Patricia Jinich (born March 30, 1972) is an award-winning Mexican chef, TV personality, cookbook author, and food writer.
She is best known for her James Beard Award winning and Emmy nominated public television series Pati's Mexican Table.
Her first cookbook, also Pati's Mexican Table, was published in March 2013 and her second cookbook, Mexican Today, was published in April 2016.Jinich is the resident chef at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, DC, where she has run her "Mexican Table" live culinary program since 2007.
She has appeared on The Today Show, The Chew, The Talk, CBS This Morning, The Home and Family Show, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and The Splendid Table among other media.
Her food writing has appeared in The Washington Post.
In May 2014, Jinich was invited to cook at the White House for President Barack Obama's Cinco de Mayo dinner.
In May 2018, she cooked at the James Beard House in New York city for their Cinco de Mayo dinner.