Todd English Bio | Wiki
Todd English is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality living in Boston, Massachusetts. He hosted the TV cooking show, Food Trip on PBS. In 2005, Todd was a judge on the PBS show Cooking Under Fire.
His life and career received a chapter in Super Chef by Juliette Rossant who had written previously about English for the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. Todd also works as lead chef for Delta Air Lines (US). His first restaurant, Olives, opened in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston in April 1989.
Todd English Age
Todd was born on August 29, 1960, in Amarillo, Texas, United States. He is 61 years old.
Todd English Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx.1.70 m).
Todd English Family
He was born in Amarillo, Texas to his mother Patrizia Arcuni-English, and his father. Todd grew up in Sandy Springs, Georgia, and later Branford, Connecticut. He has a sister named Wendy. He holds an American nationality and belongs to mixed ethnicity.
Todd English Wife | Erica Wang
Todd was married to Olivia Disch. She was his classmate at the Culinary Institute of America, but they divorced. Together, they share three children Oliver, Isabelle, and Simon. Todd was engaged to Erica Wang in 2009 but the wedding was called off.
Todd English Education
He attended Guilford College in North Carolina on a baseball scholarship. Later, Todd quit and entered the Culinary Institute of America in 1978 and graduated in 1982. He worked under Jean-Jacques Rachou at New York’s La Cote Basque and then moved to Italy to work at several restaurants there.
Todd returned to the United States at age 25 and served as the executive chef of the Italian restaurant Michela’s in Cambridge, Massachusetts for three years before opening the original Olives restaurant in 1989.
Todd English Figs
Figs is the name of two pizzerias in the Boston area, one in the Beacon Hill neighborhood and another in Charlestown. It offers authentic, Neapolitan-style pizzas with very thin crusts, served on inverted sheet pans, as well as salads and pasta. Figs won the “Hot Concept” award from Nation’s Restaurant News magazine.
Todd English Bluezoo | Restaurants
BlueZoo is Todd’s restaurant at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Some of his other restaurants include:
The Beast
Bonfire
Da Campo Osteria
Fig’s at The Macys
Plaza Food Hall
Figs at 29 Fair
Tuscany
Ember Room
Taylor Sine’s Pool Noodle House
MXDC
The Food Hall
Todd English Cookware | Products
Kitchen Cookware Sets
Pots & Pans
Skillets
Omelet Pans
Stockpots
Woks & Stir-Fry Pans
Chef’s Pans
Saucepans
Home & Kitchen
Todd English Olives
Todd’s first restaurant, Olives, opened in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston in April 1989. The restaurant’s name is a tribute to his then-wife, Olivia. The food is “rustic Mediterranean,” with a strong influence from Italian cuisine. The restaurant was named Best New Restaurant by Boston magazine and has been honored as Best Food and Top Table by Gourmet magazine.
Olives are known for two signature desserts, a molten chocolate cake and a vanilla bean soufflé which must be ordered with the main meal. In February 2013, Olives opened in Mexico City. The remaining Olives are the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas, and the Ritz-Carlton Canal in Abu Dhabi. In 2021, Olives opened in Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
Todd English Las Vegas | Hotel Las Vegas
In October 1998, Olives opened in the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas. It closed in 2019. In 2021, Olives opened in Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Other restaurants in Las Vegas include The Beast at AREA15 in Las Vegas, Nevada, P.U.B in the Aria Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and The Pepper Club in the downtown Las Vegas Arts District.
Todd English Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Todd’s net worth is $18.5 million and he is the 9th highest earning chef in the world as of 2020.