Scorpion Chef, Artisan Empanadas
“Expect An Experience”
A new, tantalizing culinary experience has arrived at Victoria, BC! Internationally renowned chef de cuisine Marcelo Anastasi has brought his incredibly delectable creations to our community through his new masterly designed Scorpion Chef Consulting Group. Scorpion Chef offers a variety of ready-to-bake empanadas, cooking classes, custom catering menus, based on personal needs, food operations design, and much more. Chef Marcelo is an award-winning Executive Chef that brings his Spanish and Italian upbringing to the expertise of his culinary offerings. This leading chef in Canada has landed in Victoria to share his delicious creations with our community.
His focus is to combine local ingredients, spices, and seed combinations to create truly unique flavors.
Each menu item is specially crafted by Chef Marcelo to tantalize your taste buds when you unravel each creation in your own home. If you are looking for a healthy, gourmet selection to entertain guests or indulge in a chef’s creation in the privacy of your own home, Chef Marcelo is ready to serve. Marcelo will customize your menu based on your personal needs, with regular, low fat, or gluten-free options that are full of flavor, exotic, unique, and will have your taste buds screaming for more. Cooking classes are available for those culinary artists out there looking to expand their use of delicate proteins, local produce, fresh herbs, cooking oils, and tons of creativity in the kitchen. These cutting-edge classes offer Cheffy secrets to his creations with an evening of laughing, eating, and sharing your passion for cooking.
“Food is essential for the body, but good food nourishes the soul”. 
The approach is to bring people to the table with intimate cooking classes, share product knowledge and encourage them that good food can be made at home. Cooking classes are available in a private of your home, following pandemic guidelines and protocol. 
Scorpion Chef, Artisan Empanadas has been eloquently titled to perfection. This hip, sleek, modern party concept is full of flavor to feast both your eyes and taste buds. When you discover this new concept you will be pleasantly greeted with exotic aromas, using only the freshest and highest quality local ingredients.
“If you want to die for a second and go to heaven, try Marcelo’s masterpieces”
On this particular day, I had the opportunity to sample Chef Marcelo’s homemade Empanadas.
Hand-crafted each empanada with perfection, offering Spanish style, pastry filled with Beef & Caramelized Onions, a touch of cumin and smoked paprika, the non-traditional Mexican-Chicken and inspired Greek Spinach & Feta, vegetarian option. Definitely, all are on my new favorites list!
Chef Marcelo’s menu items for catering are internationally inspired, offerings like Spanish Paella, which is a signature rice dish influenced with chorizos, seafood, chicken, and saffron. The second menu option a New York Striploin crusted with peppercorns stuffed with porcini mushrooms, prosciutto, and provolone cheese served with potato roti, roasted yellow zucchini, poblano peppers with a red wine reduction. The striploin was like a taste of heaven seared to perfection with just the right amount of peppercorns. The stuffing was a superb surprise with the combination of delicious flavors.
Let’s just say my mouth was happy!
Dessert was a chef’s masterpiece! Chef Marcelo prepared a chocolate caramel cheesecake with raspberry coulis and fresh strawberries dusted with icing sugar and finished with a decorative fig and pomegranate. Cheesecake is an all-time favorite and this one definitely didn’t disappoint. The beautiful presentation offered an excellent start to this delicious dessert, which didn’t last long on the plate!
A night to remember...