Chef Proprietário
César Costa
Chef Proprietário, Corrutela
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Portrait of César Costa
i. Biography
César Costa is a São Paulo-based chef and entrepreneur best known as the chef-owner of Corrutela, which he opened in 2018 with a sustainability-focused mission. Corrutela is a pioneering sustainable restaurant in São Paulo, and Costa has been profiled for rejecting waste-free dogma in favor of practical sustainability in the kitchen. A 2026 trade article reported that he left Corrutela and was preparing a pop-up café, indicating a role change after his long tenure there.
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