With more than two decades of experience in restaurants and hotels, Miguel Garcia has worked with several iconic brands such as Four Seasons, Belmond, Relais & Chateaux and Leading Hotels of the World. He has been General Manager and Director of several different operations and brands, such as Belmond Copacabana Palace (Rio de Janeiro), Tivoli Mofarrej (São Paulo) and Tivoli Avenida da Liberdade (Lisbon). Until 2022 he was Regional Director of Operations in Portugal for all Minor Hotels’ Urban Hotels, where he managed the operations of 10 properties under 4 different brands (Tivoli Hotels, Anantara, Avani and NH Hotels).

In 2022, Miguel decided to pursue his dream of becoming an entrepreneur and acquired both Café de São Bento locations. In 2023, he opened Bougain Restaurant & Garden Bar, a success and a must-visit gastronomic destination in Cascais. Now he is launching a new project, also in Cascais, with a focus on product and traditional Italian cuisine, signed by a renowned chef with whom he had already crossed paths in Switzerland and Brazil and made plans to one day join forces on a project in Portugal.