Professional Career
After graduating, Benet worked as patissier at Le Bernardin and as poissonier at The Water Club in New York. He also worked at Maurice Restaurant in New York. He was later chosen as Chef de Cuisine at the Governors Mansion in Puerto Rico.
In 1990, Benet opened the original Pikayo. The restaurant later moved to the facilities of the Puerto Rico Museum of Art. In September 2009 Pikayo moved to a luxurious site at the Conrad hotel in the Condado area of San Juan. In the same location, Benet also opened Varita, a woodburning rotisserie casual restaurant serving Puerto Rican food. After Pikayo he opened a more casual restaurant named Payá. Pikayo was hailed by the New York Times as "maybe the best museum restaurant in the world".
In recent years, Benet has been a guest chef at the James Beard Foundation and a spokesperson for UNICEF’s Puerto Rico Chapter "Tap Water" Campaign.
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