Lucero Martinez - Chef/Partner of Zocalo

30 topics ● 30 days ● Voice Responses

Chef Lucero is a partner in Atlanta's El Zocalo, one of Atlanta's top Mexican restaurants. She will help you with ingredients, Mexican cuisine, menu preparation, and tips on operating restaurants. Start learning today.

Enroll Now

Try one day for free

Certificate of completion when done. AI responses may be incorrect. Always check with a live person.

Lucero's Curriculum

1. Welcome From Lucero
2. Day 1 - Locating ingredients that are the best
3. Day 2 - Must have dishes on a Mexican restaurant
4. Day 3 - Three things to balance menu items
5. Day 4- Three Mexican items to add to an American restaurant
6. Day 5 - Designing a Mexican restaurant
7. Day 6 - How color and art makes a great atmosphere
8. Day 7 - Food hall insights
9. Day 8 - What to do in a slow time at a food hall
10. Day 9 - Marketing to food halls vs a restaurant
11. Day 10 - What days to celebrate in a Mexican restaurant
12. Day 11 - Finding great vendors with the best ingredients
13. Day 12 - Substitutes for Mexican ingredients
1. Day 13 - Maintaining authenticity in a Mexican restaurant
2. Day 14 - How ingredients can alter flavor profiles
3. Day 15 - Identifying great distributors.
4. Day 16 - Pro's and con's of local suppliers
5. Day 17 - Seasonal menu items
1. Day 18 - Sourcing ingredients to keep them on the menu
2. Day 19 - Preserving ingredients to maintain freshness
3. Day 20 - Making Masa - The ingredients
4. Day 21 - Masa differences in use
5. Day 22 - Making your own tortilla's
6. Day 23 - Making chips in bulk
7. Day 24 - Pairing tortilla's with dishes
1. Day 25 - Being creative with tortilla's
2. Day 26 - Elevating canned beans into a great dish
3. Day 27 - Here's a Refried bean recipe from scratch
4. Day 28 - Knowing the tastes of American's
5. Day 29 - The differences of tequila
6. Day 30 - Standing out with your Mexican restaurant
7. Day 31 - Lucero says goodbye

About

32 lessons
0.5 hours of video content

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM LUCERO

With over thirty topics for you to learn from, this expert will take you to areas of expertise. Topics like making tortilla's, masa, learning about tequila, and sourcing the best ingredients will help you. Get started today.

Get started now

Cliff's Topic Examples

Lucero tells you the tips and secrets here.

Tortilla's are not just for a taco. Lucero shows you a few ways to make more of the tortilla.

Learning the best suppliers in your area is important and Lucero helps you find the best in your area.

With thousands of Mexican restaurants in America, Lucero tells you how to be different.

Lucero shows you an easy way to make refried beans.

TALK TO LUCERO THROUGH HER AI VOICE AGENT

We harness the power of AI to connect users with expert AI avatars, while being able to converse and allow users to interact with the experts knowledge base.

Learn now