Amanda Freitag Biography
Amanda Freitag is a celebrity chef and cookbook author from the United States. She is well-known for her appearances on Food Network television shows and her work as a judge on televised cooking competitions. She lives in New York City.
How old is Amanda Freitag? – Age
She is 51 years old as of 11 May 2023. She was born in 1972 in New Jersey, United States.
Amanda Freitag Education
She went to Cedar Grove High School, which was then known as Memorial High School, where her home economics instructor, Joan Levine, advised her to consider attending the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). Freitag graduated from CIA’s Hyde Park campus in 1989.
Who has Amanda Freitag dated?
There have been rumors that she is in a relationship with Raphael, an ultrasound technician, and that they frequently travel together. Amanda revealed in a 2014 interview that she had been in a four-year relationship with Raphael. She also mentioned that her boyfriend benefited from her profession because he was able to travel and eat in different places with her.
How much money does Amanda Freitag make? – Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $3 Million.
Does Amanda Freitag own any restaurants? – Restaurants
After graduating in 1989, Freitag went to work for Vong New York under chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. She left Vong in 1994 to work as a chef at Verbena under chef Diane Forley. Freitag has noted that her experience at Verbena was meaningful and that she formed important relationships there, as well as where she learnt to prioritize using local, organic ingredients. Freitag traveled to France and Italy after Verbena, working briefly at L’Arpège restaurant under chef Alain Passard in 1999.
Freitag and restaurateur Godfrey Polistina founded Cesca Enoteca & Trattoria on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in 2003. Freitag worked as chef de cuisine at Cesca before becoming executive chef at The Harrison. The New York Times announced on September 3, 2010, that Freitag would be departing the Harrison and that the restaurant’s owner, Jimmy Bradley, would take over as chef.
Freitag served as executive chef of the Empire Diner in Manhattan, New York, from January 2014 to July 2015. Freitag and Kevin Lillis’ Hospitality Alliance will open the cafe Rise & Thyme in Dallas, Texas, in September 2020.
Amanda Freitag Iron Chef
In 2009, she competed on Iron Chef America in “Battle: King Crab” (season 7, episode 10) against Bobby Flay, with judges Keyshawn Johnson, Maggie Rodriguez, and Domenica Catelli. She lost by a single point, with a score of 49 against Flay’s 50. The assessment was fair, with the exception of Freitag, who received one point less in the “taste” category.
Freitag came in fourth place on Season 2 of The Next Iron Chef. Freitag announced that she will return as a judge on Chopped for the 2010 season, and she did so in the season four episode “Against the Tide.”
Freitag debuted alongside Chopped Grand Champion Madison Cowan in “Battle: Kale” on the April 15, 2012 edition of Iron Chef America, functioning as Cowan’s sous chef. She competed on the fifth season of The Next Iron Chef. On December 23, she was defeated by Alexandra Guarnaschelli in the final.
