But he’s inordinately proud that his anthropologist dad named him after the hero he featured as part of his PhD, the fearless Apache native American leader who guided members of his tribe while evading capture by the American army.

He resisted anyone who attempted to take him and his people away from their tribal lands.

Lopez senior even displayed a poster of his hero in his home.

The latter day Geronimo, born in Caracas, Venezuela, has a more peaceful but nevertheless exotic occupation in San Antonio, the UNESCO city of gastronomy in Texas.

The city, previously more likely to be associated with the Alamo, is today a magnet for food aficionados.

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