‘Top Chef’: Is Tom Colicchio Still Married to Wife Lori Silverbush?

Lori Silverbush and Tom Colicchio attend
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Tom Colicchio has been a mainstay on Bravo’s Top Chef since its very first season, and he’s currently continuing his role in Season 23. Away from the cameras, he has built a family with Lori Silverbush.

Colicchio and Silverbush tied the knot in 2001, but where do they stand now? Scroll down for the latest on their relationship status and to learn more about the pair and their romance.

Is Tom Colicchio still married?

Yes, Colicchio and Silverbush are still married. In March, she was by his side as he celebrated the 25th anniversary of his New York restaurant, CRAFT.

The two don’t post together on social media very often, but Silverbush honored her husband with a Father’s Day tribute in June 2024, writing, “Happy Father’s Day @tomcolicchio What a lucky bunch we are..”

Who is Tom Colicchio’s wife?

Silverbush is a filmmaker who directs, writes, and produces. She is also an activist, per her website bio. Silverbush’s “work is rooted in naturalism and attention to narrative detail. Her goal is emotionally honest storytelling that deploys humor, pathos, and a lush vérité aesthetic to invoke our shared experience and the power of authentic human connection.”

She has done both fiction and non-fiction filmmaking. Her works include the #FoodIsFuel media campaign, starring Michelle ObamaOn the Outs, Mental Hygiene, and Sticks and Stones.

Silverbush attended Cornell University and graduated with a degree in communications. She then earned a master’s degree from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and graduated from the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women.

How did Tom Colicchio meet his wife?

Colicchio and Silverbush met in 1994. At the time, she was working as a waitress at his restaurant Gramercy Tavern, according to The New York Times. They tied the knot on September 15, 2001, in Martha’s Vineyard.

“She was waiting tables, putting herself through graduate school as a writer, a screenwriter and film director,” Colicchio previously told People. “We met and a couple years later fell in love.”

Does Tom Colicchio have kids?

Yes, Colicchio has three children. He shares his eldest son, Dante, with an ex-girlfriend. He and Silverbush are also parents to sons Luka and Mateo, born in 2009 and 2011, respectively.

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