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A worker exhibits a piranha for sale in Manaus, Brazil on November 20, 2013. (Credit: Mario Tama / Getty Images) and chef Virgilio Martinez seen at a dinner at the Warwick New York hotel on October 17, 2015 in New York. (Credit: Robin Marchant / Getty Images for NYCWFF)
PSA: Customs officials do not like you trying to bring a sports bag filled with 40 frozen and vacuum-sealed piranhas to Los Angeles.
Virgilio Martinez, chef-owner of the Central restaurant in Peru, who participated in the third season of Netflix's "Chef's Table", learned this lesson the hard way.
The chef landed at LAX last week to prepare dinners at Somni and Vespertine as part of the Los Angeles Times Food Bowl Food Festival. When he landed, there were 40 piranhas in his luggage.
"I was extremely obsessed with the idea of bringing piranhas because we serve piranhas in the Amazon at the center, so I said:" Guys, why do not you take the risk of bringing piranhas to LA? "Martinez said. "You probably have preconceived ideas about piranhas because of the movies, but for me, piranhas, we are going to fish them."
Read the full story on LATimes.com.
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