Michael Schlow

Michael Schlow (born c. 1964, Brooklyn He was a master contestant on the first episode of Top Chef Masters. In 2018, his roster of restaurants was reported as 12 establishments, largely located Boston and Washington, D.C. His parents are Ned and Judy Cohn.

In 2012 he married Andover restaurateur Adrienne Pappadopoulos in May 2012. Career Schlow began his career in New York City, and then Long Island, before moving to Boston. He relocated to Boston in 1995 to re-open Boston restaurateur Christopher Myers' Café Louis. Three years later, he and Myers opened Radius, followed by Via Matta, then Tico, After 13 years, Schlow replaced Via Matta with the Doretta Taverna and Raw Bar.

Schlow has appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Good Morning America,

He opened Pine at the Hanover Inn, overlooking the Dartmouth College Green, in New Hampshire, in 2013. In Washington, DC, Schlow opened a second Tico's in 2014, launched The Riggsby at the Carlyle Hotel, in 2015, then Alta Strada trattoria, in March 2016, and So Casolare Italian restaurant, that May, at the Glover Park Hotel. By 2019, Schlow had opened a second Alta Strada and the Nama sushi restaurant in DC. He launched Pan-Asian family restaurant Zao Jun, in neighboring Bloomfield, in May 2019. That year, Schlow also opened his first fast-casual Italian eatery, Prima, in Bethseda, Maryland.

In 2024, he opened Seamark Seafood & Cocktails at the Encore Boston Harbor with partner, Sean Christie's Las Vegas-based Carver Road Hospitality. Schlow departed the restaurant in August of 2025, and in February of the following year employees voted to unionize.

In early 2026, he committed to opening a new restaurant at the Royal Sonesta Washington DC Dupont Circle hotel.