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Tom Colicchio

I started cooking in kitchens right out of high school, and I was lucky to work with a lot of great people, but I had no idea it would turn into this. Of course no one should go into this business because they want to be the next Emeril.

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Tom Colicchio began his career in cooking immediately after high school and benefited from working with skilled colleagues, but he did not expect his career to develop into something so significant. He also believes that people should not enter the cooking industry with the goal of becoming a famous celebrity chef like Emeril.

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