Ladies & Gentlemen.....     Chef Mark Anthony

Meet The Chef

"There is nothing more rewarding in this life to make your living doing what you love, for who you LOVE. Being a Chef has rewarded me time and time again with life lessons of hard work, intestinal fortitude, RESPECT, loyalty and the self satisfaction of making people genuinely happy. "
Chef Mark Anthony, June 2013, On What it means to be a Career Chef.

Ladies and Gentlemen,  Chef Mark Anthony

         Chef Mark Anthony is a native New Yorker born February 14th, 1966 in Troy NY. Mostly raised in the Maryland area, chef returned to NY after an eight year enlistment in The United States Army as an Information Systems Management Specialist. Chef’s love for cooking and his curiosity about the restaurant industry took off with Friendly’s Ice Cream Corporation where he started off as a grill cook and then was quickly promoted into the General Manager Training program. Within 9 months of employment Chef Mark Anthony was given the first of his two stores to run for Friendly’s both in the New York Capitol area. Seeking more education about cooking, Chef enrolled in the Culinary Arts program at Schenectady County Community College in the spring of 2001. Chef Mark enjoyed learning especially during two internships at The Kentucky Derby(2001 & 2002) and one at the Breeder’s Cup(2001) at Belmont Park. Graduating Cum Laude in 2003 with an Associates Degree in Occupational Studies. Chef Mark  also certifies every five years with The National Restaurant Educational Foundation as a Serv-Safe food handler and Certified Instructor/Proctor for the National Serv-Safe program.(ServSafe is a food and beverage safety training and certificate program administered by the National Restaurant Association. The program is accredited by ANSI and the Conference for Food Protection.)  Sanitation certification is required by most restaurants as a basic credential for their management staff.

After School Chef took his show north and worked to form his experience at several Adirondack eateries. For 10 1/2 years, Chef has been the Executive Chef for the Centerplate Corporation at Gore Mountain Ski Center, an entertainment concession management company head quartered in South Carolina.

No stranger to marquee events, Centerplate has hosted countless landmark occasions, including 12 Super Bowls, 20 World Series, 15 official U.S. Presidential Inaugural Balls, Saratoga Race Track, White-Face Mountain(CSEA plated dinners for up to 1300 guest)  and many Olympic events more than 100 major College Bowl Games and the largest plated dinner in history at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Centennial 

Chef Mark Anthony caters private events and Private Chefs for clients with discriminating taste. Recently,  He has worked  part time as the Breakfast Chef at the 4-Diamond Triple AAA rated Friend’s Lake Inn in Chestertown, NY and a Broiler Chef for The Barnsider Smokehouse BBQ in Lake George. In  2014 Chef was the Food Service Director/Executive Chef at The Seagle Music Colony in Schroon lake. and Executive Chef at The Silver-Bay Conference Center and Family Retreat

​Chef MArk Anthony is Currently the Community Executive Chef for The Devonshire Estates a Retirement community in Lenox, MA.

Chef Mark lives in his home town of Troy NY.

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