Antonia Lofaso Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from the French Culinary Institute in New York
• Left Spago to become the executive chef of the Los Angeles supper club Foxtail
• Started out at Wolfgang Puck's Spago in Beverly Hills, where she trained under executive chef Lee Hefter
• Competed in both season four of "Top Chef" and in "Top Chef All-Stars" and also hosted "Beat the Chefs" and judged "Cutthroat Kitchen․"
• Best known as the owner and executive chef of the restaurants Black Market and Scopa; Italian Roots who was a contestant on "Top Chef․"
• Has made appearances on talk shows like "The Talk," "The Chew," and "The Queen Latifah Show․"
• Released her cookbook "The Busy Mom's Cookbook" in 2013