Frank McClelland is a chef and restaurateur in the Boston area who received a James Beard Foundation Award [ 1] [ 2]
Culinary career
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
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 [ 6]
Personal life
He grew up in New Hampshire on his grandparents’ farm and has lived in Essex, Massachusetts for more than forty years.[ 5]
References
^ 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 . 