Daniela Soto-Innes is a
Mexican
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** People
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-born
chef
A chef is a trained professional cook and tradesman who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term ''chef de cuisine'' (), the director or head of a kitche ...
and the youngest chef
named World's Best Female Chef by the
World's 50 Best Restaurant.
Born in
Mexico City, Mexico to two lawyers, she moved to
Texas at the age of 12.
She was a competitive swimmer until she was 20.
She studied at
Le Cordon Bleu
Le Cordon Bleu (French for " The Blue Ribbon") is an international network of hospitality and culinary schools teaching French ''haute cuisine''. Its educational focuses are hospitality management, culinary arts, and gastronomy. The instituti ...
in Austin, Texas
and then trained in both Europe and New York under chefs Danny Trace, Chris Shepherd and
Enrique Olvera.
In 2014, she helped to open Cosme in
New York City, serving there as the Chef de Cuisine.
In 2017, in partnership with chef Enrique Olvera, she opened the restaurant Atla.
Awards
In 2016, she received the
James Beard Award for Rising Star Chef.
In 2019, she was named the World's Best Female Chef at the World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards.
Travel Channel named her one of the ten up and coming chefs to look out for based on her work at Cosme in
Manhattan.
References
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Women chefs
Living people
Chefs from Mexico City
Mexican emigrants to the United States
Year of birth missing (living people)
Alumni of Le Cordon Bleu