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Chef Roberto Alcocer

Chef Roberto Alcocer

If I had to describe my culinary identity in one idea, it would be cooking from memory and emotion while staying deeply connected to place. So much of my menu is influenced by my childhood and by the experiences that shaped me growing up between Oaxaca and Ensenada.

The Guelaguetza

The Guelaguetza

The excitement began soon after I arrived in Oaxaca, as I was sitting at an outdoor table at a restaurant on the Zocalo, or main plaza.