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    Chef-Founder & Co-Owner

    Fátima Juárez

    Chef-Founder & Co-Owner, Komal

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    Portrait of Fátima Juárez

    i. Biography

    Fátima Juárez is the chef-founder and co-owner of Komal at Mercado La Paloma in Los Angeles. Raised in Mexico City with formative family ties to Oaxaca, she centers the restaurant on heirloom Mexican corn, nixtamalization, masa, and the food memories of those places.