Who was nominated for Culinary Host for Pati's Mexican Table in 2026?

Pati Jinich was nominated for Culinary Host for Pati’s Mexican Table in 2026.

Jinich is a Mexico City native whose television work combines cooking demonstrations with stories about Mexican history, regional traditions, and family life. Pati’s Mexican Table premiered nationally in 2011 and became a long-running PBS series.

The nomination is specifically for the host category, not the separate Outstanding Culinary Instructional Series category. Pati’s Mexican Table was also nominated as a program, which can make the two entries easy to confuse. The other culinary-host nominees included Kardea Brown, Danielle Chang, Ina Garten, and Andrew Zimmern.

Jinich’s wider PBS work includes La Frontera with Pati Jinich, a series exploring food, culture, and identity along the U.S.–Mexico border. Her background also includes graduate study in Latin American studies and a career as a cooking teacher, author, and television host.