Marc Forgione Biography
Marc Forgione is an American chef who won Iron Chef America on Food Network and now owns Restaurant Marc Forgione in Tribeca, New York City. In 2010, Chef Forgione competed on season three of The Next Iron Chef, which he won.
How old is Marc Forgione? – Age
He is 44 years old as of 16 December 2022. He was born in 1978 in Bellerose, New York, United States.
Marc Forgione Family – Education
Marc began working in the kitchen at An American Place with his father, Larry Forgione. Marc has fully embraced his father’s profession and has built on his distinct culinary base to carve out his own identity. Marc is linked to Francesco Forgione, a Catholic saint who is Larry’s great, great uncle. Marc pursued a regular four-year education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in hotel and restaurant management.
Is Chef Marc Forgione married?
He is married to Kristen Angelilli. The couple married in 2016.
Marc Forgione Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $3 Million.
Marc Forgione The Next Iron Chef
In 2010, Chef Forgione competed on season three of The Next Iron Chef, which he won. The Next Iron Chef is a Food Network series that concluded its fifth season in 2012. Each season is a separate challenge to find a chef who will be dubbed an Iron Chef and appear on the Food Network show Iron Chef America. Alton Brown and Mark Dacascos hosted the show’s premiere on October 7, 2007.
The Culinary Institute of America, Munich, and Paris hosted competitions. The final competition was held at the Food Network studios in New York City. Season 1’s winner was Cleveland restaurant chef Michael Symon. Season 2 aired on October 4, 2009, with ten cooks competing to be the next Iron Chef. The show began in Los Angeles and then traveled to Tokyo for two episodes. Jose Garces, a Chicago-born Ecuadorian-American chef, has been named the new Iron Chef. On January 17, 2010, Garces made his Iron Chef debut against Seattle chef Rachel Yang.
Does Marc Forgione have Michelin star? – Career
Marc reunited with Tourondel upon his return to New York, and Tourondel offered him the position of chef de cuisine at BLT Prime. Marc was promoted to corporate chef for the BLT Restaurant Group after serving as chef de cuisine. In this position, he was able to develop recipes and maintain the quality of the BLT brand as it expanded to include more restaurants across the country. Marc was instrumental in the openings of BLT Fish and BLT Market, as well as the BLT Steak locations in Dallas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Washington, D.C., and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Marc was the youngest American-born chef to receive a star in the Michelin Guide New York City 2012, making him the only one to do so in consecutive years (2010, 2011, 2012). Additionally, Sam Sifton of The New York Times gave Marc two stars.
In addition, Forbes recognized the establishment as an “All-Star Eatery,” “Top 25 Restaurants in NYC,” and “Key Newcomer” in its 2009 Zagat Guide. Marc was named “Rising Star 2008” by Restaurant Hospitality, given the “Star Chefs Rising Star of the Year Award 2010,” and mentioned in “New Formalist” by Esquire in 2008.
In January 2012, Marc reported he would be opening another steakhouse at the Revel Resort and Club in Atlantic City called American Cut. He and Executive Chef Soulayphet Schwader opened Khe-Yo, a restaurant with Laotian influences that uses products from local markets, in the summer of 2013.
In September 2013, American Cut’s second outpost and flagship location in New York City was opened by Chef Marc Forgione. Marc Forgione: Chef Forgione’s first cookbook: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt released Recipes and Stories from the Acclaimed Chef and Restaurant at the end of April 2014.