With his growing Craft Restaurants empire and a regular gig as head judge on "Top Chef," Tom Colicchio could be living large anywhere. But he's remained in the Meatpacking District building he moved to in 1996.
"I needed to find a place quickly," says the chef, restaurateur and TV personality of his first apartment there. "It was a one-bedroom but technically a studio because it was one room." But it also had one huge plus: It overlooked the Hudson River. Colicchio and his wife, Lori Silverbush, fell in love with the view.
They met in 1994 when she was working at his former restaurant, Gramercy Tavern, while pursuing a career as a filmmaker. "She sexually harassed me," Colicchio, 50, jokes. When the couple was finally ready to get married in 2001, they realized they needed a bigger space but had become attached to the river view.
David Rosenzweig
They started with a modest Meatpacking District rental, and now Tom Colicchio and Lori Silverbush live in a sprawling penthouse duplex.
A PLACE AT THEIR TABLE: When he's not working at one of his restaurants or judging "Top Chef," Tom Colicchio enjoys playing guitar in his 3,000-square-foot, four-bedroom penthouse duplex, which includes a sun-drenched dining area.
"Every time we'd go to look at a place, it wouldn't have a view of the water. We thought we'd rather live in one room that looks at the water rather than 10 rooms looking at a brick wall," Silverbush, 43, remembers.
Right before the couple left for Martha's Vineyard to tie the knot, they received a call that a larger apartment had opened up in the building. They took one look and immediately said yes.
"The light is so bright and happy," Silverbush says of their 3,000-square-foot, four-bedroom, four-bathroom penthouse duplex. The downstairs was originally one big living-dining-kitchen space until the couple acquired the apartment next door and created two expansive living areas and a playroom for their children — Luka Bodhi, 3, and Mateo Lev, 2. (Colicchio also has an older son, Dante, 19, from a previous relationship.)
The expansive, sun-filled great room has an open kitchen, a dining area and two lounging areas, one playfully accented by an oversized red Max floor lamp. "When people come into the house, they always ask about it. I just think it's whimsical and playful," Silverbush says.
Silverbush's latest purchase is a Breville Fast Slow Cooker that, true to its name, dramatically cuts cooking time. Colicchio is happy with it, too. "It's genius. I can make chicken soup in 25 minutes," he says in a rare moment of elation not seen even when he talks about his vintage guitar collection, which includes a 1944 Martin 000-18 acoustic small body.
"It's all original, the tuners are original, there are no cracks in it, no work that's been done. It hasn't had a neck reset," Colicchio says. He carefully takes it out of the case and plays a bluesy lick. "It's not loud," he says matter-of-factly.
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