Franklin Becker fell in love with cooking as a teenager and, fresh out of college, attended The Culinary Institute of America. Since then, he’s worked in some of the nation’s most acclaimed kitchens and with great restaurateurs. His resume includes Executive Chef of Capitale, Brasserie, the Starr Restaurant
Group, and Catch Group. As Culinary Director for all Aurify brands, he served as a founding partner of the fast-casual The Little Beet and its full-service restaurant The Little Beet Table and of Hungryroot, providing his culinary inspiration to the vegan, gluten-free home delivery service.
Now, as a restaurateur in his own right, Becker opened Manhattanville Market in June of 2021. Manhattanville Market houses four culturally diverse culinary brands created by Becker, including Benny Casanova’s, Shai Hummusiya, The Botanist, Chef Chris Scott’s Butterfunk Biscuit Co., and Universal Taco.
In partnership with Columbia University, all are located within the Jerome L. Greene Science Center on the school’s West Harlem campus. Previously, he operated a selection of delivery and pick-up-driven ghost kitchens in both Philadelphia and NYC and has also served as the chef of New York City’s Hotel
Americano and La Central, where he oversaw the hotels’ food and beverage programs.
In 2022, Chef Becker joined forces with restaurateur Stephen Loffredo, collaborating on concepts within the newly renovated Martinique New York on Broadway, Curio Collection by Hilton. Press Club Grill serves Chef Becker’s spin on Continental Cuisine; Sweet Graffiti is a donut and coffee shop; Bronze Owl is a traditional hotel bar with crafted cocktails; and Point Seven is a seafood and sushi restaurant in midtown’s MetLife Building.
A regular on television, Becker was invited to compete in Bravo’s Top Chef Masters in 2013 and has appeared on Iron Chef America, The Today Show, Dr. Oz, The Rachael Ray Show, and as a recurring judge on Beat Bobby Flay. He has also lent his culinary expertise to the publishing world, penning three cookbooks: Eat & Beat Diabetes, The Diabetic Chef, and most recently, Good Fat Cooking.
As the co-founder of Autism Speaks to Wall Street, Becker has raised more than $20 million for Autism-related charities. In his free time, he enjoys traveling with his wife and their kids.
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