I-St. Regis Atlanta, indawo yokungcebeleka yasedolobheni engenakuqhathaniswa etholakala endaweni ekahle yase-Buckhead, iyakuthokozela ukumemezela ukuqokwa kuka-Daniella Lea esikhundleni sokuba umpheki wamakhekhe kule ndawo. U-Lea cishe uneminyaka eyishumi yesipiliyoni sokupheka esebenza emahhotela ezinkanyezi ezinhlanu nezindawo zokudlela kusukela e-Argentina nase-Chile ukuya e-Venezuela. Endimeni yakhe entsha njengompheki wamakhekhe, u-Lea uzoba nesibopho sokuthuthukisa nokudala ama-dessert amnandi ezivakashi, njengoba indawo yokungcebeleka ihlose ukuhlanganisa imithelela yamazwe ngamazwe ukuze ihambisane nokuchayeka kwayo okukhulayo emhlabeni jikelele.
U-Lea waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokupheka njengompheki wamakhekhe e-Hotel Austral Bahia Blanca e-Bahia Blanca, e-Argentina. Ngemva konyaka ekulesi sikhundla, wathuthela eCaracas, eVenezuela ukuze abe umpheki wamakhekhe endaweni yokudlela yaseBucare ngomunye unyaka ngaphambi kokudlulela esikhundleni sokuba umphathi wamakhekhe e-Four Seasons Caracas. Uchithe iminyaka emibili njengomphathi wamakhekhe endaweni yokudlela yase-Amapola eCaracas, kanye nonyaka engumpheki wamakhekhe ehhotela iRenaissance Caracas La Castellana, ihhotela iMarriott International. Ngaphambi kokuqala indima yokuba umpheki wamakhekhe e-St. Regis Atlanta, uchithe iminyaka embalwa engumpheki wamakhekhe e-Ritz-Carlton, eSantiago eSantiago, eChile.
U-Lea wathola iminyaka eminingana yemfundo engcono kakhulu yezokupheka eNingizimu Melika, eFrance nase-United States, kuhlanganise noColegio de Cocineros Gato Dumas eBuenos Aires, e-Argentina; Le Cordon Bleu eParis, eFrance; kanye no-L'ecole Valrhona eNew York. Wakwazi ukufunda kwabanye abapheki bekhekhe abaphumelele kakhulu, okwamvumela ukuba ahlole ukunambitheka, ukwakheka, imibala kanye nokwethulwa, kanye nokuphepha kokudla, ikhwalithi nokuvumelana.
"Isipiliyoni sikaDaniella sokusebenza emazweni amaningana aseNingizimu Melika kanye nemfundo kuwo wonke amazwekazi amaningana singeza kahle eqenjini lethu lezokupheka, njengoba sihlose ukwengeza ukunambitheka kwamazwe ngamazwe ekudleni kwethu," kusho uMphathi-Jikelele u-Guntram Merl.
