Marc Murphy (chef) facts for kids

Marc Murphy (born around 1969 in Milan, Italy) is an American chef, restaurant owner, and a well-known food personality on television.

Early Cooking Days

Marc Murphy finished school at Fryeburg Academy in 1988. He then went to the Institute of Culinary Education in New York to learn how to cook professionally.

He started his cooking journey as a line cook at a place called Prix Fixe in New York. A line cook is someone who cooks a specific part of a meal in a restaurant kitchen. By the mid-1990s, he became a sous-chef at Layla, which means he was the second-in-command chef. In 1996, he became the executive chef at Cellar in the Sky, taking charge of the whole kitchen. From 1997 to 2000, he was also a co-owner and executive chef at La Fourchette.

Opening Restaurants

In March 2004, Marc Murphy opened his very first restaurant by himself. It was called Landmarc and was located in a part of New York City called Tribeca. Over the next fifteen years, he opened many more restaurants. These included Ditch Plains in the West Village (2006) and another Landmarc location in the Time Warner Center (which closed in 2019). He also opened Kingside at the Viceroy Hotel and Grey Salt in Florida at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa in 2015. In 2019, it was announced that he would work with Levent Veziroglu to open Grisini Food Hall and Coffee Shops in New Jersey.

TV and More

Marc Murphy is a regular judge on the popular TV show Chopped. He has also appeared on many other cooking shows like Iron Chef America, Guy's Grocery Games, and Beat Bobby Flay. You might have also seen him on Rachael Ray and Today.

He is also the president of the New York State Restaurant Association's Manhattan chapter. In 2012, Marc Murphy joined the United States Department of State's Diplomatic Culinary Partnership. This means he helps share American food and culture with people in other countries. In April 2015, he released his first cookbook, called Season with Authority: Confident Home Cooking. He also started a podcast called Food 360 with Marc Murphy in 2019.

About His Life

Marc Murphy's father was a diplomat, which means his family moved around a lot. Before he was 12 years old, Marc lived in many different cities around the world. These included Milan, Paris, Rome, Genoa, and Washington, D.C.. He says that living in these places taught him a lot about French and Italian cooking.

He opened his first restaurant with his wife, Pamela Schein. They live in New York City with their two children. In an interview, Marc Murphy shared that his mother and grandparents also influenced his cooking. He remembers enjoying dishes like leg of lamb and ratatouille when he was in the south of France. He also mentioned that a cookbook by French chef Jean-Louis Palladin had a big impact on him.

See also

• Chopped (TV series)