Jet Tila
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Tila in 2018
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| Born | Jet Tilakamonkul (1975-02-06) February 6, 1975 (age 49)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Spouse | Ali Tila[3] |
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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 mockumentarybyCollegeHumor.[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]
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