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William Todd English was born on the 29th August 1960, in Amarillo, Texas, USA and is a celebrity chef, television personality, restaurateur and author. He rose to fame hosting the cooking program “Food Trip with Todd English” broadcast on PBS channel from 2007. More, Todd judged in the reality cooking show “Cooking Under Fire” in 2005. The P.U.B restaurant owned by Todd English has been inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame at the end of 2012. He is also the main chef for one of the leading airlines of US Delta Air Lines. He has been active in the catering industry since 1982.

How much is the net worth of Todd English? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the outright size of his wealth is as much as $15 million, as of the data presented in early 2017. Olives restaurants, Figs pizzerias as well as publications are the main sources of English’s fortune.

Todd English Net Worth $15 Million

To begin with, Todd was raised in Sandy Springs, Georgia, but his family moved to Branford, Connecticut, where he studied at Guilford College having a baseball scholarship, yet dropped out of the college. He decided to enrol to the Culinary Institute of America and completed the studies earning a degree in 1982.

Concerning his professional career, he started working under the guidance of Jean Jacques Rachou in the restaurant La Cote Basque in New York. He then gained further experience working in several restaurants in Italy, and after returning to his homeland, he was appointed to the Italian restaurant located in Cambridge, Massachusetts as an executive chef. In 1989, he opened his own restaurant entitled Olive – nothing to do with olives, but honouring the wife of English, whose name is Olivia. Mediterranean cuisine is served in the aforementioned restaurant line. Gourmet magazine named it the Best Food and Top Table restaurant, as well as Boston magazine honoured it to be named the Best New Restaurant. There are served two signature desserts which attract crowds to the restaurants, namely vanilla bean soufflé and molten chocolate cake, of course, it can be ordered only after the main course. Unfortunately, Olives restaurants were closed several times because of grease fires and consequences of them. Currently, two Olives restaurants are open at the Ritz hotel and resort in Abu Dhabi and Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas.

Moreover, Todd English is known as the owner of Figs pizzerias, which serve authentic Italian pizzas – Nation’s Restaurant News Magazine honoured the pizzerias with a Hot Concept award. In addition, English owns a number of other restaurants including a Latino style one named Beso, a steakhouse – Bonfire, and a restaurant at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel, BlueZoo, plus a long list of others.

It should also be noted that Todd is the author of cookbooks too – he has published “Cooking in Everyday English”, “The Figs Table”, “The Olives Table” and “The Olives Dessert Table” which was co-written with Sally Sampson.

Finally, in the personal life of Todd English, he was married to Olivia Disch from 1984 until 2002, and with whom he has two sons and a daughter. He was subsequently engaged to Erica Wang, but they’ve separated.



Full Name Todd English
Net Worth $15 Million
Date Of Birth August 29, 1960
Place Of Birth Amarillo, Texas, United States
Profession Restaurateur, Entrepreneur, Chef, Author, Presenter
Education The Culinary Institute of America, Guilford College in North Carolina
Nationality American
Spouse Olivia Disch English (divorced)
Children Oliver English, Isabelle English, Simon English
Parents Patrizia Arcuni-English
Siblings Wendy English
Partner Erica Wang (engaged 2009)
Nicknames William Todd English
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/ChefToddEnglish
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1076500
Awards James Beard Award for Rising Star Chef of the Year, “Hot Concept” award (Nation’s Restaurant News magazine), Culinary Hall of Fame (P.U.B. restaurant in Las Vegas, 2012)
Nominations Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Host
TV Shows Food Trip with Todd English, Cooking with Todd English, Cooking Under Fire (2005), Super Chef
Fact
1 Owner of restaurant “Olives” in Manhattan.
2 Named as one of People magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People” in 2001.
3 Owner of 17 restaurants, as of 2005.
4 Began cooking career at age 15.
5 Co-owner, with Eva Longoria, of “Beso” in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
6 Chef/owner of “Tuscany”.
7 Chef/owner of “Figs” in Boston.
8 Duff Goldman and Katherine See used to worked for him.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Cooking with Todd English 2015 TV Movie Host
Playing with Fire 2013 TV Series Todd English

Self

Title Year Status Character
FabLife 2015 TV Series Himself – Guest
Simply Ming 2015 TV Series documentary Guest Chef
Top Chef 2007-2014 TV Series Chef / Restaurateur / Himself – Guest Judge / …
The Willis Report 2013-2014 TV Series Himself / Himself – Celebrity Chef
Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off 2014 TV Series Himself – Judge
The Talk 2011-2013 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself – Chef
Inside Edition 2013 TV Series documentary Himself – Chef
Fox and Friends 2013 TV Series Himself
Big Morning Buzz Live 2012 TV Series Himself
Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell 2012 TV Series Himself
The Wendy Williams Show 2011 TV Series Himself
The Nate Berkus Show 2011 TV Series Himself
The Early Show 2011 TV Series Himself
The Best Thing I Ever Ate 2010 TV Series Himself
Food Network Star 2010 TV Series Himself
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 2009 TV Series Himself
E! True Hollywood Story 2009 TV Series documentary Himself – Beso Partner
A-List Awards 2009 TV Special Himself
The Bonnie Hunt Show 2008 TV Series Himself
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2008 TV Series Himself
Live with Kelly and Michael 2007 TV Series Himself
Food Trip with Todd English 2007 TV Series Himself – Host
The 2nd Annual Quill Awards 2006 TV Special Himself
Reservations Required 2006 TV Series Himself
Celebrity Food Fight 2006 TV Movie Himself (as Chef Todd English)
The Tony Danza Show 2005 TV Series Himself
MTV Video Music Awards 2005 2005 TV Special Himself – Chef
Iron Chef America: The Series 2005 TV Series Himself – Challenger Chef
The View 2005 TV Series Himself
Cooking Under Fire 2005 TV Series Himself
Opening Soon 2005 TV Series Himself – Executive Chef / Partner
Party Planner with David Tutera 2005 TV Series Himself
Iron Chef USA: Holiday Showdown 2001 TV Special documentary Himself – Iron Chef American
Iron Chef USA: Showdown in Las Vegas 2001 TV Special documentary Himself – Iron Chef American
People’s 50 Most Beautiful People 2001 TV Movie Himself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Iron Chef America: The Series 2013 TV Series Himself – ICA Challenger Chef
Iron Chef America Countdown 2012 TV Series Himself – ICA Challenger Chef

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2008 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lifestyle Host Food Trip with Todd English (2007)

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