Marco Pierre White Biography
Marco Pierre White is a chef, restaurateur, and television personality from the United Kingdom. He’s been branded “the first celebrity chef” and the UK restaurant scene’s enfant terrible. Chefs such as Mario Batali, Heston Blumenthal, Shannon Bennett, Gordon Ramsay, and Curtis Stone have all received his training.
How old is Marco Pierre White? – Age
He is 61 years old as of 11 December 2022. He was born in 1961 in Leeds, United Kingdom.
Marco Pierre White Family – Education
Marco is the third of four sons born to an Italian immigrant from Veneto, Maria-Rosa Gallina, and a chef, Frank White. Marco’s mother died when he was six years old from a brain hemorrhage induced by difficulties from the birth of Marco’s younger brother. He dropped out of Allerton High School in Leeds without a diploma and wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a chef.
Marco Pierre White Wife – Children
White has had three marriages. His first wife was Alex McArthur, whom he married on June 8, 1988, at Chelsea Register Office. They divorced in 1990 after having a daughter, Letitia. In 1992, White proposed to Lisa Butcher in London. White had an affair with Matilde Conejero, the Canteen’s bartender, and divorced Butcher for her. The couple married in 2000 and had two sons and a daughter. Conejero suspected White of having an affair after he got friends with billionaire Robin Saunders, which led to a brawl in 2005. White was held in the Notting Hill police station for 14 hours before being released.
Marco Pierre White Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $40 Million.
Marco Pierre White Cookbooks
White has written many books, including the renowned cookbook White Heat, an autobiography called White Slave (renamed The Devil in the Kitchen in North America and in paperback), and Wild Food from Land and Sea.
Marco Pierre White Hell’s Kitchen
White was the Head Chef in ITV’s Hell’s Kitchen television series in September 2007. During the series, White caused controversy when he quipped, “I don’t think it was a pikey’s picnic tonight.” The Commission for Racial Equality was outraged by the remark. An ITV representative, however, defended the show, stating that warnings about its material were given before to transmission and that White’s comment had been contested by one of the candidates, Lee Ryan. Marco Pierre White in Hell’s Kitchen, the companion book to the show, was published by Ebury Press on August 23, 2007.
In 2009, White returned to ITV to host the fourth series of Hell’s Kitchen. Hell’s Kitchen Australia, which broadcast on the Seven Network in 2017, was hosted by White. In retribution for statements made by Masterchef judge Matt Preston regarding White’s kid squandering $500,000 of his father’s money on drugs and prostitution, White joined this rival show.
Marco Pierre White Steakhouse
White and James Robertson opened the “MPW Steak & Alehouse” in London’s Square Mile in 2008. They have also co-owned the Kings Road Steakhouse & Grill in Chelsea since 2010. Between 1999 and 2003, James Robertson worked as a maître d’hôtel for White. The two restaurants merged in May 2016 to form the London Steakhouse Co.
Taplin was keen to improve the in-house restaurant offering across his hotel network and, after conversations with White, opened a Marco White Steakhouse Bar & Grill as a franchisee at Cadbury House in October 2010. Restaurants at Hoole Hall and The Cube came quickly behind.
As other hotel owners inquired about a Pierre White restaurant, White built a master franchise with Taplin and launched Black And White Hospitality in 2013. The business operates a franchise model allowing property owners or investors to open one of the eight Pierre White branded restaurants within their property including Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill, Mr White’s English Chophouse, Wheeler’s of St James’s Oyster Bar & Grill Room, Koffmann & Mr White’s, Marco’s New York Italian, Wheeler’s Fish & Chips, Bardolino Pizzeria Bellini & Espresso Bar and Marconi Coffee & Juice Bar.
Marco Pierre White Knorr
White can be found in Unilever’s Knorr stock cubes and stock pots advertisements in the United Kingdom. In response to accusations that he had “sold himself out as a chef” by serving as a brand ambassador for such items, he stated that “working with companies like Knorr allows me to stand on a bigger stage and enrich people’s lives… Michelin stars, they’re my past.”
White apologized in 2013 after being accused of cultural appropriation for a Knorr YouTube video in which he taught how to prepare rice and peas.
