Scott Conant Biography

Fast Facts

• His first restaurant, L'Impero, won the James Beard Foundation Award for best new restaurant in 2002
• Trained as a chef at the Culinary Institute of America
• Opened his first restaurant, L'Impero, in 2002 to great critical acclaim, and went on to open other Italian restaurants like Alto and Scarpetta
• Got his start working in the kitchens of Italian restaurants like Il Toscanaccio and City Eatery
• Best known as a celebrity chef and restaurateur who has frequently served as a judge on the TV series "Chopped․"