Merlin’s Chef Hado Steinbrecher used to be an international journalist and as such he was one of those people who restaurant owners often dread, because he wrote among other things, cuisine critics.

Since over a decade now he has his own restaurant and he has to prove every day, that he knows what good cuisine is all about.

The Merlin o Mago was awarded a long time ago the first star; its kitchen quickly won prizes and the press wrote very favorably about it, but the Chef knows very well who are the most important critics, the guests, coming to his open kitchen, expressing satisfaction or showing interest in his ways of preparation, and the Gourmets who keep coming back: those are the true judges for him.

He describes his way of cooking as disciplined by French rules, strongly influenced by his Asian experiences and always tempted by Italian and Spanish elements. The stubbornness he demonstrates if he is after a certain result shows the German origin. But the fact that he lives and works in Brazil, in this little paradise named Paraty, means that above all he is a cosmopolitan and a passionate Gourmet.