Awards & Recognition
★Food & Wine People's Best New Chef Mid-Atlantic (2012)
★Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington Restaurateur of the Year (2016)
Notable Facts
→Former Top Chef All-Stars runner-up and Season 6 contestant
→Built a $40 million restaurant empire with over a dozen establishments
→Published cookbook 'Mike Isabella's Crazy Good Italian' in 2012
→Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018 following sexual harassment lawsuit
→Lost entire restaurant empire in 2018 #MeToo scandal
→Member of American Chef Corps serving Department of State
→Former executive chef at José Andrés' Zaytinya
→Founded Mike Isabella Concepts with restaurants including Graffiato, Kapnos, Isabella Eatery