Henry Salgado is the executive chef of Barcelona Wine Bar in

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, Tennessee and a past nominee for the James Beard Award.

Career

Henry Salgado was born in Tampa, Florida. Salgado began his restaurant career as a busboy and later became a corporate trainer for a national chain restaurant. He was educated at the Florida Culinary Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida. Salgado worked at Max's Grill in

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, Hotel La Valencia in San Diego, California and at the Horseradish Grill in Atlanta, Georgia before he and his wife opened the Spanish River Grill in

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in 1999. The Spanish River Grill specializes in modern Spanish cuisine, influenced by Salgado's

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heritage. ISalgado was a finalist for the Best Chef South for James Beard Award in 2012 and 2014 James Beard Award.

References

External links

Biography at Spanish River Grill
Living people American restaurateurs People from Tampa, Florida Year of birth missing (living people) Chefs from Tennessee {{Chef-bio-stub