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
Education	Universidad Iberoamericana
Culinary career
Cooking style	Mexican
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)