Chef Harth was fortunate to have been able to open Restaurante Citron from 2005-2014, a 70 seat fine-dining Latin fusion restaurant focusing on local produce and seasonality, in the heart of San Salvador, El Salvador. It was a fantastic learning experience and a roller coaster ride, including many lessons on what to do and what not to do. Chef Harth tells people owning a busy restaurant is not for the faint of heart and that Murphy's law is always in effect (Whatever can go wrong usually will). A restaurant owner's role is like being " the captain on a giant cruise ship with a fire behind every door that needs to be extinguished. Some fires are small, and others are larger. Some are easy to put out, some are ignored, and others put themselves out somehow."

I can not think about Mediterranean food without immediately thinking about Spanish Celebrity Chef Jose Andres. I began following his career when he initially gained fame at Ferran Adria’s internationally know El Bulli. In the last few decades, Chef Andres has not only proven himself as a more than capable chef but has organized massive relief efforts to combat hunger wherever natural disaster and the need for a home-cooked meal with love is needed. He is not only worth mentioning for being a pioneer in his field but for having a heart and soul that is infinitely limitless.