The Voltaggio family consisted of three children born to Sharon and John Voltaggio.
The chef’s parents split when he was seven years old, and the children originally lived with their mother before moving to their father’s house. Michael and Bryan have been close since they were children.
Voltaggio did not have the financial or other resources to attend culinary school. Instead, he spent a year in The Greenbrier’s famed culinary apprenticeship program.
At 21, Michael completed his Greenbrier apprenticeship under Certified Master Chef Peter Timmins.
Later, he worked under chef Peter Timmins in the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Naples, Florida, and at Charlie Palmer’s Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg, California.
The Bazaar by Jose Andres was nominated for the James Beard Foundation Award for Best New Restaurant in 2008 during his term as Chef de Cuisine.
Voltaggio was the Chef de Cuisine at The Dining Room at the Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena, which won multiple culinary distinctions, including the AAA Five Diamond Award, the Mobil Five-Star Award, and a Michelin Star, one of just a few held by a restaurant in the United States.
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