Ignacio Anaya

Ignacio Anaya García (15 August 1895 – 9 November 1975) was a Mexican maître d' who invented the popular Tex-Mex dish nachos at the Victory Club restaurant a couple miles from the border of Texas in Mexico in 1940. After nachos grew in popularity Anaya was promoted to chef, and he eventually started his own restaurant in the 1960s.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Anaya and the second or maternal family name is García.
Ignacio Anaya
Born
Ignacio Anaya García

15 August 1895 (1895-08-15)
San Carlos, Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico
DiedNovember 9, 1975(1975-11-09) (aged 80)
Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico
Occupation(s)maître d', restaurateur
Known forInventor of nachos
SpouseMarie Antoinette Salinas
Children9

His nickname was Nacho, derived from the Spanish Ignacio, the Spanish version of Ignatius.

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