Mark Ladner is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based chef and

restaurateur A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspec ...

, who owns Bar Enza in

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Biography

Ladner was raised in

Belmont, Massachusetts Belmont is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It is a western suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, United States; and is part of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, the town's population stood at 27,295 ...

Career

His first job was at Café Fiorella, also in Harvard Square. After graduating from Johnson & Wales University, he went to work for Todd English at Olives. Ladner worked there with Marc Orfaly and

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. He moved to Manhattan and became executive chef at

Del Posto Del Posto was a Michelin starred fine ding Italian restaurant in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan owned by Lidia, Tanya and Joe Bastianich. In the spring of 2021, after sixteen years, the space was sold to three employees. Mario Batali was o ...

until 2017. While there, he won a James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef in New York City and two Michelin Stars. '' The New York Times'' gave the restaurant a four star review. While in NYC, Ladner also worked for

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and Jean-Georges Vongerichten. At Del Posto, he was known for his 100 layer lasagna.

Television

In 2005, he served as Mario Batali’s sous chef on

Iron Chef America ''Iron Chef America'' is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's ''Iron Chef'', and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed ''Iron Chef USA'' that aired in 2001. The show is produced by Food Network, whi ...

alongside

Anne Burrell Anne W. Burrell (born September 21, 1969) is an American chef, television personality, and former instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education. She is the host of the Food Network show '' Secrets of a Restaurant Chef'' and co-host of ''Worst ...

. When he appeared on Beat Bobby Flay, he competed against Flay but Flay won.

References

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