Gabriela Cámara
Mexican chef, restaurant owner, and author
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Gabriela Cámara Bargellino[2] (born 1976)[1] is a Mexican chef, restaurant owner, and author. The granddaughter of the Mexican poet Carlos Pellicer,[3] she was born in Chihuahua City, Cámara grew up in Tepoztlán.[1] In 1998, Cámara opened Contramar, a seafood restaurant in Mexico City.[4][5] She opened the restaurant Cala in San Francisco in 2015.[6] Cámara holds ownership in Mexico City restaurants Capicúa, Barricuda Diner, and MeroToro.[7] Her cookbook, My Mexico City Kitchen, was published in 2019,[8] the year Cámara was appointed to the Mexican government's Council of Cultural Diplomacy and as an advisor to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.[9]
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Gabriela Cámara | |
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| Born | Gabriela Cámara Bargellini 1976 (age 49–50) |
| Education | Universidad Iberoamericana |
| Spouse | Pablo Bueno[1] |
| Children | 1[1] |
| Family | Carlos Pellicer (grandfather) |
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | Mexican |
Current restaurants
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Cámara has twice been a James Beard Foundation award semifinalist, in 2017 and 2019.[10][11] In 2019, Cámara, her two restaurants, and their staff members were the subject of a Netflix documentary, A Tale of Two Kitchens.[12] She also has a Masterclass course in which she teaches viewers how to cook Mexican food.[13][14]
Cámara was included in Time's Most Influential People in 2020.[15] 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.
Bibliography
- My Mexico City Kitchen: Recipes and Convictions ISBN 978-0399580574 (2019)
