Todd English

Todd is a celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, entrepreneur, and television star based in Boston. He is best known for his cooking show, Cooking With Todd English, which appears on public television and is produced by Connecticut Public Television; and for his flagship restaurant, Olives, located in Charlestown, Mass. As of 2007, Todd stars in Food Trip with Todd English, a half-hour program produced by WGBH that debuted in January 2007. On Food Trip, Todd travels to domestic and international locations to explore different regional dishes and culinary traditions.

In 1998, English partnered with Boston developer James Cafarelli to form The Olive Group, aimed at developing new restaurant properties using English’s name and celebrity status. The restaurant’s name is a tribute to his then-wife, Olivia. The food is “rustic Mediterranean,” with a strong influence from Italian cuisine. The restaurant was named Best New Restaurant by Boston magazine, and has been honored as Best Food and Top Table by Gourmet magazine.Olives now has two locations; at the W Union Square Hotel in New York City; and the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.English has now partnered with club promoter Jon B, of the former Guest House and Home night clubs in New York City, to open a restaurant in the West Chelsea area of New York City. In 2005 Todd served as Executive Celebrity Chef for MTV’s Video Music Awards in Miami.

To date, Todd has over 20 restaurants including the “Todd English Restaurant” aboard the Queen Mary 2 and The Queen Victoria. Todd is the rock star of the culinary world.