Marc Vidal (chef)

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Marc Vidal
Born (1977-07-09) 9 July 1977 (age 46) [1] [2]
Barcelona, Spain
EducationEscola de Restauracio i Hostelatge de Barcelona, (1996-1999)
Culinary career
Cooking styleSpanish
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Current restaurant(s)
Previous restaurant(s)
Website boquerianyc.com

Marc Vidal (born 9 July 1977) is a Spanish chef from Barcelona. He is the executive chef of Boqueria in New York City and Washington, D.C. [1] [3] [4]

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Education and career

Vidal was born and raised in Barcelona, and worked in his family's restaurant. He pursued a culinary education at Escola de Restauracio i Hostelatge de Barcelona in 1996, receiving two degrees. Shortly after graduating, he began an internship at Can Gaig, a Michelin starred restaurant. He spent a year at Maison de la Catalogne in Paris. After returning to Barcelona, he worked as a pastry chef at the Windsor restaurant. He then went on to work at elBulli, L'Arpège and restaurant Alain Ducasse, acquiring experience under several notable European chefs including Alain Passard, Alain Ducasse and Ferran Adria. [1] [4]

Vidal left Paris, returning to Barcelona in 2002. He worked at restaurant Ot and two years later, became the executive chef of Visual in the Torre Catalunya hotel. [1] Vidal moved to the U.S. and opened Por Fin restaurant in Coral Gables, Florida in December 2006. In 2009, he became executive chef at Solea at the W Hotel in South Beach. [3]

Boqueria

In September 2010, Vidal became the executive chef for restaurateur Yann de Rochefort's tapas restaurant, Boqueria, in New York. Vidal replaced chef Seamus Mullen at Boqueria's locations in Flatiron and SoHo. [3] [5] Vidal opened a third Boqueria location on Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. in March 2012. Boqueria is named after Mercat de la Boqueria , a popular food market in Vidal's home city of Barcelona. [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Personality Details - Marc Vidal". New York City Wine and Food Festival. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012. In June 2004, at the age of 26, Marc was named Executive Chef at the new 80 seat fine dining Visual restaurant in the Hotel Torre Catalunya
  2. ↑ Vidal, Marc. "Marc Vidal's Facebook Profile". Facebook . Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Por Fin chef to Solea; Ken Lyon at Bath Club". Miami, FL. Miami Herald. November 11, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  4. 1 2 Sanson, Michael (May 1, 2010). "Marc Vidal". Restaurant Hospitality. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  5. ↑ Vidal, Marc. "Marc Vidal". LinkedIn.com. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  6. ↑ Sietsema, Tom (March 14, 2012). "Boqueria to open March 15". Washington, D.C. The Washington Post.
  7. ↑ Sietsema, Tom (July 20, 2011). "Boqueria to open in D.C.". Washington, D.C. The Washington Post.
  8. ↑ Kludt, Amanda (October 5, 2010). "Marc Vidal to Take Over for Seamus Mullen at Boqueria". eater.com. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
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