
Tom Colicchio is a $20 million net-worth American famous chef. Tom Colicchio co-founded and served as executive chef at New York City’s Gramercy Tavern. He also launched Crafted Hospitality, which owns a number of well-known restaurants around the United States. He is also well-known for his role as the top judge on Bravo’s reality series “Top Chef” and as a primary consulting producer for Top Chef Masters.
Who is Tom Colicchio?
Tom Colicchio was born on August 15, 1962 in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Italian-American parents Beverly Ann and Thomas Patrick. He was raised alongside his older brother Michael and younger brother Philip John. His father was a labor organizer. He graduated from Elizabeth High School in 1980.
How old is Tom Colicchio?
He is currently 61 years old.
What is Tom Colicchio’s net worth?
The American chef is estimated to be worth $20 Million.
What is Tom Colicchio’s career?
Colicchio realized he wanted to be a chef from a young age. He rose through the restaurant ranks until he became sous-chef to chef Thomas Keller at Rakel in the mid-1980s. As his career progressed and he assumed more leadership roles in the kitchen, he began to dream of creating his own restaurant with business partner Danny Meyer. Gramercy Tavern opened in the Gramercy Park district of Manhattan, New York, in July 1994. Colicchio was the restaurant’s co-founder, co-owner, and executive chef. Gramercy Tavern was awarded New York City’s Most Popular Restaurant in both 2003 and 2005. Colicchio sold his stake in the restaurant in 2006 and is no longer involved with it.
Meanwhile, Colicchio had been busy with other projects. In 2001, he and his group, Crafted Hospitality, built the first Craft restaurant, one block south of Gramercy Tavern. He opened Craftsteak at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas the following year. He launched ‘wichcraft, a sandwich store concept, in 2003.
Colicchio joined the “Top Chef” program at its launch in 2006. He presided over the televised cooking competition as the head judge. Later, he was the primary consultant producer for Bravo’s spin-off series “Top Chef Masters.” He received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Programming in 2010 as the executive producer of “Top Chef.” He has also worked on numerous television and film projects. He appeared as himself in the 23rd season of “The Simpsons” in 2011. He was also in an episode of “The Smurfs” that year. Colicchio also featured as a chef in the ninth episode of “Billions” season five.
He appeared in and was an executive producer on the documentary film “A Place at the Table” in 2013. Lori Silverbush, his wife, directed the film, which addresses the topic of hunger and food insecurity in the United States. A book titled “A Place at the Table: The Crisis of 49 Million Hungry Americans and How to Solve It” was released to accompany the film.
Colicchio contributed to the book’s material. At the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. He also hosted the reality series “Best New Restaurant” in 2015. Later, he appeared as himself in the sixth episode of HBO’s first season series “Treme.”
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