COMPOUND OBJECT (2 Items)
Tom Colicchio interviewed by Judith Weinraub, 2011-05-12 Item Info
- Title:
- Tom Colicchio interviewed by Judith Weinraub, 2011-05-12
- Interviewer:
- Judith Weinraub
- Interviewer Biographical Note:
- Judith Weinraub is a writer, editor, and historian. Over the course of her career at The Washington Post, she served as both a reporter and section editor, spending her final decade at the paper focusing on food coverage. Her work examined everything from food safety and farmers markets to the rise of immigrant farmers and the impact of local food movements on American culture.
- Interviewee:
- Tom Colicchio
- Interviewee Biographical Note:
- Tom Colicchio was born on August 15, 1962, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. He is the second of three sons born to Beverley and Thomas Colicchio, with an older brother, Michael, and a younger brother, Philip. His father began his career as a barber before transitioning to work as a correctional officer in a county jail when Tom was about eight years old. His mother was a stay-at-home parent until Tom was twelve, after which she began managing a school cafeteria. This early exposure to food service through his mother would later influence Tom’s own path in the culinary world.
- Date of interview:
- 2011-05-12
- Description:
- Colicchio’s restaurant empire including Craftbar and 'wichcraft designed with different price points but unified by quality. He also describes how he was approached to host Top Chef, the early skepticism he had toward reality TV, and the role he played in shaping the show’s serious tone focused on food over drama. The discussion closes with reflections on his activism around hunger, his testimony before Congress, and the making of a documentary on food policy directed by his wife.
- Subject:
- Union Square Hospitaility Group Meyer, Danny Restaurant Ecosystem
- Source:
- Voices from the Food Revolution: People Who Changed The Way Americans Eat, Fales Library and Special Collections
- Unique ID:
- MSS_309.ref205.1
- Digital Object Rights Link:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Rights Summary:
- Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permissions to quote or paraphrase from the interviews or transcripts must be obtained from the interviewee or his/her literary estate. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu. or call 212 998 2596.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Tom Colicchio interviewed by Judith Weinraub, 2011-05-12", Voices from the Food Revolution: People Who Changed The Way Americans Eat,
- Reference Link:
- https://info663-sp25.github.io/team3/items/kss_309-205-1.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permissions to quote or paraphrase from the interviews or transcripts must be obtained from the interviewee or his/her literary estate. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu. or call 212 998 2596.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/