Emmy-Nominated Celebrity Chef, Jeff Mauro was born and raised in Chicago where he was determined from an early age to become the funniest chef in the world. After years spent cooking in restaurants, graduating with honors from Culinary School and performing on stage, he landed himself on Season 7 of the hit show Food Network Star. He ultimately won the competition by combining his passion for cooking with comedy and landed his own series, the Emmy-nominated Sandwich King. He is also a co-host of the 3-time Emmy-nominated The Kitchen, now in it’s 38th season.  Jeff is also a recurring co-host on Food Network’s Prime Time show Worst Cooks in America as well as the host of the of Holiday Wars! 

Jeff is the proud founder and CEO of Mauro Provision, a premium retail, wholesale & direct-to-consumer line of the world’s best craft giardiniera (jar-din-air-ah), sauces, craft rubs & legendary sandwich kits.  

He still lives “in the same damn neighborhood he grew up in” with his wife Sarah, his son Lorenzo & their two dogs JoJo & Pinot G. Jeff spends his free time playing lead guitar and singing in his neighborhood dad-band called The Jewel Bags. He releases steam by boxing, eating and tossin’ bags in the frunchyard with a cold-one his hand.  

His favorite color is Pastrami and his favorite smell is charred pepperoni.