Paco Mendez, born in Mexico City in 1982, is the Chef of COME, a restaurant in Barcelona and heir to the famous Hoja Santa. Thanks to a stint in the kitchens of Ferran Adrià 's El Bulli, learning the techniques of molecular cuisine, he met Albert Adrià with whom he collaborated on the opening of Hoja Santa. Mendez's vision is a blend of Mexican cuisine and Mediterranean ingredients prepared with techniques learned over the years, but always remaining rooted in Mexican culture.