Tracy has run numerous restaurants in the nation’s capitol ever since he opened his first location in 2000.
“It seems like yesterday and also 100 years ago.
“I love my career so much that I don’t even consider it work.”
He went on to encourage listeners to find something they love and find a way to monetize it.
He’s teamed up with some important political figures and his famous wife for various causes.
“Geoff and I met in 1991 in the cafeteria line at New South cafeteria.
It was the first week of school,” O’Donnell later toldGeorgetown.edu.
“So we found the courage and went over and said hi,” he said.
Shortly after that day in the cafeteria, they had their official first date … and their first engagement.
Eventually, news of the engagement swept through the bar, and they were even congratulated over the loudspeaker.
“The rest was history.”
Indeed, they’ve been together ever since.
“Grandparents are great!”
O’Donnell said, when asked whether the couple has had any help with raising their young family.
These days, the kids' proud father can be found showing off their accomplishments onInstagram.
“Solid team 2nd place.
“Kids develop a palate really, really young.
“I made them with Riley just this morning,” he said.
“It can be messy, but it is worth it.”
That made me happy,” he said.
“I loved the action of a restaurant setting.
I knew I never wanted a desk job,” he said.
Striking out on his own, Tracy opened his first restaurant before hitting his 30s.
“I started Chef Geoff’s at age 27,” he said.
Nowadays, Tracy tells his customers that he’s still guided by the same principle: making people happy.
“A lot has changed over the years but that simple goal remains our North Star.”
As a result, his restaurants included options like child-sized portions and healthy fruit as side dishes.
“I don’t think we give kids enough credit,” he said.
“Of course some people there were cynical,” he said.
“It’s just never been her expertise.
She can put together pretty nice pasta, but I’m sort of exclusively the cook at home.”
Befitting of a veteran chef, Tracy and O’Donnell apparently have a pretty nice kitchen setup at home.
Still, he’s only human.
“I have some very old coconut milk that’s been in there forever,” he joked.
“I’ve got some zucchini paste that’s been in there forever.
Those things have gathered a lot of dust in my pantry.”
Still, the chef loves to improvise when he’s cooking for his family.
“I have absolutely no go-to recipes,” he insisted.
Boy, do they!
Despite their ferocious names, the dogs appear to be small, soft, and cuddly.
Hybrid Mix, But Mostly Doberman,” theirbioreads, which is most definitely a joke.
In fact, Tracy seems to use the account as a way to show off his sense of humor.
“I’ve grown accustomed to nice things.
Fang can sit in the back with the children.
-Killer,” Tracy captioned the video.
Geoff Tracy, on the other hand, tends to stay out of things.
But they’re restricting our ability to give pertinent, truthful information,” he toldWAMU.
Speaking withWMAL, Tracy clarified that this was a First Amendment issue.
“I think every reasonable person would agree that is kind of ridiculous.
Now, it became a little bit better.”
“Happy 41st Birthday to Chef Guillermo!”
“Started working for CG at 19.
“Another photoshowed him with a different chef.
“HBD to Chef Olga.
We’ve been working together for 23 years!!”
(For the record, rumor has it Norah O’Donnell is a tough boss herself.)
“Consistency is a lot harder than it looks.
It might just be the hardest thing of all to achieve,” Tracy told the outlet.
Everything is then tracked in computers, and Tracy combs through his data looking for patterns.
Staff are also trained in 70 separate training modules for his restaurants.
“Does it sound like we’re all drinking the Kool-Aid?
Well, we are,” one manager told The Washingtonian.
“There’s a lot to drink.”
