Michael Stuart, born in New York to Puerto Rican parents, received his musical education from his uncle Israel Timbalero Stuart, who helped him secure background vocal gigs for Johnny Rivera and Marc Antony. Since 1996, Stuart has released nine records, his latest a salsa album entitled Sentimiento de un Rumbero released on Machete Records in 2007.

Get acquainted with Mijas, a charming, whitewashed town with a view in Southern Spain (Andalusia). Our guide tells us about Mijas' pace of life, its food and its donkey-taxis for climbing the picturesque hills.

Let's learn more about the town of Mindo, just an hour from the center of the world in Ecuador. We'll find out what sports and cultural activities can be enjoyed in this beautiful place.

"Misión Chef" is a culinary school that gives underprivileged youth the tools they need to become chefs.

This second episode of Misión Chef takes a look at some of The Culinary School for Underprivileged Youths' students and gives some background about the socioeconomic causes of poverty in Colombia.

The selection process for the Misión Chef reality show continues with a sensory test during which the participants are blindfolded.

The reality series that trains disadvantaged youth to be chefs continues with the senses test, whereby participants must identify flavors and aromas blindfolded.

As the participants continue to try to earn the highest scores on their senses tests, let's meet the other lead players on the program: the teachers/professional chefs who will try to turn the program's participants into the same!

The senses test continues to determine who will be chosen for the reality series, Mission Chef, where disadvantaged youths will have the opportunity to train to be professional chefs.

On this episode, we see the last part of the senses test, hearing both some of the candidates' opinions about how they did and the judges' opinions of some of the candidates.

A chef responsible for picking the finalists on Mission Chef tells about the qualities necessary for becoming a chef as well as about what excited him as a budding chef.

The second round Mission Chef finalists get schooled on the strict hygienic requirements of the kitchen.

Life has taught each one of these underprivileged, young parents who aspire to be chefs to fight for what they want and try to do their best for their children. Now, the time has come to show what they're willing to do to take it one step further.

One of the instructors from Mission Chef explains what cooking means to him as well as the discipline required to cook professionally.

The contestants are divided into groups of three to begin the task of preparing a dish to be graded by their mentors.