Savannah Red
100 West Trade St.
Charlotte, NC 28202
Phone: 704-358-6524
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Executive Chef Jean Pierre Marechal
Belgian born Executive Chef Jean Pierre Marechal has always been passionate about food and started working in the kitchen when he was only 12. Growing up in Belgium, he entered culinary school at the age of 14 and graduated at 17. He then did his post-graduation work with an emphasis on hotel operations and administration.
With his coursework complete, he then traveled the world becoming a renowned “Garde-Manger” and banquet chef with the Club Med organization. This opportunity took him around the world on five continents and more than twenty one countries including France, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Israel, Malaysia, Japan and the Caribbean.
His vegetable and ice carvings have “wowed” the Club Med Resort clientele.
Jean-Pierre then opened the first Renaissance hotel in South America in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He moved with Renaissance to the United States in 2000, starting in Chicago, then relocating to San Diego. He later moved to Charlotte in October 2004 and has transformed the banquet department at the Marriott City Center into one of the finest culinary operations in the Southeast and was recently promoted to the role of Executive Chef at the Charlotte Marriott City Center.
He speaks seven languages and his culinary tendencies are French-Mediterranean with a touch of South American.