Caroline D'Amore

Caroline D'Amore (born June 9, 1984) is an American businesswoman, DJ, actress, and fashion model. She is the founder and CEO of Pizza Girl, Inc. She and her family own D'Amores Pizza, founded by her father. D'Amore was placed as a runner-up in Fox's competition series Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars.

Early life Caroline D'Amore was born on June 9, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, to restaurateur Joe D'Amore and Bonnie Major. She has three sisters. Her parents are the founders of D'Amore's Pizza Connection. "I grew up catering and going to all the movie sets with my dad and helping [because] my mom passed away when I was five. So I had no choice a lot of nights to just go with dad and learn how to cater and help out with the business. So that's kind of where my entrepreneurial food industry business side started," she told Forbes in 2021.

D'Amore's mother died of AIDS when she was five, and she was raised by her father. Her mother contracted the virus at a hospital, when she was given a precautionary blood transfusion without checking the blood they gave her. However, she dropped out of high school after completing her freshman year, saying: "School wasn’t for me. Honestly, I felt uncomfortable and I didn’t have a clique."

Career

Modeling and fashion design At 17, she moved to New York City for one year to work as a fashion model, appearing on the magazine cover of Teen Vogue and walking the runway for Diane von Fürstenberg. Her clothing line, a collection of tank tops called H. Starlet was launched in 2003. Jenny Han, Ashley Paige, Odd Molly, Heatherette, Agent Provocateur, Stella McCartney, Jaime Pressly's J'aime line, Christian Audigier and Alvin Valley. D'Amore has modeled for numerous magazines, including Forbes, Santa Barbara Magazine, Seventeen, CosmoGirl and Teen. Kim and Kourtney Kardashian were front row guests at her fashion show and the sisters complimented D'Amore's collection, Kourtney saying: "I like her suits too because they look good on all body types. I also wear her one-pieces with shorts, with high-waisted jeans—you don't have to wear it just as a swimsuit".

Music D'Amore made her musical debut in West Hollywood clubs, where she met DJ Skee, who signed her to host the EDM radio show on Skee 24/7 called Heartbeatz. In 2013, D'Amore produced and hosted Billboard's web series, DJ Diaries With Caroline D'Amore, which explores the lives of famous DJs, including Steve Aoki, Afrojack and The Crystal Method.

She has released several singles, including "Music Man and "Global Warming" with Swedish DJ and producer StoneBridge. "Music Man" was produced by D'Amore and StoneBridge and it peaked at number one on the Beatport Charts. In March 2019, D'amore was hired to DJ alongside Ireland Baldwin for Norah restaurant's third anniversary in West Hollywood.

Films and television D'Amore and Kim Kardashian were developing a reality television show together before Kardashian signed on to star on Keeping Up with the Kardashians. She was featured as a music expert on E! New Year's special Sounding Off: The 2013 Year In Music, alongside Christina Milian, Pauly D and Sebastian Bach.

In 2014, she appeared as the DJ in the music video for Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's song "Bang Bang". D'Amore joined the second season of reality television series The Hills: New Beginnings, while Stephanie Pratt and Mischa Barton left the series. She had a role as L'Amour in the drama film, Habit (2021) starring Bella Thorne and Paris Jackson. The film was released on August 20, 2021, by Lionsgate. In 2022, she appeared on the 12th episode of the first season of Paris in Love as Paris Hilton's childhood friend.

In April 2023, D'Amore announced via Instagram that she is competing on Fox's new series, Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars, which premiered on May 24, 2023. She was one of 15 contestants competing for Ramsay's $250,000 investment. She made her way to the finale with two other contestants, with Chris Kanik announced as the winner on July 16, 2023.

Restaurants and food industry D’Amore and her ex-husband established their own D'Amore's Pizza location in Los Angeles, but she lost it in the divorce. She has also launched D'Amore's food truck and D’Amore's catering company.

She is the founder of her own line of organic, all-natural pasta sauces titled Pizza Girl. Pizza Girl sauces were sold at over 100 supermarkets before the COVID-19 pandemic. She re-launched the brand and Pizza Girl is available online and all of the Gelson grocery stores in California as of May 2021. By mid-2000s, D'Amore had developed a reputation as a socialite, and was hailed as "modelling sensation, socialite and Paris Hilton gal pal" by British Vogue. In October 2007, she was profiled in the Los Angeles Times. "Going out in LA, I don't have to wait in line or anything like that. I don't remember the last time I did that. It's definitely the VIP lifestyle. Drinks are often on the house and I've lived a fabulous life so far," she said in an episode of MTV's reality show My Super Sweet World Class in 2011. In the 2010s, she focused on D'Amore's Pizza, catering business and her pasta sauces line.

Personal life She married punk band Street Drum Corps' singer Bobby Alt in Malibu on August 5, 2012, but the couple has since divorced.

D'Amore married Omer Levy on August 24, 2024. She gave birth to a daughter, Olive D’Amore Levy, in December 2025.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos Year Title Artist(s) 2009 "Get U Home" Shwayze 2014 "Bang Bang" Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj

Discography

Awards and nominations Year Association Category Work Result 2010 New York International Film and TV Festival Gold Medal for Crime Short (shared with Romeo Antonio) Rollers