Tortilleria Chingona

Mexican Corn Tortillas, Made Fresh in the UK

It all started with a craving.

Back in 2017, we were importing the finest Mexican ingredients into the UK — dried chillies, heritage beans, rich moles — yet one essential piece of the puzzle was missing: a good, honest corn tortilla. Not just one that looked the part, but one that actually tasted like home.

In Mexico, a tortilla isn’t just a base.

It’s the heartbeat of a meal.

The foundation of every taco.

The aroma that fills the street before the first bite even lands.

And what we found in the UK… simply wasn’t it.

So we founded Tortilleria Chingona

With a small crew, a love for nixtamalised corn, and an obsession with getting it right, we opened Tortilleria Chingona in Sutton, Surrey — a daily tortilla bakery where each tortilla is made fresh, soft, and full of soul.

Every morning, we:

We cook, grind and press real Mexican corn
Follow the same methods as our abuelas used (nixtmalasition, no shortcuts)
Refuse preservatives, artificial fluff, or shortcuts
Make gluten-free, GMO-free tortillas the traditional way - because that is the only way

In the UK, people search for:

Where to buy fresh corn tortillas?
Best tortillas for tacos?
What is nixtamalisation and why does it taste better?

We exist to answer all of them — not just with words, but with tortillas that do the talking.

Fresh. Warm. Foldable. Soulful. Chingón.

Why it matters

Today, our tortillas power street food trucks, fine dining kitchens, pop-ups, and home tacos across the UK. But we haven’t forgotten where we came from:

We still source directly from farmers in Mexico.
We still grind our own corn.
We still believe every tortilla should taste like it was made two minutes ago.

Because for us, it’s never just a tortilla.
It’s a story.
A ritual.
A folded piece of culture that brings the Mexican mercado into your kitchen.