Pati Jinich

Born and raised in Mexico City, Pati Jinich is the host of the three-time James Beard Award-winning and three-time Emmy nominated PBS television series "Pati's Mexican Table" now on its ninth season. The series is widely distributed in the US through PBS and streamed worldwide on Amazon Prime. Pati is the resident chef at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, DC, and author of two cookbooks, "Pati's Mexican Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking" and "Mexican Today: New and Rediscovered Recipes for the Contemporary Kitchen." Her third cookbook is slated to be published in the Fall of 2021. A former political analyst focused on Mexican political institutions and US-Mexico relations at the Inter-American Dialogue, Pati holds a Master's Degree in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University. She switched policy papers for cooking pots to make exploring and sharing Mexico's cuisine her life's work. The Council of the Americas named Pati one of the "Top 5 Border Amb