Pati Jinich
Pati Jinich is a Mexico City-born chef, cookbook author and PBS host who shares Mexican home cooking and explores the people, food and cultural connections of the Americas.
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Known for
Public television
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Cookbook
CookbookOverview
- From
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Based
- Washington, D.C. area
- Work
- Chef, cookbook author, television host and executive producer
- Before food
- Political analyst with a master’s in Latin American Studies from Georgetown
- Breakout
- Pati’s Mexican Table, on public television since 2011
Mini bio
How it started.
Pati grew up in Mexico City in a family that loved cooking. After moving to Texas, she taught Mexican cooking to friends and neighbors and worked as a production assistant on New Tastes from Texas. In Washington, she earned a Georgetown master’s and worked at the Inter-American Dialogue before choosing culinary school and a career in food.
Finding her table.
She became resident chef at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington in 2007. Cooking classes and a blog helped lead to Pati’s Mexican Table, which reached public television in 2011. Her recipes bring home cooking together with visits to the people and places behind Mexico’s regional dishes.
Across the Americas.
La Frontera took her storytelling to both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021. PanAmericana followed in 2025, beginning in Alaska and Canada. Alongside her television work, she writes cookbooks, including Treasures of the Mexican Table and 2026’s Foods of La Frontera.
Creditschronological, newest first
Television
- 2025–presentPati Jinich Explores PanAmericanaHost and executive producer
- 2021La Frontera with Pati JinichHost and executive producer
- 2011–presentPati’s Mexican TableHost
Cookbooks
- 2026Foods of La FronteraAuthor
- 2021Treasures of the Mexican TableAuthor
- 2016Mexican TodayAuthor
- 2013Pati’s Mexican TableAuthor
Awards
- James Beard Broadcast Media Hall of Fame2026 · Honoree
- James Beard Award2026 · Instructional Visual Media, Pati’s Mexican Table
- IACP Lifetime Achievement Award2025 · Honored for her contributions to the culinary world
- James Beard Award2024 · Outstanding Docuseries, La Frontera
- IACP International Cookbook Award2022 · Treasures of the Mexican Table
Quotes
When Mexican and American mix, beautiful things happen.Pati Jinich, Axios
Discussing her borderlands cookbook Foods of La Frontera in September 2026.
Trivia
- Before hosting her own shows, she worked behind the scenes on New Tastes from Texas.
- She earned a merit scholarship while studying at Georgetown.
- She cooked at the White House for President Obama’s Cinco de Mayo celebration.
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