If there is one chef responsible for putting South Florida on America's culinary map, it's Mark Militello. The award-winning chef creates contemporary American cuisine that defies easy description, but that's universally acclaimed and uniquely his own.

Today, he oversees a quartet of superb South Florida restaurants from South Beach to Palm Beach: Mark's Las Olas in Fort Lauderdale, Mark's Mizner Park in Boca Raton, Mark's South Beach at the Hotel Nash on Miami Beach and Mark's CityPlace in West Palm Beach's dining, shopping, and entertainment destination of the same name.

In 1988, Militello opened his first restaurant, the eponymous Mark's Place in North Miami Beach. It earned rave reviews and it wasn't long before the national food press took notice. In 1990, Food and Wine magazine named Militello one of the Ten Best Chefs in America and, in the years since, some of the industry's most prestigious accolades have been bestowed on him.

Militello is the recipient of the James Beard Award for Best Regional Chef in the Southeast; a Distinguished Restaurant Award from Conde Nast Traveler; two Golden Dish Awards from GQ magazine; a DiRona 25 Top Restaurants in the Country Award and Nation's Restaurant News Hall of Fame, among many others. He has been profiled in virtually every major food, travel, and lifestyle magazine in the country, including Time, Esquire, Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Chocolatier, Connoisseur, Conde Nast Traveler and Wine Spectator.

Most recently, The New York Times tapped Militello for The Chef, a prestigious eight-week series of color features with signature recipes.

 

Mark Millitello Notable Awards

2005
Florida Trend Golden Spoon Award goes to all four Mark's Restaurants

2004
Florida Trend Golden Spoon Award goes to all four Mark's Restaurants

AAA-Four Diamond Award - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

2003
Florida Trend Golden Spoon Award goes to all four Mark's Restaurants

Food & Wine lists Mark's South Beach as one of Americas 50 Best Hotel Restaurants.

2002
Mark is asked to co-write with Florence Fabricant an 8 week series called "The Chef" for the NY Times

Food & Wine lists Mark's South Beach as one of Americas 50 Best Hotel Restaurants

2001
Conde Nast Traveler lists Mark's South Beach as one of the Top 100 Restaurants in the world

Florida Trend Golden Spoon Award - Mark's Mizner Park

2000
Gourmet Magazine's Best Restaurants 2000
#1 in top 5 of Miami for South Beach

1999
Five Star Diamond Award,
The American Academy Of Hospitality Sciences

1999
Florida Trend Golden Spoon Award

1998
Florida Trend Golden Spoon Award

1997
Florida Trend Golden Spoon Award

1996
Mark's Place in Miami receives the highest rating in the Zagat Guide in South Florida

1995
Chef of the Year Award from Simply Seafood Magazine
Included in Wine Spectator's roster of the Nation's Best Restaurants

1994
Nation's Restaurant News elects Mark to its Hall of Fame
Esquire Magazine names Mark's Las Olas one of the Best New Restaurants of 1994

1993
Golden Dish Award from GQ Magazine
Esquire Magazine - Five Best Dinners in America

1992
Golden Dish Award from GQ Magazine
Food & Wine Magazine names Mark's Place one of the Nations Top 25 Restaurants.

Mark Militello is named "Best Chef in the Southeast United States" by the James Beard Foundation

Mark wins DiRona Award as one of the top 25 Restaurants in the Country.

Mark's Place receives two toques and "Top Restaurant in Florida Award" from the Gault Millau Best of Florida Guidebook.

Mark's Place named Best New Restaurant in the Zagat Guide to South Florida. Mark's Place ties with Philadelphia's Le Bec Fin for Zagat's highest rated restaurant in the U.S.

South Florida Magazine's Readers Choice Awards and Critic Choice polls name Mark's Place the best Restaurant in South Florida for 1995 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988.

1991
Distinguished Restaurant Award from Conde Nast Traveler

Nominee for Best Regional Chef Award at the James Beard Foundation

1990
Food & Wine Magazine names Mark one of the "Ten Best New Chefs in America"

Forbes Magazine names Mark's Place one of the "Top Forty Places to Dine in America"