Gabriela Cámara is a Mexican chef, restaurant owner, and author. Born in

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, Cámara grew up in

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. In 1998, Cámara opened Contramar, a restaurant specializing in seafood, in

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. She opened the restaurant Cala in

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in 2015. Cámara holds ownership in Mexico City restaurants Capicúa, Barricuda Diner, and MeroToro. Her cookbook, ''My Mexico City Kitchen'', was published in 2019, the year Cámara was appointed to the Mexican government's Council of Cultural Diplomacy and as an advisor to President

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. Cámara has twice been a

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semifinalist, in 2017 and 2019. In 2019, Cámara, her two restaurants, and their staff members were the subject of a

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documentary, '' A Tale of Two Kitchens''. She also has a

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course in which she teaches viewers how to cook Mexican food. Cámara was included in ''Time'''s Most Influential People in 2020. Gabriela Cámara became one of the five new Iron Chefs in the American

reboot Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend of the ''

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'' and '' Iron Chef America''

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