Grant Achatz Biography

Grant Achatz is a chef and restaurateur often recognized for his contributions to molecular gastronomy or progressive cuisine. His Chicago restaurant Alinea has won numerous accolades and Achatz himself has won numerous awards from prominent culinary institutions and publications including the Rising Star Chef of the Year Award for 2003 Best Chef in the United States for 2008 and a 2012 Who's Who Inductee from the James Beard Foundation. His restaurant Alinea was named Best Restaurant in America by Gourmet Magazine.
After opening Alinea rapidly garnered top ratings from Mobil AAA Zagat the Chicago Tribune Time Out Gayot and was named to the Top 50 Restaurants in the World by Restaurant Magazine UK.
In the midst of this unprecedented success Chef Achatz was diagnosed with stage IV cancer of the tongue. He was informed that if he did not start treatment immediately he would die. Faced with a terminal diagnosis if left untreated and told by most doctors that treatment would involve removing his tongue Achatz instead sought a clinical trial at the University of Chicago and endured over 20 weeks of aggressive chemotherapy and radiation. He lost the ability to taste. He is now cancer free and in full remission.

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