Tiara Darnell
Private Chef • Writer • Culinary Consultant
Based in Mexico City, inspired by the African diaspora across the Americas.
Tiara offers private, curated culinary experiences and collaborations in Mexico City, Mexico, with seasonal activations also in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, and Cali, Colombia.
PRIVATE CHEF
Book your private chef experience today!
Tiara brings unique Mexican and Afro-diasporic-inspired Soul Food flavors to joyful, intimate dining experiences in Mexico City, Mexico as well as Salvador da Bahia, and Cali, Colombia. From private dinners to curated pop-ups and cultural food events, she creates menus and flavorful culinary experiences that honor the roots and rhythms of the African diaspora across the Americas.
Peruse her seasonal menus.
Book her for your next private chef experience or reserve your seat at one of her upcoming pop-ups.
independent Writing
Tiara Darnell is an independent writer, recipe developer, and soon-to-be author whose work has appeared in Vogue, Eater, Imbibe, Willamette Week, Portland Monthly, and more including destination travel platforms like Travel Portland and Travel Oregon. A former restaurateur with a love for talking about what’s happening at the intersection of food, culture, and place, Tiara is also a blogger, reluctant influencer, and is currently working on her debut cookbook-memoir, which blends personal narrative with recipes inspired by her time running Blaxicocina, Mexico City, Mexico’s very first Black American Soul Food restaurant (2023-2025). Whether she’s writing about a samba and moqueca in Brazil, or a bowl of creole collard greens cooked up in her tiny CDMX kitchen, Tiara’s work serves up stories meant to be savored.
CONSULTING
Thinking of starting a food business in Mexico or really anywhere abroad? Hosting your first pop-up or culinary residency? Let Tiara walk you through all of her mistakes so you don’t repeat them!
Tiara offers 1:1 consulting for chefs, creatives, and entrepreneurs navigating the unique challenges of launching abroad. She brings lived experience building a food brand from scratch as a foreigner navigating a second (and third!) language and culture. From developing culturally-inclusive menus to crowdfunding and raising social brand awareness, Tiara is here to help you bring your vision to life as creatively and seamlessly as possible.
