{{short description|American chef and restaurateur (born 1982)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox chef <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox chef/doc --> | name = Angie Mar | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S. | home_town = | style = | spouse = | children = | ratings = | restaurants = {{Plainlist| * Le B (formerly Les Trois Chevaux; 2021–present) }} | prevrests = {{Plainlist| * The Beatrice Inn (2016–2020) }} | television = {{Plainlist| * ''Chopped'' }} | signature = | website = {{URL|angie-mar.com}} }}
'''Angie Mar''' (born {{circa}} 1982<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Haute Living|url=https://hauteliving.com/2019/03/the-future-is-not-female-its-equal-chef-angie-mar-talks-meat-and-whats-next/667530/|title=The Future Is Not Female; It's Equal: Chef Angie Mar Talks Industry And What's Next|last=Bazika|first=Natasha|date=March 8, 2019}}</ref>) is an American chef and restaurateur. She owns and operates Le B in New York City.
==Career== Mar was born and raised in Seattle, Washington.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/dining/angie-mar-chef-beatrice-inn.html|title=Angie Mar's Menu: Red Meat and Respect|date=January 9, 2018|first=Tejal|last=Rao|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Before becoming a chef, she was based in Los Angeles as a real estate agent.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Leah Faye|last=Cooper|url=https://coveteur.com/2019/11/18/inside-chef-angie-mar-closet/|title=Inside The Closet Of New York's Most Glamorous Chef|date=November 18, 2019}}</ref> She moved to New York in 2010 and enrolled at the French Culinary Institute.<ref name=wapo/> She subsequently worked at several restaurants in Brooklyn, including Reynard, Diner, and Marlow & Sons, before becoming sous-chef at The Spotted Pig.<ref name=hd>{{cite news|newspaper=Hospitality Design|url=https://www.hospitalitydesign.com/people/interviews-in-depth/angie-mar/|title=Angie Mar|date=November 6, 2018}}</ref><ref name=tatler>{{cite web|publisher=Tatler|url=https://sg.asiatatler.com/dining/chef-owner-angie-mar-the-beatrice-inn-new-york-city-cookbook-launch|title=Celebrated Chef Angie Mar Reveals How She Found Her Passion For Cooking And Lessons Learnt From Her Father|date=January 5, 2020|first=Angie|last=Mar}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=New York City Wine and Food Festival|url=https://nycwff.org/personality/angie-mar/|title=Angie Mar|accessdate=May 25, 2020}}</ref> In 2013, she became the fourth executive chef at The Beatrice Inn in Manhattan, owned by ''Vanity Fair'' writer Graydon Carter.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Eater|url=https://ny.eater.com/2013/12/6/6318345/angie-mar-is-the-new-executive-chef-at-the-beatrice-inn|title=Angie Mar Is the New Executive Chef at The Beatrice Inn|first=Greg|last=Morabito|date=December 6, 2013}}</ref> Mar appeared on ''Chopped'' in 2015, emerging as champion in its "Grill Masters" tournament and winning $50,000 in prize money.<ref name=wapo/><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Food Network|url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/shows/2015/08/chopped-grill-masters-grand-champion-angie-mar|title=One-on-One with the Chopped Grill Masters Grand Champion|last=Erdos|first=Joseph|accessdate=May 25, 2020}}</ref>
In 2016, she and her cousin Melissa Merrill Keary bought over The Beatrice Inn.<ref name=nyt/> According to Mar, the idea of a takeover was suggested by Carter and his associates.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=New York|url=https://www.grubstreet.com/2016/08/angie-mar-buys-beatrice-inn.html|title=How This Chef Rescued — Then Purchased — One of Manhattan's Most Notorious Restaurants|last=Tishgart|first=Sierra|date=August 10, 2016}}</ref> Having previously given the restaurant zero stars out of four, ''The New York Times'' critic Pete Wells praised Mar's ability to transform The Beatrice Inn into "one of the most celebratory restaurants in the city" and awarded it two stars, meaning "very good".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/dining/beatrice-inn-review.html|title=At the Beatrice Inn, Cuisine for Animals|date=October 25, 2016|first=Pete|last=Wells}}</ref> In December 2016, Thrillist named Mar "NYC Chef of the Year for 2016".