The Long Table

About the gathering

The Long Table shifts the evening from encounter to exchange. Over dinner, everyone enters the conversation. Ideas raised through the evening become threads to carry further.

Familiar ingredients change character through fire, transformation, contrast, and unexpected combinations.

About the artist

Mariana Villegas is a chef whose practice is shaped by a constant curiosity for flavor, place, and the cultures that surround food. Born in Querétaro and raised in Monterrey, she trained at the Culinary Institute of America in New York before working in the kitchens of Union Square Café, Blackbird, Pujol, and Cosme, where she served as chef de cuisine. Her culinary perspective was further expanded through ten months of travel across Southeast Asia and work at Fulgurances L'Adresse in Paris and with Grupo Contramar in Mexico and California.

Villegas later became executive chef of Contramar and Entremar in Mexico City and Cala in San Francisco. Lina, her first independent project, brings these experiences together through a cuisine that is expressive, vibrant, and deeply focused on flavor, color, aroma, and texture. The restaurant has been recognized by the MICHELIN Guide, establishing Lina as a distinctive voice in Mexico's contemporary culinary landscape.