Michael Voltaggio is an American chef, restaurateur, and television personality. He is best known for his appearances on the Bravo television series Top Chef, where he was the winner of the sixth season. He is the executive chef and owner of the Los Angeles restaurant ink. Voltaggio was born on September 29, 1978 in Frederick, Maryland. He is the youngest of four children. He attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, graduating in 2001. Voltaggio began his career working in the kitchens of some of the most renowned chefs in the world, including Charlie Palmer, Thomas Keller, and José Andrés. In 2006, he joined the team at The Bazaar by José Andrés in Beverly Hills, California, where he served as executive sous chef. In 2009, Voltaggio competed on the sixth season of Bravo's Top Chef, where he was the winner. Following his win, he opened ink. in Los Angeles in 2011. The restaurant has been praised by critics and has earned numerous accolades, including a Michelin star. Voltaggio has also appeared on several television shows, including Iron Chef America, Cutthroat Kitchen, and Top Chef Masters. He has also written two cookbooks, Volt Ink. and Home: Recipes to Cook with Family and Friends. As of 2021, Michael Voltaggio's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.
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Age | 45 years old |
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Born | 29 September, 1978 |
Birthday | 29 September |
Birthplace | Frederick, Maryland, U.S. |
Nationality | United States |
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Voltaggio has two daughters, Olivia and Sophia. His daughters live in Lewisburg, West Virginia with their mother, Kerri Adams, from whom Voltaggio is divorced. As of 2019, he is dating fashion designer and entrepreneur, Sami Miro.
He owned and ran the restaurants ink. and ink.sack, both in West Hollywood, California. As of June 2018, both of these restaurants have closed.
Voltaggio appeared twice on the American sitcom Young & Hungry as himself, in the 2014 pilot episode and in the episode "Young & Amnesia".
Voltaggio left The Dining Room in 2010 and announced plans to open his own restaurant in West Hollywood, California, in a space owned by former Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz. After several delays, the highly successful ink. opened on September 21, 2011. Voltaggio's goal with the restaurant was to create what he called "modern Los Angeles cuisine." The restaurant seats 60 in the dining room with a private room that can accommodate an additional 10 guests. It was named America's best new restaurant by GQ Magazine in March 2012.
While publicly developing and readying ink. for its highly anticipated debut, Voltaggio was quietly planning a smaller restaurant around the corner, a sandwich shop called ink.sack. Voltaggio designed and built the shop himself and surprised the culinary world when he opened the small restaurant with little notice or fanfare on August 11, 2011.
Voltaggio appeared in September 2010 on the finale of season six of Top Chef and as a guest judge in Season 3 of Top Chef Canada.
Voltaggio did not have the money to attend culinary school. Instead, he did a long apprenticeship in The Greenbrier's prestigious culinary apprenticeship program. Michael completed his Greenbrier apprenticeship under Certified Master Chef Peter Timmins at the age of 21. He later held jobs at the Ritz Carlton Hotel Naples, Florida under chef Peter Timmins and Charlie Palmer's Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg. During his tenure as Chef de Cuisine at The Bazaar by Jose Andres, the restaurant was nominated for the James Beard Foundation Award for Best New Restaurant in 2008.
Michael Voltaggio (born September 29, 1978) is an American chef residing in Los Angeles, California. Voltaggio was the winner of the sixth season of Top Chef, Bravo's cooking competition reality show, where he competed with his brother, Bryan Voltaggio. The two ended in the finale, alongside Kevin Gillespie, with Michael winning the contest. Top Chef Head Judge Tom Colicchio said of Voltaggio, “Out of all the cooks that have come through the show, Michael is the most talented—both from a sensibility and technical standpoint. He has the chops to pull off what he’s trying to do.”
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