Gabriela Cámara

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]

Gabriela Cámara
Born
Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
EducationUniversidad Iberoamericana
Culinary career
Cooking styleMexican
Current restaurant(s)
    • Contramar
    • Entremar

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
  1. 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.
  2. Brown, Corie (23 February 2005). "Mexico City's new wave of chefs generates heat". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. Bernstein, Nils (June 9, 2016). "Gabriela Cámara Will Now School You on the Art of Mexican Grilling". Bon Appetit.
  4. Cooke, Julia (December 3, 2015). "Where Mexico City's Top Chef Dines Out". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  5. Reyes, Rosario (March 29, 2016). "Gabriela Cámara nació con el don de chef". El Financiero. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  6. Yadegaran, Jessica (22 June 2019). "Best cookbook: Gabriela Camara's "My Mexico City Kitchen"". The Mercury News. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  7. 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.
  8. "Meet the 2017 Restaurant and Chef Award Semifinalists - James Beard Foundation". James Beard Foundation. February 15, 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  9. "The 2019 James Beard Award Semifinalists - James Beard Foundation". James Beard Foundation. February 27, 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  10. Hallinan, Bridget (May 23, 2019). "'A Tale of Two Kitchens' Juxtaposes Gabriela Cámara's Restaurants in Mexico and the U.S." Food & Wine. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  11. "MasterClass is launching free, live Q&A sessions with big shots in their respective industries". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  12. Kern, Miller (21 April 2020). "We found the best cooking courses on MasterClass". Mashable. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  13. "Gabriela Cámara: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020". Time. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
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