Despite a catastrophic system failure with the polling software,we were able to hand tally the vote and Marco Pierre White is unanimously declared a CHEF!! It's really a no brainer as Chef White is near or at the top of the list of great chefs of the 2ND half of the 20Th century.Born in the English town of Leeds in 1961 to an English chef and an Italian mother, one of four boys.His Mother died of a brain hemorrhage when Marco was six years old, I'll let the armchair psychologists determine if this has anything to do with his infamous temper.He began training as a commis under the Roux Brothers at Le Gavroche, in London.By 1987 he had received his first Michelin Star and a year later, his second at Harveys in London.Next stop was Chef/Proprietor of Marco Pierre White at the Hyde Park Hotel in London where he became, at the time, the youngest Chef ever to receive 3 Michelin Stars.Eight years later he "retired" and returned his stars stating "I was being judged by people who had less knowledge than me, so what was it truly worth? I gave Michelin inspectors too much respect, and I belittled myself. I had three options: I could be a prisoner of my world and continue to work six days a week, I could live a lie and charge high prices and not be behind the stove, spend time with my children and re-invent myself."
The style that landed him his Stars is rooted in classic French Cuisine with a modern and post Nouvelle twist.
