Francis Mallmann (born January 14, 1956) is an Argentine celebrity chef, author, and restaurateur who specializes in Argentine cuisine, and especially in Patagonian cuisine with a focus on various Patagonian methods of barbecuing food.

[1] He has been featured on numerous international television programmes, as well as on the Netflix original series Chef's Table.

In 1958, he moved to Bariloche in Patagonia when his father, Carlos Mallmann, was employed as the head of the Balseiro Institute.

It was there where Mallmann started working as a cook on a boat for tourists on Lake Nahuel Huapi in 1970.

Then, at the age of twenty, he travelled to Paris, where he spent over two years learning alongside Alain Chapel and other reputable chefs.