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Jet Tilakamonkul was born on 6 February 1975, in Los Angeles, California USA, of Thai descent. Jet Tila is a third generation chef, television personality and restaurateur, best known from appearing in numerous food- related television shows, including “Chopped” and “Iron Chef America”, but all of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Jet Tila? As of late-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is over $3 million, mostly earned through success in the food industry. He is the chef of “The Charleston” and “Pakpao Thai” restaurants. He’s been a part of numerous Food Network projects and as he continues his career, it is expected that his wealth will also continue to increase.

Jet Tila Net Worth $3 million

Jet grew up in a Thai neighborhood in Los Angeles. During this time, he learned various Asian culinary methods from his grandmother. Eventually, he pursued his passion for the culinary arts, taking courses at the California Sushi Academy. He also took a course at Le Cordon Bleu. His skills would develop and soon more opportunities would open up for him which would increase his net worth. He started working as a chef, eventually opening his own establishments. He became the executive chef of “Pakpao Thai” and “The Charleston”, and his skills in cooking would also lead him to be invited to become a part of the Food Network.

Tila would take part in numerous cooking-related shows. He appeared as a judge during one season of the show “Chopped”, which is a cooking game show series that pits four chefs against each other in each episode, for a chance to win a $10,000 prize. He also joined a similar show called “Cutthroat Kitchen”, however, what’s different about this show is an auction mechanic that will allow chefs to purchase opportunities to sabotage one another; he’s been a regular judge of the show since its premiere. Another show that Tila has been a part of is “Iron Chef America” which is based on the Japanese cooking show “Iron Chef”. It is presented as a successor of the show, and has featured numerous high profile chefs. He also joined “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” which is a program on which chef’s pick out their favorite dishes in several categories.

Aside from Jet’s work at the Food Network, he makes numerous contributions to the culinary program “Good Food” which airs as a part of National Public Radio (NPR). He also launched a dessert restaurant in Las Vegas called “Kuma Snow Cream”, and has opened the Las Vegas restaurant “Wazulu”, and becoame the culinary ambassador to Thailand. A few of his recent projects include “Alton’s After-Show” and “Beat Bobby Flay”.

For his personal life, it is known that Tila is married to Ali, and they have two children. He also maintains his own personal website entitled chefjet.com, which features some of his recipes, projects and products.