Francis Mallmann

Francis Mallmann was born in Acassuso, Buenos Aires Province in 1956. In 1958, he moved to Bariloche in Patagonia when his father, Carlos Mallmann, was employed as the head of the Balseiro Institute. It was there that, in 1970, Mallmann started as a cook on a boat for tourists on Lake Nahuel Huapi. At twenty, he began managing a restaurant with a partner. He then travelled to Paris, where he spent over two years learning alongside Paul Bocuse and other reputable chefs. After returning to Argentina, he spent several years driving the kitchen of a fashionable restaurant. However, in 1983 he decided to open his own store on Honduras street in Palermo . It was open only at night and behind closed doors. During the day, Mallmann worked as a teacher. He began working in television in the early 1980's. Between 1987 and 1996, the program was recorded in his restaurant and, in the summer months, in Punta del Este, excluding 1992, when the program was recorded at the Seville Expo, where Mallmann was representing Argentina. Recently in 2017 he appeared in the platform of audiovisual contents Netflix of the hand of the docu-series "Chef's Table" where six of the most renowned international chefs will open the door to their daily lives and imposing personal kitchens. Watch the trailer here. His visibility in television significantly influenced the reach and scope of his work.