Jose Garces Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Jose Garces is an Ecuadorian American chef, restaurant owner, and Iron Chef. He was born in Chicago to Ecuadorian parents. He won in the second season of The Next Iron Chef. After graduating from Gordon Tech in 1990, Garces studied Culinary Arts at Kendall College in Chicago.Garces owns seven restaurants in WADA Philadelphia: Amada, Tinto, Distrito, Rosa Blanca, Village Whiskey, Garces Trading Company, JG Domestic and Volver. He also owns three restaurants in Atlantic City, NJ at the Revel Hotel and Casino, they include Amada - Atlantic City, Village Whiskey - Atlantic City and Distrito Cantina. Distrito Cantina includes a reproduction of the Gaupos Taco truck inside the Revel Hotel. He also operates additional locations in Scottsdale, AZ with Distrito - Scottsdale, a continuation of his award winning Distrito restaurant brand, and Old Town Whiskey in the Sagauro Hotel. And in California the Tinto - Palm Springs and El Jefe Bar brings Garces coast to coast. He also serves as Executive Chef for Mercat a la Planxa in Chicago in partnership with Sage Restaurant Group. For his work at these restaurants, he was named best chef, Mid-Atlantic region by the James Beard Foundation.Garces has been a challenger on Iron Chef America, defeating Bobby Flay in a 2008 episode featuring melon. He also competed in the second season of The Next Iron Chef and was selected the sixth Iron Chef after defeating opponent chef Jehangir Mehta on November 22, 2009. Garces debuted as an Iron Chef on January 17, 2010, when he defeated Seattle chef Rachel Yang in Battle Hawaiian Moi.
Net Worth
$1.7 Million
Profession
American chef
Nicknames
Jose Garces, Garces, Jose
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Fact
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Chef/owner, "Garces Restaurant Group".
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Grew up in Chicago.
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Lived in Spain after culinary school.
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Parents are Ecuadorians.
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Exec chef/owner, "Amada" in Philadelphia. Adam Gertler worked at "Amada" for two years as a server. "Amada" was named after his maternal grandmother.
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Exec chef/owner, "Village Whiskey" in Philadelphia.
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Iron chef. NICA winner 3 in 2010.
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Title
Year
Status
Character
Cooks vs. Cons
2017
TV Series
Himself - Judge
Iron Chef America: The Series
2008-2014
TV Series
Himself - Iron Chef / Himself - ICA Challenger Chef
Hecho en América
2013
TV Movie
Himself
Big Morning Buzz Live
2013
TV Series
Himself
Unique Eats
2010-2012
TV Series
Himself - Chef / Owner, Amada / Owner, Village Whiskey
Chopped
2012
TV Series
Himself - Contestant / Iron Chef
Meat & Potatoes
2011
TV Series
Himself
The Best Thing I Ever Ate
2010
TV Series
Himself - Chef at Amada
Rachael's Vacation
2009
TV Series
Himself - Chef / Owner, Amada
Archive Footage
Known for movies
Iron Chef America: The Series (2008-2014) as Himself - Iron Chef / Himself - ICA Challenger Che
Hecho en América (2013) as Himself
Cooks vs. Cons (2017) as Himself - Judge
Chopped (2012) as Himself - Contestant / Iron Chef
