[4] She subsequently worked at several restaurants in Brooklyn, including Reynard, Diner, and Marlow & Sons, before becoming sous-chef at The Spotted Pig.
[5][6][7] In 2013, she became the fourth executive chef at The Beatrice Inn in Manhattan, owned by Vanity Fair writer Graydon Carter.
[8] Mar appeared on Chopped in 2015, emerging as champion in its "Grill Masters" tournament and winning $50,000 in prize money.
[19] In July 2021, Mar opened a French restaurant, Les Trois Chevaux, in Greenwich Village.
Her father, Roy, was a former naval officer and chef who worked at his sister Ruby Chow's Chinese restaurant in Seattle.