Bad Bunny Would've Worked in Culinary Arts Had His Music Not Succeeded: Cooking Was 'Something Creative'

The Puerto Rican star opened up about what path he might have considered, had music not panned out, in the March issue of 'Interview Magazine'

If Bad Bunny wasn’t going to be in the studio cooking up hits, he considered a path making gourmet meals.

The Puerto Rican superstar, 29, appears on the cover of Interview Magazine’s March issue, and revealed in the interview conducted by Benicio Del Toro what he would have pursued as a career had music not panned out. Although the singer admitted that he struggled to imagine any scenario where he wasn’t making music, he said that he would’ve gone into “the culinary arts.”

“If I wasn’t going anywhere with my music, I was going to work in the culinary arts,” he revealed. “I saw cooking as something creative because sure, there are recipes, but there’s also the opportunity to craft your own dishes, to create your own flavor.”

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Despite his interest in the food world, the Grammy winner explained that music has always been where his heart is at. “I actually dreamed so much about having this career,” he told Del Toro and the outlet. “I’d come home from school and go straight to the computer, making beats and learning to record my own music.”

The reggaeton star (whose real name is Benito Martínez Ocasio) added, “I’d sometimes say, ‘Damn, if this isn’t meant to be, I don’t know what I’ll do because I don’t have another dream.’”

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The “Tití Me Preguntó” artist also noted that he felt as though he “had to be a realist” and was working to get by before his career in music took off. “I wasn’t going to go be lazy thinking that I’d get everything I wanted, so I went to college. I had my job [bagging groceries at Econo] to at least pay for gas,” the singer/rapper shared.

Although Bad Bunny’s dreams of pursuing a career as an artist clearly came true, he’s also been able to dabble into his love for the culinary arts.

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In 2022, the hitmaker collaborated with restaurateur David Grutman to open Gekkō in Miami. The restaurant blends steakhouse favorites with Japanese cuisine, including raw offerings of sushi and sashimi, to make a contemporary menu featuring items such as olive-fed filet mignon, chilled oysters with watermelon granita and lobster fried rice.

Since opening, the luxe venue has seen an array of star-studded guests, including David Beckham, Eva Longoria, Kaia Gerber, Kim Kardashian and many others.

The “I Like It” artist dropped his fifth studio album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana (Nobody Knows What Will Happen Tomorrow) in October 2023. He’ll soon take it out on tour on the Most Wanted Tour, which he’s bringing to arenas across North America, starting in late February. He’s set to play multiple shows in major cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and New York City, among others, before he wraps up the massive 47-date run in late May.

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