Chef and Owner
Jesús Salas Tornés
Chef and Owner, Expendio de Maíz
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Portrait of Jesús Salas Tornés
i. Biography
Jesús Salas Tornés is the chef and owner of Expendio de Maíz in Mexico City’s Roma neighborhood, where the restaurant was founded in April 2018. He is a culinary school graduate who worked for years in markets before opening the project, which focuses on nixtamalizing corn and a rural Mexican cooking philosophy. He is also identified as being from Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero.