Paul Wahlberg is a renowned American chef, reality TV star, and actor, best known as the co-owner of the “Wahlburgers” and “Alma Nove” restaurant chain.
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Early life and schooling
Paul. A. Wahlberg was born on the 20the March 1964, in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts to Alma and Donald Wahlberg – truck driver and bank clerk/nurse aide, respectively. He is the fifth of nine children including famous actors Mark and Donnie Wahlberg, Arthur, Jim, Michelle, Tracey, Robert and Debbie. He has half-siblings Buddy, Scott and Donna Wahlberg.
Her parents divorced in her early twenties and her mother remarried; his father died in 2008. The Wahlbergs are a big family and are linked to celebrities such as Walt Disney, Madonna and Matt Damon, as well as former presidents such as George Bush.
Career
Renowned chef
Wahlberg had a keen interest in food from an early age and spent most of his childhood cooking with his mother Alma and watching cooking shows such as “The Galloping Gourmet.” At age 12, he fell in love with food while dining at a friend’s house and eventually decided to pursue a career as a professional chef.
“There’s a kind of energy in a kitchen that’s very, very different from working in an office… It’s not a job like any other. It’s crazy and you’re always going out [figurative] fires,” he said of the decision. He worked as a caterer while still in high school and did the dishes in his friend’s family’s restaurant. After graduation, he gained valuable experience by attending Newbury College for Culinary Arts and working at several restaurants such as “The Four Seasons”, “The Charles Hotel” and “Bridgeman’s” in Hull, Massachusetts, where he was the nine-year-old executive chef. He was also a caterer on two series of Mark’s films – ‘Max Payne’ and ‘The Happening’ – as well as many other films.
Eventually he gained enough experience and expertise in the business and opened his own restaurant named Alma Nove – “Nove” is the Italian word for nine, the number of children his mother has – in Boston. This is a Mediterranean/Italian-influenced restaurant that offers classic dishes like sautéed PEI mussels, wood-grilled sirloin steak, and braised pork meatballs with polenta. Paul supports local grocers by using their fresh ingredients in his meals and serving seafood fresh from the sea.
In 2011, he teamed up with Mark and Donnie to open “Wahlburgers”, a casual burger restaurant and bar based in Hingham, Boston, near Alma Nove, featuring the “…sloppiest Sloppy Joe’s, the tastiest tater tots and the fluffiest Froths”.
Following the success of the restaurant, the brothers opened other chains in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany with a total of 36 chains.
reality tv star
In 2014, the brothers debuted an A&E Network series called “Wahlburgers,” featuring the Wahlberg family, their behind-the-scenes life, and running the restaurant. Initially, the series was supposed to run for 18 episodes, but due to popular demand, it ran for 10 seasons and 95 episodes. It received an Emmy nomination for the “Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program” award; after five years of broadcasting, it ended on 31st July 2019 in Dorchester, where it all began.
It was followed by the spin-off “Donnie loves Jenny”, based on the newlywed relationship of Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy.
Relationships
Paul is a married man with two children – a daughter named Madison and a son named Ethan. Despite his public career, the reality TV star has kept his private life out of the spotlight and few to no details are available about his wife. Her identity has been kept secret although their children often appear on her television show. The family of four currently resides at their home in Hingham, Massachusetts.
Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts
- His mother is immensely proud of his accomplishments and likes to congratulate him. She said: ‘Everyone loves Paul…when we opened and hired some guys to cook it was freezing cold and there were four of them who didn’t have jackets, so did he do? He bought them all the jackets. That’s the kind of person he is.”
- When not running his restaurants, Wahlberg is involved in charities, Quincy Community Action, Father Bill’s and Dorchester Boys and Girls Club, among other local charities.
- He owes his love of food to Sunday night family meals at home, their favorites being Alma’s pasta sauce and lasagna. It is Paul’s hope that “…Alma Nove will become a gathering place for friends and family to come together, break bread and share good times”.
- Paul and his siblings were raised as Roman Catholics.
- Her favorite vacation destination is anywhere warm, like San Diego and Florida. In the end, her children have the final say, “…anywhere my children want to go is fine with me.”
- He likes to eat local food during holidays, to experience the specific culture of each place.
- Paul wishes he could travel to Hawaii and the Asian mainland, having never been there, but really wanting to try authentic Asian street food.
- The only thing he always packs before traveling is a good book. The Chief reads all kinds of books – from mystery novels to non-fiction.
- He prefers to sit in the window seat on an airplane.
- His guilty pleasure in traveling is wandering around and getting lost.
- One of her favorite childhood memories was traveling with all her siblings to the beach or the pond. He recalled, “…it would be like a clown car when we all go out”.
- His zodiac sign is Pisces.
- His sister Debbie died in 2003 and he became depressed. He remembers it as one of the saddest times of his life and thanks his family for helping him out of the depressive state he was in.
- He is the first of his siblings to enroll in high school.
- The accounts of his restaurants have gained a significant number of fans on social networks such as Twitter and Instagram; there is an official website for the restaurant.
Appearance and style of dress
Paul is a man of Caucasian origin and American nationality, with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He stands 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m) tall, weighs around 172 pounds (78 kg), and has a chubby body shape. The 64-year-old has no tattoos and does not smoke either.
Net Worth and Salary
Paul has had a long and largely successful career as a chef and restaurant owner, and this is the main source of his income. He also had a brief career as a fairly popular reality TV star. He has managed to accumulate an impressive net worth estimated at over $10 million, according to celebritynetworth.com. His most famous younger brothers, Mark and Donnie, are worth $225 million and $20 million, respectively, from careers as actors, singers, producers and investors.
