Mark Margiotta is the Executive Chef and Director of Food and Beverage at The Dutchess, a boutique hotel and retreat in Rhinebeck, NY, where his passion for farming the land and cooking over open fire is on display in multi-course meals built around hyper local and foraged seasonal ingredients. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Mark’s a former chef at Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park in New York City, Poughkeepsie’s Brasserie 292 and has numerous volunteer hours at the state’s largest soup kitchen, Dutchess Outreach.