About Frontera Foods: Products - Rick Bayless

Rick Bayless is chef of Frontera Grill and Topolobampo in Chicago, creator of Frontera gourmet foods, cookbook author and host of Mexico - One Plate at a Time.

About Frontera Foods

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Frontera products are created by Rick Bayless, award-winning chef of legendary Chicago restaurants Frontera Grill and Topolobampo, cookbook author & host of Public Television’s “MEXICO — One Plate at a Time.”

After logging 35,000 delicious miles through Mexico researching their first cookbook, Rick and his wife Deann resolved to bring Mexico’s satisfying flavors to friends north of the border. They opened Frontera Grill in Chicago in 1987 to rave reviews. Enthusiasm for true Mexican flavors spawned the dressy Topolobampo, next door to Frontera and just below the loft where Frontera Foods was hatched in 1996 with partner Manny Valdes. Frontera Foods is still headquartered above the restaurants and run by a small, dedicated group of salsa lovers. Fresh, natural ingredients. Classic flavors. That’s what we’re all about.