Feeding the community

Age: 38

Title: Founder

Organization: The Cathedral Café Little Village

Originally from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Ambrocio Gonzalez started in the kitchen out of the need to cook for himself because his single mother worked during the day.

At age 12 he started his first business together with his grandmother and his mother. Before he was 16 years old he moved to Chicago, where he graduated from Oakton College.

At 23, with the help of his family and his partner Alfredo Flores, he opened Tepache Restaurant in La

Villita in 2010. With no experience and insufficient capital, they were forced to close the business. With more experience and preparation, chef Ambrocio and his partner opened The Cathedral Café Little Village in 2011, and it became a success.

Other restaurants followed: Las Quecas Little Village Restaurant in 2013, with other locations in 2014 and 2015, a second La Catedral Café in North Chicago, and Altiro Breakfast. In 2016 he graduated from the prestigious French culinary school Le Cordon Bleu.

In 2017 he presented his book “Con Sabor a Guadalajara.“