Mexico City Restaurateur Lorea Olavarri On The Power Of Mistakes, Trust & Fair Wages

We have a special episode this week coming to you from Mexico City. Today’s guest is Lorea Olavarri. Lorea is the chef, owner, and partner of three restaurants across CDMX: Nero, a pasta bar, Er Rre, a French-style bistro, and Margot, a daytime rooftop eatery offering classic French dishes. Lorea grew up between Mexico and France in a food-obsessed family. She graduated from fashion school and worked a brief stint as a jewelry designer before developing a passion for making pasta and pivoting to food full time. 

Lorea joins host Abena Anim-Somuah to chat about her childhood food memories, the ins-and-outs of opening restaurants, and her dreams of staging at places like Le Bernardin in New York City.

Don’t miss Lorea’s voicemail to her future self!

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More on Lorea: Instagram, Er Rre, Nero, Margot
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Future Of Food Is You transcripts can be found here

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Hosted by Abena Anim-Somuah
Produced by Kerry Diamond and Catherine Baker
Edited by Jenna Sadhu
Editorial Assistant Londyn Crenshaw
Recorded at CityVox Studios in NYC

The Future Of Food Is You is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network