What is Patricia Quintana?
[[File:Patricia Quintana.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Quintana in September 2011]] '''Patricia Quintana''' (1946 – 26 November 2018), was a Mexican [[Chef]], writer, businesswoman and professor. She was a known international cook and expert in Mexican [[gastronomy]]. She was born in [[Mexico City]]. She studied and taught on ancestral [[Mexican cuisine]] mixed with the classical. She was the owner [[Mexico City|City of Mexico]] of the restaurant Izote from 2001 to the 2013, but resigned to start a banquet catering company.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.starchefs.com/chefs/PQuintana/html/bio.shtml|title = Patricia Quintana Biografía|author = Start Chefs|location = United States|date = |access-date = 28 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulos/76558.html|title = El Izote renace|author = El Universal|location = México|date = 28 February 2013|access-date = 28 July 2013}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She was culinary ambassador of her country for the world, distinction that awarded her the Office of Tourism and the Association of Restaurants of Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulos/78137.html|title = Los poderosos de México|author = El Universal|location = México|date = 4 June 2013|access-date = 28 July 2013|archive-date = 8 June 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130608225938/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulos/78137.html|url-status = dead}}</ref> Quintana died in Mexico City on 26 November 2018 from an [[aortic aneurysm]] at the age of 72.<ref>[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/menu/fallece-la-chef-mexicana-patricia-quintana Fallece la chef mexicana Patricia Quintana] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Quintana, Patricia}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Chefs]] [[Category:Mexican businesspeople]] [[Category:Mexican academics]] [[Category:Writers from Mexico City]]