Join us on Saturday, November 9th as we explore sizes, textures, colors, flavors and varieties of The Chef's Garden's potato harvest. Chef Marcus Ware returns to The CVI kitchen to collaborate with Chef Jamie Simpson for a dinner unlike any other. Together, Simpson and Ware will celebrate the humble potato and take you on a culinary journey celebrating peak potato season at The Chef's Garden.
 
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About Chef Marcus Ware:
Born and raised in London, Marcus was curious about pursuing a culinary career ever since his teen years. After taking a job as a dishwasher at a gastropub in the London Borough of Islington, he fell in love with the unique vibe of the restaurant’s kitchen, and cooking became more than just a possible vocation; it became his passion.
 
In 1995, his passion for cooking and determination to learn earned him a traineeship at the world-renowned Savoy Hotel, under the management of Anton Edelman, maître chef des cuisines. Marcus was only 16 years old at the time.
 
As a part of his training at the Savoy, he enrolled in the reputable Académie Culinaire de France. Over the course of his four years at the Savoy and the Académie Culinaire de France, Marcus received the Eurist prize for “best young chef of the year.”
 
Chef Marcus Ware worked in some of London’s finest kitchens, such as Michelin-starred Cliveden House Hotel, 1 Lombard Street, under executive chef Herbert Berger, Marco-Pierre White’s L’Escargot in London’s Soho, and the Clerkenwell, Andrew Thompson’s restaurant — where he worked as the head chef.
 
In 2007, chef Marcus worked as a senior sous-chef at the Aureole, Upper East Side location, and was a valuable asset during the planning as well as the implementation of the restaurant’s relocation to the Bank of America Tower (BOAT), at One Bryant Park. Only three years later, American chef Charlie Palmer, who recruited Marcus to work at Aureole, anointed him executive chef and given him the freedom to follow his own culinary vision to run the kitchen, which secured a Michelin star every single year.
 
In 2015, chef Ware was the commencement speaker at the campus of the Culinary Institute of America, at Hyde Park, NY. He is currently the Executive Chef at RH Guesthouse.