Francis Mallmann
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Francis Mallmann in 2009.
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January 14, 1956 Acassuso, Argentina |
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| Cooking style | Argentine |
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Francis Mallmann (born 1956) is an Argentine celebrity chef, author, and restaurateur who specializes in Argentine, and especially Patagonian cuisine, with a focus on various Patagonian methods of barbecuing food. He has been featured on numerous international television programmes, as well as on the Netflix original series Chef's Table .
Francis Mallmann was born in Acassuso, Buenos Aires Province in 1956. In 1958, he moved to Bariloche in Patagonia when his father, Carlos Mallmann, was employed as the head of the Balseiro Institute. It was there that, in 1970, Mallmann started as a cook on a boat for tourists on Lake Nahuel Huapi.
At twenty, he began managing a restaurant with a partner. He then travelled to Paris, where he spent over two years learning alongside Alain Chapel and other reputable chefs.
After returning to Argentina, he spent several years driving the kitchen of a fashionable restaurant. However, in 1983 he decided to open his own store on Honduras street in Palermo. It was open only at night and behind closed doors. During the day, Mallmann worked as a teacher.
During this time, he wrote his first book, La Cocina al instante, which was published in 1984.
He began working in television in the early 1980's. Between 1987 and 1996, the program was recorded in his restaurant and, in the summer months, in Punta del Este, excluding 1992, when the program was recorded at the Seville Expo, where Mallmann was representing Argentina. His visibility in television significantly influenced the reach and scope of his work.
In the 1990s, Mallmann's publicity led him to be associated with new ventures. However, he later chose to withdraw from these ventures to spend his time and efforts on his restaurants.
"It was hard to control what the actual sale of these products. They said they had sold 20 units but I knew that the sale had been of 100. Then I had to become a researcher, resorting to lawyers and everything. And I'm tired. "
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