Tom Colicchio
Tom Colicchio
Thomas Patrick "Tom" Colicchiois an American celebrity chef. He co-founded the Gramercy Tavern in New York City, and formerly served as a co-owner and as the executive chef. He is also the founder of Craft and Colicchio & Sons restaurants. Colicchio is the recipient of five James Beard Foundation Awards for cooking accomplishments...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth15 August 1962
CityElizabeth, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
In an ideal world for me, school lunch would be free for everybody.
In New York, I'll walk down the street and someone will say, 'Nice show,' and that's it. If I'm at a food festival, it's open season.
Men with shaved heads are always better. Just ask my wife.
Many of them have accomplished a lot before they ever get to 'Top Chef' although they're not well known. The show just provides them with a platform. There's just one winner and on some seasons you can get numerous chefs that are really good. Even if they don't win, they're all talented.
Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately, not funding school lunches adequately. So there is a political solution to the problem of hunger.
One of the first jobs I ever had was opening clams in a seafood restaurant, so I'm pretty quick at it.
Too often, chefs just want to experiment - they want to use liquid nitrogen before they know how to use heat.
I'd like to see 'Top Chef: Amateur'. Sometimes we have an amateur chef on the show and they just can't cut it against the pros but there are some great stories there.
Once you have your basics down, you can start breaking the rules.
I know from personal experience, if a chef yelled at me in a kitchen, the first thing I'd want to do is hit them with a pot.
Recipes tell you nothing. Learning techniques is the key.
Every chef should have an understanding of pastries or desserts.
I think the most effective way to run a kitchen is to teach, not to just yell.
This is what people don't understand: obesity is a symptom of poverty. It's not a lifestyle choice where people are just eating and not exercising. It's because kids - and this is the problem with school lunch right now - are getting sugar, fat, empty calories - lots of calories - but no nutrition.