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Born | Jet Tilakamonkul February 6, 1975
Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Spouse | Ali Tila [3] |
Culinary career | |
Current restaurant(s)
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Previous restaurant(s)
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Website |
chefjet |
Jet Tilakamonkul, known professionally as Jet Tila ( Thai: เจ็ท ติลกมลกุล; RTGS: Chet Tilakamonkun), is an American celebrity chef, author, [4] restaurateur, and restaurant developer. [5]
Tila was born in Los Angeles to Thai Chinese parents who immigrated to the United States separately in 1966. [6] [7] His family traces their ancestry to the southern Chinese island province of Hainan. [8] [9]
Jet Tila is the chef of the restaurants The Charleston and Pakpao Thai, located in Los Angeles, California, [10] and Dallas, Texas, [11] respectively. Tila is the restaurant developer of Dragon Tiger Noodle Co. with three locations in Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada. [12] [13] Tila has acted as a restaurant developer and minor partner for the chain restaurant Pei Wei Asian Kitchen (also known as Pei Wei Asian Diner, LLC). [5]
Tila was given a ceremonial title of a "culinary ambassador" for Thailand, appointed by the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Los Angeles. [14] [15]
Tila has also been part of several novelty food-based records, including world's largest stir fry, world's largest seafood stew, world's largest fruit salad and world's largest California roll. [16]
He has appeared on television series including Beat Bobby Flay, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Chopped, Cutthroat Kitchen, Tournament of Champions, and Guy's Grocery Games. [17] [18] [19] Tila is a regular on the Food Network television channel. [20] He was a contestant on Iron Chef America but lost to The Iron Chef. [21] In 2018, he returned to Iron Chef America as the floor reporter. [22] Tila appeared on Gods of Food, a satirical food mockumentary by CollegeHumor. [23] Tila won $20,000 as the victorious competitor in Guy's Grocery Games "Delivery: All-Star Noodles" (2021). [24] Tila is one of the co-hosts of the new Food Network show, Halloween Cookie Challenge. [25]
Tila is married. He and his wife Allison have two children: a daughter, Amaya, [26] and a son, Ren. [27]
Jet Tila | |
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![]() Tila in 2018 | |
Born | Jet Tilakamonkul February 6, 1975
Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Spouse | Ali Tila [3] |
Culinary career | |
Current restaurant(s)
| |
Previous restaurant(s)
| |
Website |
chefjet |
Jet Tilakamonkul, known professionally as Jet Tila ( Thai: เจ็ท ติลกมลกุล; RTGS: Chet Tilakamonkun), is an American celebrity chef, author, [4] restaurateur, and restaurant developer. [5]
Tila was born in Los Angeles to Thai Chinese parents who immigrated to the United States separately in 1966. [6] [7] His family traces their ancestry to the southern Chinese island province of Hainan. [8] [9]
Jet Tila is the chef of the restaurants The Charleston and Pakpao Thai, located in Los Angeles, California, [10] and Dallas, Texas, [11] respectively. Tila is the restaurant developer of Dragon Tiger Noodle Co. with three locations in Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada. [12] [13] Tila has acted as a restaurant developer and minor partner for the chain restaurant Pei Wei Asian Kitchen (also known as Pei Wei Asian Diner, LLC). [5]
Tila was given a ceremonial title of a "culinary ambassador" for Thailand, appointed by the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Los Angeles. [14] [15]
Tila has also been part of several novelty food-based records, including world's largest stir fry, world's largest seafood stew, world's largest fruit salad and world's largest California roll. [16]
He has appeared on television series including Beat Bobby Flay, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Chopped, Cutthroat Kitchen, Tournament of Champions, and Guy's Grocery Games. [17] [18] [19] Tila is a regular on the Food Network television channel. [20] He was a contestant on Iron Chef America but lost to The Iron Chef. [21] In 2018, he returned to Iron Chef America as the floor reporter. [22] Tila appeared on Gods of Food, a satirical food mockumentary by CollegeHumor. [23] Tila won $20,000 as the victorious competitor in Guy's Grocery Games "Delivery: All-Star Noodles" (2021). [24] Tila is one of the co-hosts of the new Food Network show, Halloween Cookie Challenge. [25]
Tila is married. He and his wife Allison have two children: a daughter, Amaya, [26] and a son, Ren. [27]