Frank McClelland
Frank McClelland is a chef and restaurateur in the Boston area who received a James Beard Foundation Award[1] in 2007 for Best Northeast Chef.[2]
Culinary career
[edit]In 1988, McClelland bought L'Espalier, a fine dining French restaurant in the Back Bay, from Moncef Meddeb (chef) before closing it in 2018. His second restaurant was Sel de la Terre on State Street. In 2016 he opened the Essex, Massachusetts restaurant Riverbend.[1]
While at L’Espalier, he was the founder and CEO of New France which was a holding company for his restaurants.[3]
Along with Daniel Bojorquez with whom he had worked at L’Espalier and Sel de la Terre, he opened La Brasa in Somerville.[1]
The eponymous Frank opened in 2019 in Beverly, Massachusetts.[4]
Awards and honors
[edit]He is the only one in Boston to have earned seventeen consecutive Five Diamond Awards from AAA while at L’Espalier. In 1986,[5] Food & Wine named him of the top 25 new chefs in the US to watch.[6]
Personal life
[edit]He grew up in New Hampshire on his grandparents’ farm and has lived in Essex, Massachusetts for more than forty years.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Cain, Jacqueline (July 26, 2016). "Frank McClelland's Riversbend Is Now Open in Essex". Boston Magazine. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Chef Frank McClelland". BestChefs.com. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ Knight, Rebecca (March 23, 2010). "From sous-chef to restaurateur". Financial Times. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ Coffey, Jeanne O’Brien (November 14, 2019). "Chef Frank McClelland Opens "Frank" in Beverly". Northshore Magazine. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ a b Leighton, Paul (March 7, 2019). "L'Espalier chef to open restaurant in Beverly". Salem News. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ Coffey, Jeanne O’Brien (April 30, 2019). "Acclaimed Boston Chef To Launch Fast Casual Empire". Forbes. Retrieved 3 September 2022.