Rick Tramonto

Rick Tramonto, author of "Scars of a Chef", tells the story of his anything-but-easy rise to culinary fame and the many personal setbacks he had to overcome on the road to becoming a world-famous chef.

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Rick Tramonto is an award-winning chef and best-selling author of seven cookbooks who has appeared on such shows as Oprah, The Today Show, Iron Chef America, Chris Fabry Live!, and The 700 Club. He served as executive chef/partner for ten years at the world renowned four-star restaurant Tru in Chicago and is president of Tramonto Cuisine Inc. He is currently executive chef/culinary director of Home on the Range, a restaurant development company with Chef John Folse; their projects include Restaurant R’evolution, opening in New Orleans in 2011. He is active in his church and supports a number of ministries, including Feed the Children, Angel Tree, and Teen Challenge. Tramonto often participates in Food Festivals and speaks to groups. He and his wife, Eileen, have three sons.

Scars of a Chef

Tyndale House Publishers

Dr. Mike Roizen

2011-05-21