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Gabriela Cámara

Gabriela Cámara

Mexican chef, restaurant owner, and author

Gabriela Cámara is a Mexican chef, restaurant owner, and author. Born in Chihuahua City, Cámara grew up in Tepoztlán.[1] In 1998, Cámara opened Contramar, a restaurant specializing in seafood, in Mexico City.[2][3] She opened the restaurant Cala in San Francisco in 2015.[4] Cámara holds ownership in Mexico City restaurants Capicúa, Barricuda Diner, and MeroToro.[5] Her cookbook, My Mexico City Kitchen, was published in 2019,[6] the year Cámara was appointed to the Mexican government's Council of Cultural Diplomacy and as an advisor to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.[7]

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Cámara has twice been a James Beard Foundation award semifinalist, in 2017 and 2019.[8][9] In 2019, Cámara, her two restaurants, and their staff members were the subject of a Netflix documentary, A Tale of Two Kitchens.[10] She also has a Masterclass course in which she teaches viewers how to cook Mexican food.[11][12]

Cámara was included in Time's Most Influential People in 2020.[13] Gabriela Cámara became one of the five new Iron Chefs in the American Netflix reboot Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend of the Iron Chef and Iron Chef America cooking shows.

Gabriela Cámara's tuna tostada dish at Contramar

Bibliography

  • My Mexico City Kitchen: Recipes and Convictions ISBN 978-0399580574 (2019)

References

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    Moskin, Julia (2019-06-04). "This Mexican Chef Is Having a Very Good Year". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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    "MasterClass is launching free, live Q&A sessions with big shots in their respective industries". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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    "Gabriela Cámara: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020". Time. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
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