Todd English is a renowned chef, restaurateur, author, entrepreneur, and television star based in Boston, Massachusetts and N ... ew York City. In 1989 English opened his first restaurant Olives in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which quickly drew national and international applause for English’s interpretive rustic Mediterranean cuisine. In recent years, English has established Olives as one of the most prestigious names in the nation by opening locations in New York and Las Vegas. English is a four-time James Beard Award winner and inductee into the James Beard Foundation's "Who's Who in Food and Beverage in America." Todd has authored the critically acclaimed cookbooks, The Olives Table, The Figs Table and The Olives Dessert Table, and his highly anticipated fourth cookbook, Cooking in Everyday English was released in October 2012. English has also created the record-breaking houseware line, The Todd English Collection, and hosts the Emmy-nominated PBS travel series Food Trip with Todd English. Todd English Enterprises includes over twenty innovative restaurants:. Olives – New York, Las Vegas, Mexico City, Bahamas and Abu Dhabi Figs – Boston, Palm Beach, Nantucket, Kuwait Tuscany – Connecticut Bonfire – NYC, Boston Restaurant Todd English – Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria BlueZoo – Walt Disney World Resort’s Dolphin Hotel Todd English P.U.B. – Las Vegas, Birmingham Todd English Food Hall– Plaza Hotel in NYC Ça Va – theatre district of NYC Isabelle’s CurlyCakes - Boston read more