Who is Norah O’Donnell Husband Geoff Tracy
Geoff Tracy Biography
Geoff Tracy is a restaurateur and entrepreneur. He is the co-owner of Chef Geoff’s Deluxe Hospitality. He is the husband of CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell.
Geoff Tracy Age
He was born on January 23, 1974 in New York.
Geoff Tracy Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall.
Geoff Tracy Education
Geoffrey graduated in 1995 from Georgetown University with a degree in theology. He then joined the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY graduating with an AOS degree.
Geoff Tracy Brother
Geoff has a brother known as Chris Tracy. He co-owns Chef Geoff’s Deluxe Hospitality but was previously president of Chef Geoff’s Restaurant Group.
Geoff Tracy Wife
Tracy is Norah O’Donnell since 2011. The couple in 1991 in George town University where they both studied. Norah is a is an Emmy award-winning journalist serving as the anchor and managing editor of the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell”, anchor of CBS News Election Specials and a contributing correspondent for 60 Minutes”. She previously co-hosted “CBS This Morning” which she joined in July 2012. Prior to that, she served as CBS News’ chief White House correspondent covering the administration of President Barack Obama.
Geoff Tracy Children
Geoff and his wife have three children together; twins, Henry and Grace and Riley.
Geoff Tracy Chef
Tracy is a chef who joined began his career as a waiter at a local American restaurant, Cafe Deluxe in 1995. This was way before he joined the culinary school. In 2000, after graduating from culinary school, he opened his own restaurant called Chef Geoff’s in Washington D.C. In 2002 he opened a second version of Chef Geoff’s in the D.C. downtown area. In 2006 he opened the third restaurant in Maryland, called LIA’s. In 2008, he opened another Maryland restaurant called Hank’s Tavern. In 2018 Geoff formed a joint venture and added two more restaurant concepts, Café Deluxe and Tortilla Coast.
He was awarded “Chef of the Year Award” in 2009 by the Albert Uster. In 2012, the readers of Washingtonian Magazine selected Geoff as “Best Local Chef”.
Geoff Tracy Chef Geoff’s Deluxe Hospitality
In 2018, Chef Geoff’s merged with Clover Restaurant Group, which operates four locations of Cafe Deluxe plus Tortilla Coast on Capitol Hill, to become Chef Geoff’s Deluxe Hospitality.
Clover Restaurant Group co-owner Brian Sullivan had approached Geoff a few years back about the merger and Geoff turned it down at the time as he said the timing wasn’t right. They restarted the conversation in 2017 and finalized the deal in April 2018.
The venture is a 50-50 split; Tracy and his brother Chris own half of the company, and Clover Restaurant Group’s Sullivan and his father Jim own the other half.
Geoff Tracy Restaurants
Geoff is the owner of Chef Geoff’s in Washington D.C. and in the D.C. downtown area, LIA’S in Chevy Chase, MD and Chef Geoff’s Deluxe Hospitality. Chef Geoff’s Tysons won the RAMMY award for “Hottest Restaurant Bar Scene” in 2011 while ia’s was selected as “Best Restaurant in Chevy Chase” by Bethesda Magazine in its annual Reader’s Choice Awards in 2009, 2011, 2017, and 2018.
Geoff Tracy Politics
Tracy has been involved in high-profile political campaigns. In 2006 he led a campaign to repeal the DC Candle Tax. In 2012 he initiated a highly publicized movement against speed cameras.
He sued the Commonwealth of Virginia in 2018 over the constitutionality of regulations that limited his free speech in paid advertising. The suit led to legislation abolishing those regulations starting in 2019.
Geoff Tracy Net worth
He has an estimated net worth of$8 million.