Hugo Ortega was a late edition to the Below Deck season 12 cast after Bosun Caio Poltronieri was fired, and here's what we know about the new bosun.

Season 12 saw its first firing when Captain Kerry Titheradge made the right call to let go of his bosun, Caio Poltronieri. He wasted no time bringing aboard a new bosun named Hugo Ortega, whose years ...

Meet Hugo Ortega, chef and owner of Hugo's, which has been serving authentic Mexican dishes in this city for 15 years. While the food is impressive, Hugo's story is unforgettable.

Below Deck Season 12 continued its high drama with Episode 6, titled “Yacht-Chella,” which aired on July 7. The episode ...

Executive chef Hugo Ortega stacks diminutive snapper tamales wrapped in banana leaves onto a plate. He drizzles on squash-blossom-and-poblano sauce, then scans the plate at an angle to see how it ...

Houston restaurateur Hugo Ortega at his Caracol restaurant on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. Houston's Saint Arnold Brewing Company has announced the return of a stout collaboration with James Beard ...

Editor’s note: Hugo Ortega ranks among the nation’s top chefs. He won the 2017 Best Chef: Southwest Award from the James Beard Foundation and has received accolades for his culinary brilliance ...

How iconic are Hugo Ortega’s wood-roasted oysters? Iconic enough for Texas Monthly to put the dish on the cover of our December 2016 issue, which features a photograph of the Houston chef on the ...

Hugo Ortega, long a key figure on Houston's culinary scene, was named Best Chef Southwest at the James Beard Foundation Restaurant & Chef Awards in Chicago Monday night. Born in Mexico City, and ...

Chef Hugo Ortega, executive chef and co-owner of five restaurants including URBE and Hugo’s, is partnering with “Top Chef Mexico” winner Rodolfo Castellanos on two events designed to ...

Now, Hugo’s is 16 years in and joined by sister restaurants Caracol and Xochi. “Necessity is what pushes you to find opportunities somewhere else,” says Ortega. “And that’s what I did.” ...

I met chefs Hugo and Ruben Ortega of Hugo's last week, and what I walked away knowing is that I want to spend a lot more time with these guys -- in Mexico tasting their memories. Chefs Hugo and ...