Born in June 1980, in Maia. When she was little, the kitchen meant nothing to her and the food much less. He was a child with a “bad fork”, who was used to seeing his grandmother cook for 20 people.
At the age of 12, everything changed and the trips he took with his father, selling meat to restaurants in the region, led him to fall in love with professional cooking.
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Her parents thought it was a childish thing, but Marlene was convinced that she wanted to be a professional cook.
She fought battles – even with her family -, broke stigmas and served as an example to show that women can also “create new things” in the kitchen.
Years later, in New York, he discovered and learned to value Portuguese cuisine.
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She is married to a chef and admits that they “compete sometimes”. It was to him that he dedicated the Michelin star he received last February. “My life has had some obstacles and made me colder. I dedicated the award to my husband, because he helped me soften this rigidity in the kitchen. He is an inspiring leader”, she confesses.
Marlene Vieira is the guest on the new episode of Geração 80, led by Francisco Pedro Balsemão. Listen to the episode here.
Free and dreamy, the 80s in Portugal were marked by the consolidation of democracy and an opening to the world driven by membership of the EEC. These were years of great creativity, the impact of which continues today. Despite the mustaches, the wads and the perms, did the 80s give the world the best harvest ever? In this podcast, we give voice to a series of Portuguese people born in that brilliant decade, in a return to the future guided by Francisco Pedro Balsemão, born in 1980.
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