Solar Gourmet was founded in Montevideo, Uruguay by Maria Adela Gimenez. Giorgio Gaviraghi of Exponential Design Lab developed the architectural concepts. Renzo Ghio, a science professor, developed the technological concepts and Renato Martinelli, a well-known local chef, developed the gastronomical offerings. The team includes nutritionists, doctors, several college professors even an archeologist. (It has been discovered that Precolombian American Indians used to solar cook on stones.) A marketing group is being organized.