Tom Colicchio
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08/14/1962
Elizabeth, NJ |
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| Opened Gramercy Tavern in Manhattan in 1994 and won the James Beard Award for Best Chef, New York, in 2000. |
| Learned about food as a youth by cooking with his mother and grandmother. |
| Penned the cookbooks Think Like a Chef and Craft of Cooking. |
| Made cooking debut at age 17 at Evelyn's Seafood Restaurant in his hometown of Elizabeth, NJ. |
| Taught himself the culinary craft by studying cooking manuals authored by celebrity chef Jacques Pepin. |
