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KC's Yoli Tortilleria brings home the very first James Beard Award for

Marissa and Mark Gencarelli founded the bakery in 2017 after Marissa had been experimenting with tortilla-making at home. She's from Sonora, Mexico, and Mark Gencarelli is a Kansas City native.

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Owner Marissa Gencarelli said in her acceptance speech that the tortilleria opened when she was still grieving the loss of her parents. "Baking became our therapy, a way to connect and honor my.

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The prestigious James Beard awards (the Oscars of the food industry) were held in Chicago the first week of June, and the Gencarelli's Yoli Tortilleria w on in the first-time-ever category of Outstanding Bakery. Marissa took to the stage, gave a teary-eyed speech and thanked KC for helping the tortilleria "honor the very humble tortilla.".

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Thick, gummy, preservative-laden flour tortillas alongside crumbly corn tortillas crowded the shelves of their local grocery store, and Marissa longed for those of her childhood. Finally, out of sheer necessity, the couple began making their own tortillas - a pursuit that bordered on obsession, according to Marissa. Marissa and Mark Gencarelli.

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Linkedin: Marissa-Gencarelli; Image Credits Picture of Marissa on at the Yoli retail: Alyssa Broadus Flour Tortillas: Lauren Pusateri Corn Tortillas: Zach Bauman Production images: Alyssa Broadus Yoli Pop Ups: Alyssa Broadus James Beard 2023: Daniel Moroyoqui.

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But for Mark and Marissa Gencarelli, owners of Yoli Tortilleria, their achievement was jaw-dropping. A few months ago, the Kansas City, Missouri, tortilla maker was notified that it was a semifinalist in the James Beard Foundation Outstanding Bakery category.

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00. To call Marissa Gencarelli a fan of Kansas City would be an understatement. The co-owner of Yoli Tortilleria says we're "a big city that's been able to remain feeling like a small town. Great people, food, and Midwest manners. And while the city is spread out, traffic is a breeze." (Amen to that, sister.) Gencarelli/Photo credit.

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Marissa Tapia Gencarelli is co-founder of Yoli Tortilleria, the 2023 James Beard Award winner for Outstanding Bakery, and co-owner of Art's Molino & Market, a producer of premium Mexican products. Gencarelli draws inspiration from her childhood traveling from her hometown of Sonora, Mexico to Merida, and honors traditional processes in her.

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When Kansas City native and University of Kansas student Mark Gencarelli met Sonora, Mexico, native and University of Arizona student Marissa Tapia Burr during a semester in Italy, little did they know that marriage, children and a thriving business would follow. In 2017 they began making tortillas as KCMEX Tortilleria, now called Yoli.

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Marissa and Mark Gencarelli, owners of Yoli Tortilleri, grind yellow, blue and red corn to make taco-sized tortillas. At a factory in Kansas City's East Bottoms, a conveyor belt spits out roughly.

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Owner Marissa Gencarelli, who is originally from Sonora, Mexico, accepted the award alongside her husband and co-owner, Mark, at a ceremony Monday evening at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

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Yoli Tortilleria comes from a desire to find fresh, quality tortillas in Kansas City by founders Mark and Marissa Gencarelli. It is inspired by Marissa's upbringing who was born and raised in Sonora, México. Yoli products reflect the rich diversity in Mexican cuisine. They follow traditional processes native to México, but use local and.

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Marissa Gencarelli, Yoli Tortilleria. Kansas Citians should get ready for a bold taste of culture, Marissa Gencarelli said, teasing the release of a new mini publication inspired by her rapidly scaling business and its mission to bring a bit of authentic Mexico to the metro. "I posted a picture on Instagram and someone [asked] me if I had.

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[email protected]. Hours. AboutContactPitch UsWork With UsEvents & Editorial CalendarNewsletter. my name Marissa Gencarelli MY NICKNAME My family in Sonora, Mexico still call me "Marissita," meaning I'm little MY Home Base Kansas City, Missouri MY biz Yoli Tortilleria. We make stone ground corn tortillas, Sonoran-style flour.

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