# Angie Mar

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{{short description|American chef and restaurateur (born 1982)}}
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| birth_place      = [Seattle, Washington](/source/Seattle%2C_Washington), U.S.
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* [Le B](/source/Le_B) (formerly Les Trois Chevaux; 2021–present)
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* [The Beatrice Inn](/source/The_Beatrice_Inn) (2016–2020)
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* ''[Chopped](/source/Chopped_(TV_series))''
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'''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](/source/Le_B) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City).

==Career==
Mar was born and raised in [Seattle](/source/Seattle), [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)).<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](/source/The_New_York_Times)}}</ref> Before becoming a chef, she was based in [Los Angeles](/source/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](/source/sous-chef) at [The Spotted Pig](/source/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](/source/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](/source/executive_chef) at [The Beatrice Inn](/source/The_Beatrice_Inn) in Manhattan, owned by ''[Vanity Fair](/source/Vanity_Fair_(magazines))'' writer [Graydon Carter](/source/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](/source/Chopped_(TV_series))'' 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](/source/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](/source/New_York_(magazine))|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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Thrillist) named Mar "NYC Chef of the Year for 2016".<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[Thrillist](/source/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](/source/Food_%26_Wine)'' listed her among the year's "Best New Chefs" in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[Food & Wine](/source/Food_%26_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/New_York_(magazine))|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!](/source/Rise_Up_New_York!)'' in support of New York residents affected by the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/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](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|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](/source/New_Yorker_(magazine))|title=Feeding the Chef Who Fed Eisenhower and de Gaulle}}</ref> In July 2021, Mar opened a French restaurant, [Les Trois Chevaux](/source/Le_B), in [Greenwich Village](/source/Greenwich_Village).<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/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](/source/Ruby_Chow)'s Chinese restaurant in Seattle.<ref name=nyt/><ref name=wapo>{{cite news|newspaper=[The Washington Post](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Forbes_(magazine))|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](/source/V_(American_magazine))|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>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Twitter|chef_amar}}

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