Antonia Lofaso Biography
Antonia Lofaso is a celebrity chef and restaurateur from the United States. She has appeared on several reality television shows, including Top Chef, Chopped, Cutthroat Kitchen, and Restaurant Startup. Lofaso owns the Los Angeles restaurants Black Market Liquor Bar, Scopa Italian Roots, and DAMA.
How old is Antonia Lofaso? – Age
She is 45 years old as of 23 November 2021. She was born in 1976 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Antonia Lofaso Family – Education
She has Italian (Sicilian), and Jewish roots. She attended the French Culinary Institute.
Is Antonia Lofaso married to Heavy D? – Daughter
Xea Myers, Lofaso’s daughter from her relationship with the late Jamaican rapper Heavy D, was born in 2000.
How much is Guy Fieri? – Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
Does Antonia Lofaso work for Guy Fieri? – Career
She then worked as a chef at Spago and Foxtail in Los Angeles. Lofaso is the co-owner and executive chef of Black Market Liquor Bar, DAMA, and Scopa Italian Roots in Los Angeles. Lofaso was a contestant on season four of the competition series Top Chef, also known as Top Chef: Chicago, in 2008, finishing in fourth place. She finished third on season eight of Top Chef, renamed Top Chef: All-Stars, from 2010 to 2011. In 2014, she competed on Top Chef Duels against Mike Isabella, who had beaten her on Top Chef: All-Stars; she won the “duel.”
In 2012, Lofaso appeared on the Game Show Network’s Beat the Chefs as one of three professional chefs against whom the amateur chef contestants had to compete. The series lasted four episodes. She was a judge on the Food Network competition show Cutthroat Kitchen from 2013 to 2017. She also competed in (and won) Cutthroat’s special “Judging Judges” episode in 2016, defeating regular judges Simon Majumdar and Jet Tila, as well as Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian. In 2015 and 2016, she worked as a restaurant culinary consultant for the CNBC television show Restaurant Startup (seasons 2 and 3).
She is a judge on Guy’s Grocery Games, where she has frequently competed (and won). She appeared on Selena Gomez’s cooking show, Selena + Chef, in 2020. She also appeared on The Bachelorette’s 16th season during the hometown episode.
Lofaso was one of four chefs featured in Guy Fieri’s documentary Restaurant Hustle 2020: All On The Line, which examined how the COVID-19 pandemic affected their lives and businesses. She returned for the documentary sequel, Restaurant Hustle 2021: Back In Business. She appeared as the lead judge on Guy’s Chance Of A Lifetime in January 2022. She was the head judge on The Julia Child Challenge, a Food Network competition show that aired in March and April 2022. She took over as host of Beachside Brawl in June 2022.