Tom Colicchio has the Midas Touch
-He has hosted ten seasons of
Top Chef.
-From 2003 to 2005, his Gramercy Tavern was voted the most popular restaurant in New York City.
-His Craft restaurant in NYC and L.A. draws notable guests like Bill Clinton and Keith Richards.
-In 2010,
Tom Colicchio was named Outstanding Chef by the James Beard Foundation.
-During the 2009 U.S. presidential inauguration event, Colicchio saved writer Joan Nathan's life by performing the Heimlich maneuver on him.
-Top Chef was one of the programs that launched the celebrity chef craze and Colicchio, a five-time James Beard Award winner, was the man who started it all.
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