Victor Palma

Career Victor Palma’s career is built in resort kitchens where consistency, timing, and guest-facing polish carry as much weight as production. That standard has followed him from Los Cabos to California and Hawaii, with roles at Executive Chef — Grand Velas Los Cabos (Cabo San Lucas, Mexico), 2018; Executive Sous Chef — Las Ventanas al Paraíso (Los Cabos, Mexico); Executive Chef — Rosewood CordeValle (San Martin, California, United States); and Executive Chef — Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States), 2023. The pattern is clear: Palma has been placed where the operation has to run cleanly and the food has to read as part of the property, not apart from it.

Signature

Training at Superior School of Tourism and Florida Culinary Institute of Boca Raton gave Victor Palma a formal base before the work itself began testing it at Marquis Reforma in Mexico City, Mexico. From there, time at Camino Real Hotels, Mayan Resorts, Hilton, and other Rosewood properties in Mexico and the United States built the operational range that hotel and resort kitchens demand: different service styles, different guest expectations, and the same requirement to stay exact under pressure. That range also shows in the way Victor Palma moved back into Las Ventanas al Paraíso in Los Cabos, Mexico as Executive Sous Chef before advancing to Executive Chef — Rosewood CordeValle in Santa Clara, California, United States. The progression is not dramatic for its own sake; it is cumulative, with each post adding more responsibility for team control, timing, and the coherence of the menu at scale. In 2018, Victor Palma became Executive Chef — Grand Velas Los Cabos in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and since 2023 he has been Executive Chef — Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States. Those appointments place him in properties where luxury service depends on precision that guests may never see, but always register.

Recognition

Victor Palma’s recognition is embedded in the postings themselves: Executive Chef — Grand Velas Los Cabos in 2018, Executive Chef — Rosewood CordeValle, and Executive Chef — Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort in 2023, alongside executive leadership at Las Ventanas al Paraíso. Across Mexico and the United States, those roles mark sustained trust in his ability to run demanding resort kitchens without losing control of the standard.