GAUCHO“S CHICKEN BREAST WRAPPED WITH BACON. Peito de Frango com Toicinho

Chef Edmilson Rodrigues lives and works in Calgary, Alberta where he owns Gaucho Brazilian Barbecue. Gauchos are the cowboys of South America. Heavily influenced by this Brazilian cowboy culture, the residents of Rio Grande do Sul are affectionately called “gauchos”. Chef Edmilson Rodrigues or Ede as everyone calls him, was born in Rio Grande do Sul and it is there, in some of the most renowned barbecue houses in southern Brazil, that he learned the craft of preparing “churrasco”. As interest in Brazilian Barbeque grew, Ede moved to Japan where he lived and worked in Churrascarias in Osaka and Kobe before he accepted an offer to move to China. He worked in several restaurants in China before setting his sights on Canada. In 2005 Ede launched a catering business in Calgary. By late 2007 he opened a full-service restaurant, where a new group of cowboys came to appreciate the art of Churrasco. YEE HAA! This is one of the most popular offerings at Gaucho. To make this churrasco dish, use