Gabriela Cámara Explained

Gabriela Cámara
Birth Place:Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Education:Universidad Iberoamericana
Style:Mexican
Restaurants:
  • Contramar
  • Entremar

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 of the Iron Chef and Iron Chef America cooking shows.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Haskell . Rob . What's Next for Gabriela Cámara? A New L.A. Restaurant—And Foray into Politics . 13 July 2019 . Vogue . June 2019 . May 15, 2019 . en.
  2. News: Brown . Corie . Mexico City's new wave of chefs generates heat . 13 July 2019 . Los Angeles Times . 23 February 2005.
  3. News: Bernstein . Nils . Gabriela Cámara Will Now School You on the Art of Mexican Grilling . Bon Appetit . June 9, 2016 . en.
  4. News: Cooke . Julia . Where Mexico City's Top Chef Dines Out . 13 July 2019 . Condé Nast Traveler . December 3, 2015 . en.
  5. News: Reyes . Rosario . Gabriela Cámara nació con el don de chef . 13 July 2019 . El Financiero . March 29, 2016.
  6. News: Yadegaran . Jessica . Best cookbook: Gabriela Camara's "My Mexico City Kitchen" . 13 July 2019 . The Mercury News . 22 June 2019.
  7. News: Moskin. Julia. This Mexican Chef Is Having a Very Good Year. 2019-06-04. The New York Times. 2020-04-26. en-US. 0362-4331.
  8. Web site: Meet the 2017 Restaurant and Chef Award Semifinalists - James Beard Foundation . James Beard Foundation . 13 July 2019 . en . February 15, 2017.
  9. Web site: The 2019 James Beard Award Semifinalists - James Beard Foundation . James Beard Foundation . 13 July 2019 . en . February 27, 2019.
  10. News: Hallinan . Bridget . 'A Tale of Two Kitchens' Juxtaposes Gabriela Cámara's Restaurants in Mexico and the U.S. . 13 July 2019 . Food & Wine . May 23, 2019 . en . 9 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190709153259/https://www.foodandwine.com/news/tale-two-kitchens-gabriela-camara-contramar-cala-documentary-netflix . dead .
  11. Web site: MasterClass is launching free, live Q&A sessions with big shots in their respective industries. TechCrunch. en-US. 2020-04-26.
  12. Web site: We found the best cooking courses on MasterClass. Kern. Miller. Mashable. 21 April 2020 . en. 2020-04-26.
  13. Gabriela Cámara: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020. 2020-09-23. Time.