Selena Gomez Taps DC's Paola Velez for HBO Max Show

Selena Gomez makes empanadas according to Paola Velez’s instructions. Photo courtesy of WarnerMedia.

Recognizing Gomez is a layperson attempting to learn a new recipe on the fly from Michelin and James Beard Award-winning chefs, Velez says she hoped to be an approachable presence in the kitchen. “[Selena] is hyper engaged in what’s happening—she’s actually really scared to make a mistake. It’s not just a schtick,” says Velez.kept making mistakes and I kept calling things the wrong thing. It disarmed her from thinking I’m this perfect chef, because I’m not.

“I never wanted to be typecast, but I also have to remember that when you Google ‘Dominican pastry chef,’ I come up,” Velez says. “How do I honor everybody that grew up eating Spanish food and that cultural identity crisis that we all have? How do we fit into Americana? In that, the show made me love being an Afro-Latina and being a Latina in general.”Selena + Chef, a group that supports low-income immigrants in the DC area. This isn’t the first time the pastry chef has baked with Ayuda in mind.

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