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Tom Colicchio

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Tom Colicchio Fast Facts:

Learned about food as a youth by cooking with his mother and grandmother.
Taught himself the culinary craft by studying cooking manuals authored by celebrity chef Jacques Pepin.
Made cooking debut at age 17 at Evelyn's Seafood Restaurant in his hometown of Elizabeth, NJ.
Opened Gramercy Tavern in Manhattan in 1994 and won the James Beard Award for Best Chef, New York, in 2000.
Penned the cookbooks Think Like a Chef and Craft of Cooking.
Successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver on cookbook scribe Joan Nathan, who was choking on a piece of chicken at a charity function in January 2009.

Tom Colicchio Relationships:
Dante Colicchio - Son
Lori Silverbush - Wife
Luka Bodhi Colicchio - Son
Tom Colicchio Awards:
2007 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Nominee
2009 Emmy: Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program - Nominee