71. Coast Guard Fireman to Culinary School | Today a Professional Chef and Restaurant Owner. Mario Amaral
12/26/22 • 55 min
Mario Amaral served 4 years in the Coast Guard as a fireman aboard a drug interdiction ship out of Florida. While still active in the Coast Guard he met a professional chef in 2005, which made him realize he wanted to be a chef himself. He got out of the military and attended Le Cordon Bleu Culinary College in Las Vegas. Since graduating from culinary school, he has helped open restaurants across the country, including the Red Rock Resort, Buddy V’s, the restaurant of Cake Boss star Buddy Valastro, in Las Vegas. He worked for several years in restaurants including Olives in the Bellagio, and Spago in the Venetian. While working at a restaurant in New Hampshire, Mario reconnected with Chef Todd English, whom he previously worked for. Mario was brought on to oversee operations with English’s restaurants in Alabama, Florida, and Boston as well as large scale events like Super Bowl LIV in 2019. Mario has also won cooking competitions on his own including the Back of the House Brawl in Vegas. Today, Mario is back in Southern California working with his friend and fellow chef Dylan Soros as business partners in the restaurant Savage Chef.
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Mario Amaral served 4 years in the Coast Guard as a fireman aboard a drug interdiction ship out of Florida. While still active in the Coast Guard he met a professional chef in 2005, which made him realize he wanted to be a chef himself. He got out of the military and attended Le Cordon Bleu Culinary College in Las Vegas. Since graduating from culinary school, he has helped open restaurants across the country, including the Red Rock Resort, Buddy V’s, the restaurant of Cake Boss star Buddy Valastro, in Las Vegas. He worked for several years in restaurants including Olives in the Bellagio, and Spago in the Venetian. While working at a restaurant in New Hampshire, Mario reconnected with Chef Todd English, whom he previously worked for. Mario was brought on to oversee operations with English’s restaurants in Alabama, Florida, and Boston as well as large scale events like Super Bowl LIV in 2019. Mario has also won cooking competitions on his own including the Back of the House Brawl in Vegas. Today, Mario is back in Southern California working with his friend and fellow chef Dylan Soros as business partners in the restaurant Savage Chef.
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