<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Thrillist|url=https://www.thrillist.com/shopping/nation/where-to-buy-face-masks-online-covid-19|title=Thrillist's NYC Chef of the Year Angie Mar Will Rekindle Your Love of Meat|date=December 13, 2016|last=Shott|first=Chris}}</ref> ''Food & Wine'' listed her among the year's "Best New Chefs" in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Food & Wine|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/chefs/angie-mar-bnc-video|title=How Best New Chef Angie Mar is Redefining the New York Steakhouse|last=Walhout|first=Hannah|date=May 31, 2018}}</ref> In 2018, the International Culinary Center in New York—which Mar had graduated from in 2011—awarded her the Outstanding Alumni Award for Excellence in Culinary Arts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Angie Mar|date=January 2015 |url=https://www.internationalculinarycenter.com/alumnis/angie-mar/|accessdate=May 25, 2020|publisher=International Culinary Center}}</ref> Mar appeared on a cooking segment of ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'' in August 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIiEBgXToEI|title=Angie Mar Cooks a Brandy and Madeira Sauce for a Gigantic Steak|publisher=Late Night with Seth Meyers|date=August 9, 2018}}</ref> In January 2019, a former bartender at The Beatrice Inn filed a lawsuit against Mar for alleged wage theft.<ref name=nyt/> The lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ny.eater.com/2018/8/22/17768046/oak-tuscan-truffle-lounge-west-village-nyc-review-steve-cuozzo|title=New West Village Restaurant's Truffle-Dumping Gimmick Works on Critic|date=August 22, 2018}}</ref> Mar's first cookbook, ''Butcher + Beast'', was published on September 30, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thecut.com/2019/09/angie-mar-releases-new-cookbook-butcher-beast.html|date=September 30, 2019|newspaper=New York|first=Sarah|last=Spellings|title=The Glamorous Chef Who Gives Beef As a Present}}</ref>
On May 11, 2020, Mar appeared on the telethon ''Rise Up New York!'' in support of New York residents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/how-to-watch-rise-up-new-york-virtual-telethon-tina-fey-mariah-carey-billy-joel-9375607/|newspaper=Billboard|title=How to Watch 'Rise Up New York!' Telethon Starring Mariah Carey, Billy Joel & More|date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> The Beatrice Inn closed in December 2020.<ref>{{cite news|first=Rachel|last=Felder|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/05/feeding-the-chef-who-fed-eisenhower-and-de-gaulle|date=June 28, 2021|newspaper=New Yorker|title=Feeding the Chef Who Fed Eisenhower and de Gaulle}}</ref> In July 2021, Mar opened a French restaurant, Les Trois Chevaux, in Greenwich Village.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Florence|last=Fabricant|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/06/dining/nyc-restaurant-news.html|title=Angie Mar's Latest, Les Trois Chevaux, Opens|date=July 6, 2021}}</ref> It closed and reopened as Le B in September 2023.
==Personal life== Mar's grandparents emigrated to the United States from China and her parents separated when she was 14. Her father, Roy, was a former naval officer and chef who worked at his sister Ruby Chow's Chinese restaurant in Seattle.<ref name=nyt/><ref name=wapo>{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/this-top-chef-can-trace-her-passion-for-cooking-to-an-offal-beginning/2017/07/07/159c3998-603d-11e7-8adc-fea80e32bf47_story.html|title=This top chef can trace her passion for cooking to an offal beginning|last=Witchel|first=Alex|date=July 7, 2017}}</ref> He later became a dentist and died in 2018.<ref name=wapo/><ref name=tatler/> Her mother, Nancy, was raised in both Taipei and England.<ref name=wapo/> Mar has two younger brothers,<ref name=wapo/> Chad and Conrad,<ref name=tatler/> whose apparel company Autumn Studios partnered with The Beatrice Inn in late 2019 to produce a limited edition apparel for the restaurant.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrysamaha/2019/11/22/the-beatrice-inns-angie-mar-cooks-up-a-fashion-collection/#17852f8e63b5|title=The Beatrice Inn's Angie Mar Cooks Up A Fashion Collection|date=November 22, 2019|last=Samaha|first=Barry}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=V|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/chef-angie-mar-launches-her-first-clothing-line/|title=Chef Angie Mar Launches Her First Clothing Line|date=November 22, 2019|first=Cullen|last=Ormond}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Twitter|chef_amar}}
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