Carl Ruiz

Carl Ruiz was a celebrity chef and consultant who helped numerous other celebrity chefs carve out and craft their own brands, his own restaurant, Marie's Italian Specialties, located at 641 Shunpike Road Chatham, New Jerse was featured on The Food Network's "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives." Ruiz won the grand prize on Guy's Grocery Games, in which 16 of the best chefs from Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives were pitted against each other. He was also featured on Guy's Grocery Games as a celebrity judge giving his sage advice and counsel to up and coming chefs. Ruiz was a regular guest on the Opie Radio Show on Sirius XM along side Gregg "Opie" Hughes'.