# Popular Chef Yamilet Margariño Dies at 43

**Date:** 08/30/2022

Cuba mourns the death, at the age of 43, of Cuban chef Yamilet Magariño, known to the Cuban public for her television programs.

As a host of culinary programs, Yamilet Magariño had appeared on Entre Recetas, a program where she was also a founder, and on Arte del Chef, which gave her a certain popularity among a sector of Cuban viewers.

From a long and fruitful career in the culinary arts, she taught, was a very active promoter of healthy cooking, and was a close collaborator of the organization to which she always dedicated her best efforts and her time. Author of essential books for knowledge of the heritage of Cuban hearth cooking.

The Cubavisión channel, upon reporting the news, described Yamilet as a great and notable defender of Cuban Creole cuisine and its most traditional preparations that were inherited from different cultures and enriched with the natural flavors of the Island.

Likewise, the renowned chef was the author of several cookbooks and had been awarded as a member of the Culinary Federation of Cuba thanks to her impeccable career after graduating as a technician in food preparation and later dedicating herself to the deep study of Cuban cuisine.

At the time of her sudden death, whose causes have not been specified by official media, Yamilet Magariño Andux was specialized in pastry and held the rank of international chef.

According to statements made on social media by some of her colleagues in the profession, chef Yamilet was known for her great heart and some called her the successor to the also very popular cook Nitza Villapol, whose recipes became very famous among Cuban families during an era.

"What sadness, what pain I feel. Today a friend, a teacher, and a great chef has passed away. How many knew her, like me who had the honor of being her student, her colleague on judging panels, her friend. You will always be in the hearts of everyone," wrote a colleague.

"You were, you are, and you will always be remembered by all cooks and especially you are now part of the history of our Cuban cuisine, because you were a great defender of our intangible heritage. Thank you for transmitting your knowledge, thank you for bringing joy with your presence," another colleague also emphasized.

Meanwhile, other representatives of the profession affirmed that all of Cuban gastronomy was in mourning and highlighted Yamilet's passion for defending the place of Cuban female cooks among the highest standards of the culinary arts in the nation and supported the will to found a cooking school bearing her name as a posthumous tribute.

From a long and fruitful career in the culinary arts, she taught, was a very active promoter of healthy cooking, and was a close collaborator of the organization to which she always dedicated her best efforts and her time. Author of essential books for knowledge of the heritage of Cuban hearth cooking.