[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 25, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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   CELEBRATING CHEF AMBROCIO GONZALEZ DURING IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH

  (Mr. GARCIA of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARCIA of Illinois. Madam Speaker, during Immigrant Heritage 
Month, I want to honor my constituent, Chef Ambrocio Gonzalez. Chef 
Ambrocio and his family moved to Chicago over 20 years ago when he was 
16 years old.
  At a young age, he found cooking was his passion and enrolled in Le 
Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago. After graduating, he 
worked on gaining more experience in the food and beverage industry, 
but he had a dream. Chef Ambrocio wanted to open his own restaurant.
  He worked hard and, in 2011, opened La Catedral Cafe & Restaurant in 
my neighborhood of Little Village, which is so popular that there is 
always a long line of people waiting to get in.
  Fast forward to 2024, and Chef Ambrocio now owns four restaurants 
throughout Chicagoland and has been named one of Chicago's 40 under 40 
by a local business magazine.
  Chef Ambrocio is the embodiment of what immigrants bring to this 
country: hard work, ambition, and ``desire,'' ``ganas.''

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