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Garces opened his first restaurant in 2005, Amada, named after his grandmother. The
Spanish tapas restaurant was followed by restaurant concepts with locations in Philadelphia, Chicago, Arizona, New Jersey, Palm Springs, Washington, D.C., and New York City. Following a few years of financial and
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IdEATion, along with Chef Garces, now run seven restaurants in
Philadelphia: Amada, Tinto, Village Whiskey, Garces Trading Company, JG Domestic, Volvér, and Buena Onda. IdEATion and Chef Garces also manage four restaurants at the
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He played varsity football (guard and linebacker on the Gordon Tech Rams), and in 1990 was the wrestling champ, 178-pound class, in
Chicago's Catholic League where, just a few years later, Donovan McNabb lit up the
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After graduating from college, Garces traveled to Spain to gain experience in
European-style cooking and cuisine, returning to the United States a few years later to work in New York City.
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legal challenges, Garces filed for bankruptcy in 2018 and sold his restaurants to IdEATion
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November 22, 2009. Garces debuted as an Iron Chef on January 17, 2010, when he defeated Seattle chef Rachel Yang in Battle
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heritage. He played varsity football and wrestled as a student at
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365:. In 2023, Garces was a competitor in season 4 of
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