known as the pioneer of Peruvian food in London and alongside his cooking, Martin is involved in a variety of music and arts projects including running Ceviche Old St Gallery – featuring Peru’s top 50 contemporary artists, and his own Peruvian music label, Tiger’s Milk Records. He is a trustee for the Peruvian children’s charity, Amantani and previously worked with Steve Jobs when Martin worked at Apple as the founding member and head of iTunes Pan Europe. He was also head of Disney Music, ran record label for EMI, was a globetrotting club DJ and has also worked with Ferran Adria, Miley Cyrus, The White Stripes and The Muppets among others.
Miami based writer and tech entrepreneur Nidal Barake co-founded Gluttonomy and created the app Yo Culinario.