Facts of George Calombaris |
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Full Name: | George Calombaris |
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Birth Date: | October 4, 1978 |
Age: | 46 years |
Gender: | Male |
Profession: | chef |
Country: | Australia |
Horoscope: | Libra |
Height: | 5 feet 1 inches (1.55m) |
Wife | Natalie Tricarico |
Eye Color | dark brown |
Birth Place | Melbourne, Victoria |
Status | married |
Nationality | Australian |
Education | graduated from Mazenod college |
Father | Jim calombaris |
Mother | Mary Calombaris |
Kids | James (son) and Michaela(daughter) |
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What comes in your mind when you hear the word chef? Well, you will obviously think about the person having great skills in cooking and proficient in all aspects of food preparation. Meanwhile, George Calombaris is an Australian chef and restaurateur of Greek heritage. Further, he is also one of the well-known TV personality who has already appeared in the TV shows like Good News week (1996), Master Chef Australia(2009), Junior Master Chef Australia(2010) and Ready Steady Cook. Besides, he is also the owner of seven restaurants in Melbourne. Besides, Calombaries was listed in the top forty chefs list worldwide by Wine Magazine and Global food in 2004. George is best known for Greek, Italian and Cypriot heritage dishes.
Who is George Calombaris? Bio,Age,Nationality,Parents,Education
Chef George was born as George Dimitrios Calombaries on October 4, 1978. By October of 2019, he will successfully complete 41 years of his birth. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, under the birth sign Libra. Further, he holds Australian nationality. However, his ethnicity is still not disclosed. George was born to parents Jim Calombaris (father) and Mary Calombaris (mother). Besides, his early life and sibling’s information is not provided.
Talking about Georg’s educational history, he completed his graduation from Mazenod College, Mulgrave. Further, he learned at the Box Hill Institute of TAFE. Additionally, he was provided with Bon Land Scholarship in 1999.
George Calombaris: Wife, Children, and Girlfriend
George is one of the prominent faces in Australian. Everyone is familiar with how well his professional life. In such a case, is George able to give time to his family? And how well is his personal life?
George tied his knot with Natalie Tricarico. They have successfully completed a number of years o their marriage. Further, the birth of two children James(son) and Michaela(daughter) added additional happiness in the Calombaris family. His son James was born in 2011. As a dad, everyone takes care of their children but in the case of George, he seems to be caring more about their children than a mother. George is so curious about his children’s health that, he has banned his children from eating fast foods from restaurants. Further, people usually get shocked to hear that, George even sends his son with healthy homemade lunch to birthday parties. Isn’t it great to have such a loving and caring father?
However, George is a successful chef as well as a good husband and father. Till now any information regarding Georges dating affairs or dispute with the wife hasn’t come to hear. Currently, he is enjoying his life with his beautiful family.
Career and Latest shows
George started his career from Sofitel cooking under senior chefs like virtuosos, Gary Mehigan, and Raymond Capaldi. Here he worked for two years. During that, he received the Young Chef of the Year award. Additionally, he also received two gourmet experts cap and Best New Restaurant in the Age Good Food Guide.
After that, he decided to do something on his own. So, in 2006 he opened The Press Club in Melbourne. Similarly, he started his restaurants Maha Bar and Grill and The Hellenic Republic (2008), The Belvedere Club (2008), PM 24 (2010), St Katherines (2011), Mama Baba(2011). Besides all this, he has also published some cookbooks like Your Place or Mine, The Press club, etc. Further, he has also appeared in different Tv shows and Tv cooking shows.
Controversies: recent mistake in Australian chef program!
George is among the one who usually comes in the controversial topic. In 2014 on the occasion of Mother day, Georges restaurant Hellenic republic closed for 24 hours for the investigation. 90 people suffered from vomition, stomach cramps, and diarrhea after eating food in the Republica restaurant. However, later staff found guilty for that. In 2015, George again came into controversy after he got claimed to be paying less to staff. As a result of this, some staff gets overpaid whereas some were less paid up to $2.6 million. Further, in 2017, he charged with assault after involving in an argument at the A-League Grand Final. He pleaded guilty for that and later he apologized for that.
Net worth and Salary?
In the case of George, he is among the top 40 best chefs around the Globe. Further, he also belongs to one of the wealthiest chefs in the world.
However, his current net worth of 2019 is still under review. But as of 2017, his net worth was $5 million. George might have uplifted his networth by 2019 from his income as a chef. Though his main source of income is from chef and his restaurants, he earns addition money from an appearance in different TV shows.
Body facts and Social media presence
Being a chef, he always prefers healthy and homemade foods rather than fast foods. Due to this, his body looks healthy and fit. George is 61 inches tall but his weight is unknown. Further, he has dark brown hair and eyes.
The one who loves cooking usually is seen following George on social media to learn the latest recipes. Due to this, he has a good fan following on social media. He has 333k followers on Instagram and 337.8 k followers on Facebook.