Francis Mallmann

Francis Mallmann (born January 14, 1956) is an Argentine celebrity chef, author, and restaurateur who specializes in Argentine cuisine, and especially in Patagonian cuisine with a focus on various Patagonian methods of barbecuing food.^[1] He has been featured on numerous international television programmes, as well as on the Netflix original series Chef's Table.

Francis Mallmann
Francis Mallmann
Born	(1956-01-14) January 14, 1956 (age 69) Acassuso, Argentina
Culinary career
Cooking style	Argentine
Current restaurant(s) 1884, Mendoza Patagonia Sur, Buenos Aires El Garzon, Uruguay Siete Fuegos, Mendoza Los Fuegos by Francis Mallmann, Miami Fuegos de Apalta, Chile Restaurant Francis Mallmann, France
Television show(s) Chef's Table
Website	instagram.com/francismallmann/ twitter.com/francisjmallman

Early life and education

Mallmann was born in Acassuso, Buenos Aires Province in 1956. Son of an Argentinian father and Uruguayan mother. 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 where Mallmann started working as a cook on a boat for tourists on Lake Nahuel Huapi in 1970.^{[citation needed]}

Career

At the age of nineteen, he began managing a restaurant with a partner. Then, at the age of twenty, he travelled to Paris, where he spent over two years learning alongside Alain Chapel and other reputable chefs.^[2]

After returning to Argentina, he spent several years driving the kitchen of a fashionable restaurant. In 1983 he decided to open his own restaurant on Honduras street in Palermo. It was open only at night and behind closed doors. During the day, Mallmann worked as a cooking 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 1980s. 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.

Mallmann is Argentina's most famous chef known for his open-fire cooking. He currently runs 9 restaurants worldwide: Patagonia Sur (Argentina), Los Fuegos (Miami), Fuego de Apalta (Chile),^[3] 1884 Restaurant (Argentina), Garzón (Uruguay), Bodega Fuegos (Argentina), Orégano (Mendoza), Mallmann at Chateau La Coste (France).^[4]

Personal life

He has double nationality Argentinian/Uruguayan. In April 2016, Mallmann married Vanina Chimeno,^[1] with whom he has two daughters. He has five other children, from previous relationships.^[1]