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Malcom Sanz
..Sous Chef, Sheraton Premiere, Tyson’s Corner


” I got into cooking by accident when I was 16, starting with a part time job after school in Toronto. I started out as a buffet runner and within a couple of weeks I was running the grill.
There’s an adrenalin rush that comes along with a fast-paced environment like a restaurant and I really liked it—became addicted to it. I never turned back. I’ve been cooking for 16 plus years now.
I enjoy working at the Sheraton. There are always challenges, no shortage of challenges—managing, teaching through creativity, and inspiring my staff. I consider myself an artist as well as a teacher.”




I think that artistic freedom is one of the things that’s great about my job. I work with my hands, I make beautiful things, I please people. I don’t know how much better it can get.

My advice to someone who wants to be a cook is that it has to be in your heart. You have to be ready for a bumpy road. Money can’t drive you in this profession—it has to be passion. It’s an unstable profession, emotionally and physically. You must be willing to endure long hours.”


"Cook Renato Lizama & Chef Malcom Sanz display new creations"






“In my spare time, I stay home with my dogs.
I have three Rottweillers—Apollo, Cleo and Crisis.
Crisis was named because she’s always been
a crisis, always getting into things and
accident-prone.”




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