Celebrity Status
Benet has been featured in countless culinary magazines and publications like Conde Nast Traveler, National Geographic Traveler, American Express’ Destination magazine and Food & Wine. In February 2009 he was featured in the cover of Sante Magazine and Comercio y Produccion, the Puerto Rican official magazine of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce.
In June 2009, Benet was featured on the show Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern. Later in the same month, he participated in Bravo's TV series Top Chef Masters, a spin-off of the award-winning show, Top Chef. Benet himself had appeared as a guest judge on the season finale of the fourth season of Top Chef. On Top Chef Masters, Benet competed against Rick Bayless, Ludovic Lefebvre, and Cindy Pawlcyn. Benet won the "Quickfire Challenge", and beat Lefebvre and Pawlcyn on the "Elimination Challenge". However, he lost to Bayless who eventually went on to win the competition.
Benet has also appeared as a guest chef of the Food Network as well as his own local cooking segment. He was the principal chef on Martha Stewart's Perfect Wedding contest.
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