Awards & Winners

Jose Garces

Date of Birth 06-July-1981
Place of Birth Chicago
(Illinois, United States of America, Chicago metropolitan area, Area code 872)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Chef
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 Philadelphia: Amada, Tinto, Distrito, Rosa Blanca, Village Whiskey, Garces Trading Company, and JG Domestic. 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.

Awards by Jose Garces

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jose Garces.

2009


James Beard Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic
Honored for : Amada

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic Amada

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic Amada

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic Amada