Chef Carlos Robles-Molina

Chef de Cuisine

Chef Carlos Robles Molina was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His earliest memories include helping his mother and grandmother in their family kitchen where he learned the time-honored foundations of cooking. At eighteen, he started culinary school and fell in love with international cuisine. Carlos worked at the luxury Paradisus Resort in Puerto Rico first as a kitchen assistant but was quickly promoted through the ranks and, within a year, was promoted to a ‘Chef de Partie’. 

Chef Carlos married, and he and his wife, Marisandra moved to Orlando, Florida in 2008. He accepted a position with Disney at their restaurant, ‘Citricos’ known for expressing elements of Caribbean cooking. For the next eight years, he worked and learned all aspects of the kitchens there. It was while working at ‘Citricos’ Carlos met Chef Andres Mendoza. Chef Mendoza was changing his career path and soon joined the team at Chef Norman’s famed Ritz-Carlton based restaurant. Chef Andres offered Chef Carlos a position at ‘Norman’s’ as his Sous Chef. 

In 2019 Carlos was promoted to Chef de Cuisine of Norman’s. He has been part of the company for a decade and growing. Chef Norman says, “Chef Carlos is a wonderful chef and a joyful ambassador of the Norman’s brand. He leads by working exceptionally hard and by being an ally to everyone else on his team. His optimism and ‘can do’ are traits everyone loves to be around”.