Chef Pati Jinich is an award-winning Mexican chef, TV personality, cookbook author, and food writer. She is best known for her James Beard Award winningand 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.In May 2014, Jinich was invited to cook at the White House for President Barack Obama's Cinco de Mayo dinner.