Geoffrey Zakarian Biography
Geoffrey Zakarian is a chef, restaurateur, television personality, and author from the United States. He is the executive chef of various New York City, Atlantic City, and Miami restaurants.
How old is Geoffrey Zakarian? – Age
He is 63 years old as of 25 July 2022. He was born in 1959 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
Geoffrey Zakarian Family – Education
Viola (née Hekowicz) Zakarian was born to an Armenian-American father, musician George Zakarian, and a Polish-American mother, Viola. He has a sister named Virginia and a brother named George. In 1977, he graduated from Burncoat High School. He graduated from Worcester State University with a degree in economics and then moved to France, where he decided to become a chef.
Is Geoffrey Zakarian still married? – Wife – Children
In 2005, Zakarian married marketing executive Margaret Anne Williams. They have three kids. He was previously married for about ten years to Heather Karaman.
Geoffrey Zakarian Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
Geoffrey Zakarian Chopped
He has served as a judge on Food Network’s Chopped several times. Chopped is an American reality food game program produced by Michael Krupat, Dave Noll, and Linda Lea. The series sets four chefs against each other in a competition for a $10,000 prize. The show premiered in 2009 and airs every Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on Food Network. Chopped Sweets, a dessert-themed spin-off, premiered on February 3, 2020, with Scott Conant as host.
Geoffrey Zakarian Iron Chef
In May 2010, Zakarian appeared as a challenger on Iron Chef America, where he challenged Masaharu Morimoto and lost with a score of 57 to 43. In December 2011, Zakarian has crowned the champion of The Next Iron Chef, defeating Elizabeth Falkner in the season finale.
Iron Chef America is an American culinary show based on Fuji Television’s Iron Chef, the second American adaptation following the failure of Iron Chef USA in 2001. The show is a culinary game show produced by Food Network in which a new challenger chef competes against one of the resident “Iron Chefs” in a one-hour cooking competition. The show is marketed as a sequel to the original Iron Chef, with actor and martial artist Mark Dacascos as the Chairman. Kevin Brauch is the floor reporter, and Alton Brown gives commentary. Craig Marks composed the music and released the soundtrack titled “Iron Chef America & The Next Iron Chef” towards the end of 2010.
Geoffrey Zakarian Restaurant
He took over as executive chef in 1990 at 44, a restaurant at the Royalton Hotel in midtown Manhattan that The New York Times called “trendy” and “chic.” William Grimes, likewise of The New York Times, portrayed Zakarian as “the explanation that 44 in the Royalton Inn was generally much better than it should have been” in 2001. Bryan Miller, a columnist for The New York Times, had only given 44 two stars in 1992.
Along with David Brody of Z100 WHTZ, he was hired in 1996 to manage Old Navy’s ill-fated coffee bar and coffee cart division. After that, he got a job at the Blue Door of the Delano Hotel in Miami’s South Beach. He took over as executive chef at Patroon in Manhattan in 1998, where Ruth Reichl, a critic for the New York Times, gave it three stars (excellent). In the spring of 2000, Zakarian worked with Alain Passard, a prestigious French cook at the three-Michelin star café Arpège in Paris.
His style is described as “dynamic American” or “modern” with roots in French cuisine. Town and Country, both of which are in Manhattan, were owned by Zakarian. They have been evaluated with three stars by The New York Times. His restaurant Town opened in spring 2001 and closed in 2009 in the Chambers Hotel on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan. Nation is situated in the Carlton Lodging close to Madison Square Park and opened in 2005. The café has procured a Michelin Star. Zakarian is currently executive chef at the Lamb’s Club in New York City and a consultant at the Water Club in Atlantic City. The historic theater club The Lambs, which has been referred to as The Lambs Club since 1874, has no connection whatsoever to The Lambs Club restaurant.
Geoffrey Zakarian’s Town / Country, Zakarian’s first book, was published in the spring of 2006. The columnist Amanda Hesser of The New York Times referred to it as “one of the best of 2006.” The book highlights 150 recipes for family, companions and “Life Around the Table”. He is the Chairman of the City Harvest Food Council, a New York City food rescue organization that works to end hunger.