| Zak Pelaccio |
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Pelaccio was born to Italian parents and grew up in Westchester County.[1] He trained at the French Culinary Institute.[2]
Pelaccio opened the Fatty Crab on Hudson Street in New York City in 2005 This followed by 17 iterations of the restaurant including Fatty Cue, Fatty Johnson and a spinoff in Hong Kong years following.[3] [4] He is also the author of Eat With Your Hands, a cookbook he released in 2012.[2]
In 2013, Pelaccio moved to Upstate New York and opened the restaurant Fish & Game in Hudson, New York.[5] In 2016, he opened Bakar at BackBarwith with Fish & Game co-chef Kevin Pomplun.[6]