Alfred Portale Profile
Alfred Portale is a chef, author, and restaurateur from the United States who is regarded as a forerunner in the New American cuisine movement. He honors classical cuisine with whimsical modern twists.
How old is Alfred Portale? – Age
Portale is 67 years old as of 5 July 2021. He was born in 1954 in Buffalo, New York, United States.
Alfred Portale Wife – Family
He is married to Sophie Leibowitz with whom he has two daughters.
Alfred Portale Net Worth
His net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.
Alfred Portale Restaurants
Portale became the chef at Gotham Bar and Grill in 1985 after graduating first in his class from the Culinary Institute of America in 1981, and he took it to new heights with his beautiful plating and insistence on high-quality ingredients.
Tom Valenti was Portale’s first sous-chef at Gotham, and other notable chefs who have worked under him include Bill Telepan, Wylie Dufresne, Tom Colicchio, Christopher Lee, and Jason Hall. Livio Velardo is the current chef de cuisine at Gotham Bar and Grill. Portale opened Gotham Steak at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach in Miami Beach, Florida, in October 2008, and has since started in relation to the opening and the current economy.
Alfred Portale Cookbooks
Portale has written three cookbooks, both collaboratively and alone: Gotham Bar and Grill Cookbook in 1997, Twelve Seasons Cookbook: A Month-by-Month Guide to the Best There Is to Eat in 2000, and Simple Pleasures: Home Cooking from the Acclaimed Chef in 2004.
Alfred Portale Judge
He has appeared on television, most notably as a guest judge on the June 27, 2007 episode of Top Chef and as a featured chef with Julia Child in her PBS series “In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs” on December 16, 1995.
Alfred Portale Jewelry Designer
Alfred began his career as a jewelry designer, but his interests shifted from diamonds to foie gras, rubies to Cotes-du-Rhone, and he graduated first in his class from the Culinary Institute of America in 1981. Alfred spent three years in France working for Michel Guérard and the Troisgros brothers, two of France’s most renowned chefs.
Alfred Portale Jewelry
Alfred began his career as a jewelry designer, but his interests shifted from diamonds to foie gras, rubies to Cotes-du-Rhone, and he graduated first in his class from the Culinary Institute of America in 1981. Alfred spent three years in France working for Michel Guérard and the Troisgros brothers, two of France’s most renowned chefs.