Geoffrey Zakarian

Geoffrey Zakarian is a well-known chef, restaurateur, television personality, and author from the United States. He is best known for his unique food recipes.

Zakarian has appeared on a number of Food Network shows, including Chopped, The Next Iron Chef, and Iron Chef America. He also serves as executive chef at several restaurants in New York City and Miami.

Geoffrey Zakarian
Pic: Geoffrey Zakarian (source: Food Network)

Salary/Net Worth

Geoffrey Zakarian has not disclosed his salary to the press. He does, however, have a net worth of $6 million.

Geoffrey Zakarian’s bio, age, parents, siblings, family, nationality, and ethnicity

Geoffrey Zakarian was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on July 25, 1959. He is currently 60 years old. His nationality is American, and his ethnicities are Armenian-American and Polish-American.

George Zakarian is his father’s name, and Viola Zakarian is his mother’s name. He also has a brother named George Zakarian and a sister named Virginia Zakaria.

University/Education of Geoffrey Zakarian:

Geoffrey graduated from Burncoat High School in 1997. Following that, he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Worcester State University. He also graduated with honors from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. He moved to France to work as a chef after graduating.

Geoffrey Zakarian’s Professional Career and Life

From 1982 to 1987, Geoffrey worked at Le Cirque under Chef Daniel Boulud. He was named “Chef de Cuisine” from 1982 to 1987, and he worked there for a long time. In 1990, he became executive chef when he was 44 years old. In 1998, he was named executive chef at Patroon in Manhattan.

A well-known French chef worked for him at the three-Michelin starred restaurant Arpège in Paris in 2000, when he was still young.

He was also a judge on the Food Network show “Chopped.” Aaron Sanchez, Scott Conant, Marc Murphy, Amanda Freitag, and Chris Santo were all on the show.

Zakarian won The Next Iron Chef in December 2011. He was also the host of The Kitchen on the Food Network. Zakarian was also a judge on the show Cutthroat Kitchen, and he did that as well

As of 2016, he has been hosting the Food Network show “Cooks vs. Cons.”

Height, Eye Color, and Hair Color of Geoffrey Zakarian

Geoffrey stands 5 feet 11 inches tall. His eyes are green, and his hair is salt and pepper.

Geoffrey Zakarian social media platforms.

Geoffrey has a sizable social media following. He has over 558k Instagram followers, 228k Facebook followers, and over 320k Twitter followers.

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Geoffrey Zakarian with Margaret (source: Serendipity Magazine)

 

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