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]
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
References
^ Haskell, Rob (May 15, 2019). "What's Next for Gabriela Cámara? A New L.A. Restaurant—And Foray into Politics" . Vogue . No. June 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019 .
^ Brown, Corie (23 February 2005). "Mexico City's new wave of chefs generates heat" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 13 July 2019 .
^ Bernstein, Nils (June 9, 2016). "Gabriela Cámara Will Now School You on the Art of Mexican Grilling" . Bon Appetit .
^ Cooke, Julia (December 3, 2015). "Where Mexico City's Top Chef Dines Out" . Condé Nast Traveler . Retrieved 13 July 2019 .
^ Reyes, Rosario (March 29, 2016). "Gabriela Cámara nació con el don de chef" . El Financiero . Retrieved 13 July 2019 .
^ Yadegaran, Jessica (22 June 2019). "Best cookbook: Gabriela Camara's "My Mexico City Kitchen" " . The Mercury News . Retrieved 13 July 2019 .
^ 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 .
^ "Meet the 2017 Restaurant and Chef Award Semifinalists - James Beard Foundation" . James Beard Foundation . February 15, 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2019 .
^ "The 2019 James Beard Award Semifinalists - James Beard Foundation" . James Beard Foundation . February 27, 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019 .
^ Hallinan, Bridget (May 23, 2019). " 'A Tale of Two Kitchens' Juxtaposes Gabriela Cámara's Restaurants in Mexico and the U.S." Food & Wine . Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019 .
^ "MasterClass is launching free, live Q&A sessions with big shots in their respective industries" . TechCrunch . Retrieved 2020-04-26 .
^ Kern, Miller (21 April 2020). "We found the best cooking courses on MasterClass" . Mashable . Retrieved 2020-04-26 .
^ "Gabriela Cámara: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020" . Time . Retrieved 2020-09-23 .
Restaurants
National chains Baja California Baja California Sur Jalisco Mexico City Nuevo León Oaxaca Quintana Roo
Restaurant groups Chefs Restaurateurs