Alfred Portale
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| File:Alfred Portale.jpg Alfred Portale at Tutto Italia in NYC 2007 | |
| Born | July 5, 1954 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Culinary Institute of America |
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| Cooking style | New American cuisine |
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| Website | http://www.portalerestaurant.com |
Alfred Portale (born July 5, 1954), in Buffalo, New York, is an American chef, author, and restaurateur,[1] is widely recognized as a pioneering figure in the New American cuisine movement.
[2] After graduating (first in his class) from the Culinary Institute of America, Portale embarked on an intensive apprenticeship in France, where he refined his skills under the guidance of chefs such as Michel Guerard, Jean Troisgros, and Jacques Maximin.
Restaurants
[edit | edit source]In 1984, shortly after he returned to the United States, Portale was appointed Executive Chef and Partner at Gotham Bar and Grill. Open only a year and already moribund, Portale quickly revitalized the restaurant with his meticulous attention to detail, commitment to high-quality, seasonal ingredients, and visually stunning plating.[3] It was at Gotham that Portale completely revolutionized modern food presentation by founding the architectural-food trend of the eighties, vertical plating.
Alfred Portale won multiple nominations and three [4] James Beard Award wins for Outstanding Chef (2006), Outstanding Restaurant (2002) and Best Chef: New York City (1993).[5]
[6] Alfred Portale left Gotham Bar and Grill in July 2019 to open his namesake in November 2019.
Publishing and television
[edit | edit source]Portale is the author of three cookbooks in collaboration with others and alone: Gotham Bar and Grill Cookbook (1997), and Twelve Seasons Cookbook: A Month-by-Month Guide to the Best There is to Eat (2000), and Simple Pleasures: Home Cooking from the Gotham Bar and Grill's Acclaimed Chef (2004).
He has also made television appearances, most notably as a guest judge on the episode of Top Chef originally broadcast on June 27, 2007, and as a featured chef with Julia Child in her PBS series “In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs” on December 16, 1995.[8]
Cookbooks
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- Cooking by the Book – Alfred Portale
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