Harold Dieterle facts for kids
| Born | June 11, 1977 West Babylon, New York |
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| Education | Culinary Institute of America |
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Current restaurant(s)
Perilla (New York City)
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Harold Dieterle III was born on June 11, 1977, in West Babylon, New York. He is an American top chef. He is famous for winning the first season of the TV show Top Chef on the Bravo network.
After winning Top Chef, Harold Dieterle opened and managed three restaurants in New York City. These restaurants were called Perilla, Kin Shop, and The Marrow. He closed all three between 2014 and 2015. In 2019, Dieterle opened a new restaurant named "Ten Hope" in Williamsburg. His special dish is spicy duck meatballs.
Early Life and Education
Harold Dieterle went to West Babylon High School. After high school, he studied at the Culinary Institute of America. He finished his studies there in 1997.
Chef Career
Harold Dieterle started his cooking career at a restaurant called Della Femina in the Hamptons. He worked there for two years. After that, he spent three years at Red Bar and two years at 1770 House. Both of these restaurants were in New York City. For almost five years, he worked as a sous-chef at The Harrison restaurant in New York. A sous-chef is the second-in-command in a kitchen.
In October 2005, Harold Dieterle joined the first season of Top Chef. He competed against other chefs and won the competition. After his big win, he left The Harrison in early 2006. He wanted to focus on opening his very own restaurant.
His first restaurant, Perilla, opened in May 2007 in New York City. In 2010, he opened another restaurant called Kin Shop. This restaurant served Thai food. A food critic named Adam Platt wrote a good review of Kin Shop in New York magazine in 2010. He called Dieterle "the original (and easily most talented) winner" of Top Chef.
In 2012, Harold Dieterle opened his third restaurant, The Marrow, in New York City. This restaurant mixed Italian and German food styles. It was a special tribute to his own German family background and his wife's Italian heritage.
The Marrow closed in 2014, less than two years after it opened. In late 2015, Dieterle closed his other two restaurants, Kin Shop and Perilla. He said he was taking a break from the restaurant business. In 2019, he helped open a new restaurant in Williamsburg called Ten Hope. Dieterle worked as a consulting chef there, helping to create the menu. In 2024, a new restaurant named Il Totano opened in Manhattan. Harold Dieterle is the main chef there.
In 2016, Dieterle also worked as a consultant for a TV show. It was an AMC series called Feed the Beast. The show was about a made-up restaurant.
Personal Life
On September 4, 2010, Harold Dieterle married Meredith Davies. Their wedding was in Atlanta, Georgia. They first met in 2006 at an event called the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, Colorado. This was the summer after he won Top Chef.
See also
In Spanish: Harold Dieterle para niños
