Team

Cook Restaurant Group includes restaurant industry executives and veterans. We've built an impressive network of talent that stands ready to support any project. During our brief history we have partnered with operators in various categories of the restaurant industry, creating a diverse portfolio.

We are restaurant operators. Each team member brings a unique level of expertise in restaurant development and operations, resulting in a balanced capacity to handle all your needs.

Cook Restaurant Group has the expertise to lead your project from concept development through opening day, and ongoing support as your Management Company.

Alberto A. Cabrera
President / CRG

Chef Alberto Cabrera has developed his own unique culinary style; a masterful blend of hands on experience and creativity. Chef Cabrera has been awarded several honors for his luxurious cuisine, including the distinguished Star Chef's Rising Star award for South Florida and Sterling Silver's Emerging Tastemaker Award, as well as being lauded in publications ranging from Miami's Ocean Drive to Food and Wine Magazine.

In 1999, Cabrera landed at Baleen in the Grove Isle Resort, the only Relai & Chateaux in Miami, Florida. Here, under the tutelage of renowned chef Robin Haas, Cabrera spent four years working his way up the ranks to Executive Sous Chef at the consistently top-rated restaurant.

From there, it was onto Norman's, where mastery of Chef Norman Van Aken's seminal "New World Cuisine" went hand in hand with an education that extended beyond the kitchen into marketing and managing a top tier multi-faceted restaurant operation.

Itching to flex his creative muscles, Cabrera moved on to La Broche where he worked under Food & Wine award-winning chef Angel Palacios, a protégé of the revered and innovative Spanish chef Ferran Adria. Here, Chef Cabrera was reborn - creative juices stimulated and eyes opened to the endless possibilities offered by "Alta Cocina."

Cabrera's career took a natural progression when he stepped in as Culinary Director for Arrso Restaurants. Here Cabrera opened the multi-million dollar project Karu & Y. Cabrera garnered national acclaim from some of the countries top publications.

Common with those of a gifted mind, Cabrera continues to willfully pursue challenges that will keep his ability, mind, and talent, sharp. In 2010 Cabrera developed and launched Cook Restaurant Group - a restaurant development and consulting firm. Since CRG's inception several of South Florida's top restaurateurs have brought in CRG to develop, revamp and oversee their culinary and restaurant operations.