Todd Gray is the executive chef and co-owner of Equinox, a restaurant in Washington, D.C., and of Manna, an upscale restaurant located in the Museum of the Bible.

Biography

Gray was born in Washington, D.C. He studied art at the undergraduate level at the University of Richmond, but decided to change to the culinary arts and studied at the Culinary Institute of America. After this, he was an intern in some of the country's popular kitchens, following which he spent four years learning from Robert Greault in a French restaurant, and then seven years in an Italian one with

Roberto Donna Roberto Donna is an Italian chef and restaurateur in Washington D.C. Donna was born in Turin, Italy, where he enrolled in culinary school at the age of 13. He came to the United States at the age of 19, working in an Italian restaurant on K Str ...

. He was a 5 time James Beard Award Nominee for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic. He and his wife Ellen Kassoff Gray have created the cookbook ''The New Jewish Table''. In 2018, he drew attention for beginning to serve a sweet resin found on shrubs in the Middle East including tamarisk, that is thought by many scholars to the Biblical food manna at his restaurant, Manna.

TV appearances

He was the host of an episode of ''Chefs A' Field'' and he was a guest in an episode of ''Tyler's Ultimate''. In 2016 he was a contestant on '' Beat Bobby Flay'', and lost to Flay in the second round. He was also on an episode of "Guy's Grocery Games".TV Guide
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