Jet Tila

Jet Tilakamonkul whose stage name is Jet Tila (Thai: เจ็ท ติลกมลกุล; RTGS: Chet Tilakamonkun), is an American celebrity chef and restaurateur.

Jet Tila
Born
Jet Tilakamonkul

(1975-02-06) February 6, 1975
Los Angeles, United States
Spouse(s)Ali Tila [1]
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s)
    • The Charleston[2]
    • Pakpao Thai[3]
Websitechefjet.com

Early life

Tila was born in Los Angeles to Thai Chinese parents who immigrated to the United States separately in 1966.[4][5] His family traces their ancestry to the southern Chinese island province of Hainan.[6][7]

Career

Jet Tila is the chef of the restaurants The Charleston and Pakpao Thai. He has appeared on television series including Beat Bobby Flay, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Chopped, Cutthroat Kitchen, and Guy's Grocery Games. He was a contestant on Iron Chef America but lost to The Iron Chef.[8] In 2018, he returned to Iron Chef America as the floor reporter.[9] Among his appearances, Tila won $20,000 as the victorious competitor in Guy's Grocery Games "Delivery: All-Star Noodles".[10] Tila was given a ceremonial title of a "culinary ambassador" for Thailand, appointed by the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Los Angeles.[11][12]

World records

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.[13]

Personal life

Tila is married to his wife Allison; together they have two children, a daughter, Amaya,[14] and a son, Ren.[15]

References
  1. "Chef Jet on Thai Town, Bangkok Market, and LA's Best Pancakes". NBC News. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. Harris, Jenn. "First look: Stir Market, Jet Tila's new food hall and restaurant to open Tuesday". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. "Dallas restaurant offers tongue-in-cheek 'Thai me up' dinner this Valentine's Day". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  4. Jet Tila parlayed his Thai immigrant family roots to food TV fame
  5. CHEFJET
  6. The Next Generation: Jet Tila, The Charleston LA
  7. Wandering Chef: Jet Tila in Hainan, China
  8. Blaskovich, Sarah (8 May 2014). "UPDATED: Expect to see celebu-chef Jet Tila in the kitchen at Dallas Thai restaurant Pakpao". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  9. "Iron Chef America". IMDB.
  10. "Guy's Grocery Games" Delivery: All-Star Noodles". IMDB.
  11. Painter, Alysia Gray (4 September 2013). "Chef Jet Tila, World Records, and the 15,291-Pound Fruit Salad". KNBC. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  12. Chiao, Christine (9 April 2013). "Jet Tila Appointed Thai Cuisine Ambassador". LA Weekly. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  13. "CHEFJET - CHEFJET.COM 3.0". CHEFJET.COM 3.0. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  14. Jordan Okumura. "CHEF JET TILA: THE CULINARY ANTHROPOLOGIST". The Snack.
  15. GRACE RASMUS (April 1, 2019). "School of Wok: The kitchen is a place for teaching, tasting, and sharing love in the Tila household". Rachael Ray Magazine.


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