If you’ve faithfully watched cooking competitions in the last decade, then you’re likely familiar with Aarón Sánchez, the tattoed Mexican-American chef. After being featured in a series of Food Network shows, including Chefs vs. City and Throwdown with Bobby Flay, before he became a frequent guest judge on Chopped, where he earned a reputation for telling plenty of chefs that they were, in fact, not making mole. Now, he’s a judge on Masterchef and Masterchef Junior, where he continues to represent his culture, but if you’re looking for more Aarón Sánchez content, may we suggest checking out his Instagram.
Sánchez is an active Insta user, and the platform is a great way to keep up with the chef. Here are a few reasons you should already be following him.
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Because of all the delicious looking food
As you can imagine, in his profession, Sánchez is constantly surrounded by food and he shares quite a bit about food (and sometimes he’ll even include recipes ?).
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Because he shares his Masterchef Junior adventures
It’s wild over there.
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Because his throwback game is strong
If you love looking at old photos, then you’ll be delighted with Aarón’s feed.
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Because it's basically a tribute to tattoos.
He’s even taken the time to talk about what some of his tats represent.