Johana Clavel

Johana Clavel
Born10 November 1985
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Occupation(s)Chef, television personality, businesswoman
Employer(s)Telemundo
Univisión
¡Hola! TV

Johana Clavel (born 10 November 1985) is a Venezuelan cook, entrepreneur and television personality, that has been featured and several television programs in the Telemundo, ¡Hola! TV and the Univisión networks.[1] She also founded the Ligero Express restaurant chain with premises in her home country Venezuela and in the United States.[2] In 2019 she published the book Cocina latina ligera through Penguin Random House.[3]

Early life and education

Clavel was born in 1985 in Maracaibo, capital of the Zulia state in Venezuela, Since her childhood she became interested in cooking and in her adolescence she was diagnosed with a heart condition that forced her to drastically change her eating habits.[4] This new style of healthy gastronomy led her to become certified as a Chef of International Cuisine at the Zi Teresa Culinary Arts Center in her home country in the mid-2010s.[1][2]

Career

In 2012 she founded Ligero Express, a restaurant chain dedicated to healthy dishes and desserts that started operations in Venezuela and in 2016 expanded to Miami.[2][5] She worked as executive chef of the company between 2012 and 2018. Parallel to her work in the company, Clavel has worked as a lecturer, giving talks and courses on healthy cooking and on the concept of the "art of substitution", which consists of changing ingredients that are harmful to health for those that do not generate negative effects on the body.[6] She has conducted workshops in Venezuela, Colombia, the United States and Mexico,[7][8] and as of 2020 has been the Latin American ambassador for the American brand Cuisinart.[3]

In 2019 she published her first book through Penguin Random House publishing house, entitled Cocina latina ligera: recetas y consejos para una vida más saludable, in which she presents nearly 200 healthy cooking options.[3][9] She also contributed recipes to the publications Reta tu vida by José Fernández and El reto de las seis semanas by Klara Senior and has published articles in both the Miami digital magazine Éxito con tacones and in the newspaper El Venezolano.[10] In July 2020 she was invited by the People en Español magazine to host a series of virtual events for the Latino community.[11]

Johana Clavel en su cocina estudio en Miami

Clavel has recorded appearances on several culinary-themed television programs. In 2019, she was a guest on Telemundo network's MasterChef Latino, where she conducted a class on healthy desserts with the contestants.[1][12] She was also featured in the cooking segment of the variety show Mujer de hoy on Telemundo,[13] Univision's morning show ¡Despierta America!, TeleMiami's[14] La Hora del Brunch and the shows Tu bebé on Vme TV channel,[15] Mi casa es tu casa on EVTV Miami,[16] and La Hora Hola on ¡Hola! TV.[17]

Personal life

Clavel has been married to chef Álvaro Finol since 2006. The couple has two sons, Álvaro Rafael and Alan David. She currently lives in Miami and conducts from her kitchen studio the cooking workshops that she transmits through her social networks.[8][18]

References

  1. ^ a b c "MasterChef Latino 2: Conoce quién es la Chef Johana Clavel". Telemundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b c "Johana Clavel, la chef de los postres saludables". Auge Internacional (in Spanish). 6 June 2019. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Johana Clavel: About the author". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Johana Clavel, la cocinera saludable del momento". El Nacional. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Johana Clavel: Los postres también pueden ser saludables". El Universal (in Spanish). 14 November 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. ^ "¿Postres saludables? Tres chefs que apuestan a lo dulce sin remordimientos". La Cuisine International. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Arranca Cali Exposhow 2015 con Izabel Goulart". Las Dos Orillas (in Spanish). 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  8. ^ a b Feijoo, Bolivar. "Johana Clavel: 'La chef que hace posible los postres saludables y cambia estilos de vida'". Wow La Revista. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Libro de recetas latinoamericanas "ligeras" de Johana Clavel propone una Navidad sin "excesos"". La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Nuevos hábitos para el 2016". Éxito con tacones (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  11. ^ "People en Español to launch series of virtual events beginning July 23". People en Español. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  12. ^ "'Masterchef latino' este domingo 9 por Telemundo con niños al poder". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Johana Clavel en Mujer de Hoy". Telemundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  14. ^ "La Hora del Bruch, septiembre de 2016". TeleMiami. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  15. ^ "La chef Johan Clavel en Tu bebé". Vme TV. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Cocina saludable con Johana Clavel y Álvaro Finol". EVTV Miami. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Las mejores opciones de meriendas saludables". ¡Hola! TV. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  18. ^ "Cocinando Nuestro Futuro – Johana Clavel y Alvaro Finol". Coaching Hub Live (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2020.