Michael Schlow (born c. 1964,
Brooklyn) is a Boston based chef and restaurateur. His restaurants include Via Matta, Radius, and Tico (there are also six Washington, DC area restaurants). Both Via Matta and Radius were opened with Boston restaurateur
Christopher Myers.
He was a Master Contestant on Season One, Episode One of
Top Chef Masters (season 1).
Schlow was born in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
and grew up in
. He graduated from high school there.
Career
Schlow gave up a baseball scholarship to attend the Academy of Culinary Arts at
Atlantic Cape Community College in New Jersey. He began his career in
New York City
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and then
Long Island
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before moving to Boston
in 1995 to cook at Café Louis.
Bibliography
*''IT'S ABOUT TIME'' (cookbook)
Awards and honors
*
James Beard Foundation Award,
Best Chef, Northeast 2000
*Radius was named “Best New Restaurant” by ''Food & Wine'',
“Best Restaurant” and “Best Power Lunch” by
Boston Magazine and one of the “25 Best American Restaurants” by ''
Gourmet Magazine
''Gourmet'' magazine was a monthly publication of Condé Nast and the first U.S. magazine devoted to food and wine. The New York Times noted that "''Gourmet'' was to food what ''Vogue'' is to fashion." Founded by Earle R. MacAusland (1890–1980) ...
''.
*Via Matta was named one of “America’s Best Restaurants” (also by ''Gourmet Magazine'' and ''Esquire'' called it one of the “Best New Restaurants in America.”
*Great Bay opened in 2003 and that same year was voted “Best Seafood Restaurant in Boston” by ''Boston'' Magazine. He was Executive Chef and co-owner.
References
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Chefs from Massachusetts
American male chefs
American restaurateurs
Atlantic Cape Community College alumni
People from Brooklyn
People from Somerville, New Jersey
1960s births
Living people
James Beard Foundation Award winners
Reality cooking competition contestants
American cookbook writers