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Evan Funke (born July 21, 1978 in Los Angeles, California) is an American celebrity chef, pasta maker, restaurateur and author. He is head chef of three Italian restaurants in Los Angeles. He is a two-time James Beard nominee. [1] [2]
Evan Alexander Funke was born on July 21, 1978, in Los Angeles, California [3] and is the third eldest child of special effects photographer Alex Funke and his wife Mary Emily Funke. Evan and his four siblings grew up in the Pacific Palisades. After graduating from Crespi Carmelite High School in Los Angeles, Funke attended Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Pasadena.
Funke studied at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Pasadena. After graduation, Funke worked in the kitchen of chef Wolfgang Puck at Spago in Beverly Hills, California.
In 2008, Funke moved to Bologna to study pasta making in Italy, studying at La Vecchia Scuola Bolognese (VSB). [4] He was trained under master sfoglina Alessandra Spisni, who became his mentor. [4] [5]
While in Italy, Funke ate pasta cacio e pepe three times a day for 23 days straight to "discover its true essense", and is credited as one of the driving factors behind the dish's popularity in the United States. [5] [6] He has rolled sfoglia over 35,000 times, mastering 155 different shapes. [5]
After returning from Bologna, Funke worked at Rustic Canyon in Santa Monica where he was executive chef from 2008 to 2012.
Funke was chef at Bucato in Los Angeles (2013 to 2015), an acclaimed Italian restaurant which was the only restaurant in the United States to exclusively serve pasta made correctly entirely by hand. [7] [8] Bucato closed in 2015. [9]
In 2017, he opened Felix Trattoria in Venice, Los Angeles on Abbot Kinney in Venice, California, with Janet Zuccarini of Gusto 54. [4] [10]
He also is chef of Mother Wolf in Hollywood, Los Angeles which he debuted in early 2022. [11] The restaurant is "one of the country’s most coveted culinary experiences". [5] [12]
In January 2023, Funke opened Funke in Beverly Hills which Beverly Hills Courier called as "the hottest ticket in town". [13]
His other restaurant projects include Mother Wolf in Las Vegas [14] ; Tre Dita [15] at The St. Regis Chicago; and Mother Wolf in Miami, [16] which opened in early October 2024 in Miami's Design District.
Funke is considered one of the 50 most powerful people in American fine dining. [17] In 2024, he was the chef for the reopening party for the Rodeo Drive flagship of Loro Piana. [18]
Funke and his wife Grace have been married since 2016. The couple reside in Los Angeles, California. [19]
American Sfoglino: A Master Class in Handmade Pasta. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. 2019. ISBN 9781452173313.
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