About Olivia
Olivia Mecalco, Chef
Olivia Mecalco originally learned to cook Mexican food of many regions from her grandmother, who avidly collected recipes from all over the country. In San Francisco, she worked in restaurants across a range of cuisines: California-Mexican, Cuban, French, and Italian. After 18 years of quietly working in kitchens around the city, Olivia has stepped forward and founded her own catering business, Mi Comedor. She now shares her own version of foods from all over Mexico and Latin America, often by fusing traditional recipes with modern ingredients and techniques. In May 2012, Olivia joined the incubator kitchen program at La Cocina in San Francisco and since then has worked to develop her business by hosting pop-ups at Cala, doing large-scale catering events, participating in the San Francisco Street Food Festival and Carnaval, and selling dishes at the Ferry Building Farmers Market.