Shereen Arazm
Shereen Arazm | |
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Born | Shereen Arazm Koules 1972 (age 51–52) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Residence | Los Angeles, California |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Restaurateur, nightclub owner, television personality |
Known for | Judge on Top Chef Canada |
Spouse(s) | Oren Koules |
Shereen Arazm Koules (born 1972) is a Canadian restaurateur, nightclub owner,[1] and television personality[2] who lives in Los Angeles.[3] She was also the "resident" judge on the highly-rated television series, Top Chef Canada for four seasons and the brand ambassador for Nespresso Canada in 2013 and 2014.[4][5] LA Times Magazine named Arazm one of the top 4 entertainment hosts in Los Angeles in 2007.[6]
Early life and education
Arazm was born in Toronto in 1972 to a Scottish mother and Iranian father. Her father left Iran at the age of 14 to study in Europe. The family eventually settled in Toronto.[7] Arazm waited tables in Toronto at the age of 18[8] at Terroni restaurant.[9] She then moved to New York City where she attended art school for a week and half before dropping out. She tended bar and managed restaurants in New York.[8] In 2000, Arazm lost out on an opportunity to purchase a bar on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. After that incident, she moved to Los Angeles where she quickly found work as a bartender at a club called, Las Palmas.[1]
Career
Arazm's entrepreneurial career began in earnest in 2003 when she partnered with her Las Palmas boss, Loyal Pennings, to create Concorde, a nightclub in Los Angeles. The first major event held at the club was a birthday party for Ben Affleck thrown by then girlfriend Jennifer Lopez.[1] In 2004, she partnered with the Dolce Group to open Geisha House, a sushi restaurant also located in Los Angeles.[8] Also in 2004, she bought out Loyal Pennings' shares in Concorde to own it outright. She would later rebrand the club to the more feminine "Shag" in 2005.[1]
She opened several clubs from 2007 to 2008 including Parc[8] and Central.[1] In 2009, she opened another club called Wonderland in Hollywood's Cahuenga Corridor.[10] In 2007, she partnered with Cosimo Mammoliti to bring Terroni (the restaurant she worked at as an 18-year-old in Toronto) to Los Angeles.[9] The two opened a second Terroni location in downtown Los Angeles in 2013 along with additional partner, Max Stefanelli.[11]
In 2010, Food Network Canada announced that Arazm would be the "resident" judge in the upcoming Top Chef Canada television series.[4][2] Arazm served as judge for the show's entire 4-season run before it was eventually canceled in 2014.[12] Arazm had previously been featured in an episode of the Canadian Slice Channel program, Women on Top in 2007.[6]
Personal life
Arazm married film producer and former Tampa Bay Lightning co-owner, Oren Koules, in 2008. The two had met by happenstance three years prior on a flight from Toronto to Los Angeles.[10] The couple has had two daughters, Sam (born 2008) and Neve (born 2011). She also has a stepson, Miles (born 1994), from her husband's previous marriage. Miles is a professional ice hockey player.[2][13]
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External links
- Dolce Group official website.
- Top Chef Canada official website.
- Shereen Arazm at the Chef and Restaurant Database.
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- Living people
- 1972 births
- Canadian people of Scottish descent
- Canadian people of Iranian descent
- Canadian television personalities
- Businesspeople from Toronto
- Canadian restaurateurs
- Participants in Canadian reality television series
- Canadian women in business