Edson Diaz-Fuentes has been on a 15-year-long mission to transform London’s Mexican food scene. As the co-founder with Natalie Diaz-Fuentes of Santo Remedio, he’s already made his mark – but as he tells me, their work is still not complete.
Born in Mexico City, Diaz-Fuentes first came to the UK in the early 2000s and immediately noticed a lack of proper Mexican food compared to New York, where he had lived for a time. Santo Remedio, which means ‘holy remedy’ in Spanish, refers to Mexican food being the remedy to fix the previous dearth of options for lovers of Mexican food.
Today, Diaz-Fuentes oversees two bustling