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MenuMasters 2011: Tom ColicchioMenuMasters 2011: Tom Colicchio

Fast-fine pioneer is this year's Hall of Fame inductee

May 16, 2011

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Even after opening 15 successful fast-casual sandwich shops, eight critically acclaimed full-service restaurants and serving as top judge of “Top Chef,” an Emmy-award-winning television cooking competition, Tom Colicchio said he hasn’t yet reached the pinnacle of his career. The 48-year-old chef said he is currently producing the project that will make him most proud.

He and his wife are working on a documentary about domestic hunger. The film’s goal will be to increase awareness regarding the magnitude of hunger in the United States among children, military families and the elderly, and to point out “what can be done to fix it,” he said, adding that the government “needs to stand up and play a more active role.”

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