Barbara Lynch Biography
Barbara Lynch is a restauranteur from the United States. She was named one of Time magazine’s “Top 100 Most Influential People of the Year” in 2017 for her groundbreaking contributions to the culinary world and her emphasis on local wealth creation through agronomy.
How old is Barbara Lynch? – Age
He is 58 years old as of 19 March 2022. He was born in 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. His real name is Barbara V. Lynch.
Barbara Lynch Family – Education
She was the sixth and youngest of six children raised by a single mother. Lynch did not finish high school.
Barbara Lynch Husband
She is married to Charlie Petri. The couple married in 1997 and are said to have separated in 2021. They have a daughter Marchesa, who was born in 2004.
Barbara Lynch Books
Stir: Mixing It Up in the Italian Tradition, her first cookbook, received a Gourmand Award for Best Chef Cookbook in the United States in 2009. Lynch was named one of Time magazine’s “Top 100 Most Influential People of the Year” in 2017. In April 2017, Lynch released a memoir titled “Out of Line, A Life Playing with Fire,” in the memoir Lynch opens up about her personal life.
Barbara Lynch Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Barbara Lynch Restaurants – Career
Lynch began working with Todd English in 1989. She accepted her first executive chef position in the early 1990s at Rocco’s, an Italian restaurant in Boston’s theater district. She returned to Boston after touring Italy and was appointed executive chef at the trattoria Galleria Italiana, where she later won Food & Wine’s “Ten Best New Chefs in America” award.
No. 9 Park, near the Boston Common and the Massachusetts State House, was her first restaurant, which opened in 1998. Lynch opened what she considers to be one of her few failures in 2006. Plum Produce on Waltham Street in Boston’s South End was the location.
Barbara Lynch Gruppo employs 220 people and earns approximately $20 million per year. She is in charge of a catering company as well as several popular restaurants, including No. 9 Park (a Brahmin Beacon Hill institution), Sportello (a date-night pasta spot), Drink (a craft-cocktail bar), B&G Oysters (a seafood joint), the Butcher Shop (a meat counter and cafe), Menton (a fine-dining establishment), and Stir (an open demonstration kitchen where she offers classes). Barbara Lynch Gruppo restaurants in Boston include No. 9 Park, B&G Oysters, and Menton (named in March 2014 one of the Top 10 Foodie Spots In Boston by USA Today).
Lynch also contributes time and resources to a number of neighborhood organizations in Boston. Lynch and her colleagues promoted healthy and sustainable eating habits in Boston’s at-risk schools in 2011. In addition to the aforementioned Outstanding Restaurateur award, she has received James Beard Awards for who’s who in food and beverage in America in 2013, outstanding wine program (No. 9 Park) in 2012, and best chef in the Northeast (No. 9 Park) in 2003.
Lynch’s restaurant, No. 9 Park, was named one of the “Top 25 New Restaurants in America” by Bon Appétit and the “Best New Restaurant” by Food & Wine shortly after it opened. She is North America’s only female Relais & Châteaux grand chef. She received the Amelia Earhart Award in 2009.