Carmen Miranda joined Tacombi as the director of culinary innovation in April 2023. She is an award-winning chef, who has garnered international recognition for her achievements and culinary expertise. Most notably, Carmen was named winner of the seventh season of “MasterChef” Mexico in 2019 and was awarded the “Taco de Oro” in Dubai, UAE in January 2022. 

She began her career selling tamales on the street in Mexico alongside her mother, before staging for notable chefs in Chicago, Bangkok, and most recently, France. Her start making and selling tamales helped her hone her culinary skills and peaked her interest in corn, which is integral across Mexican cuisine. Since then, Carmen has done extensive research on corn and its uses throughout Mexico, including about the ancient process of nixtamalization through which Tacombi’s brand of tortillas, Vista Hermosa, are made today.