Chef, Restaurateur and TV personality Tiffani Faison has made a name for herself nationwide for her dynamic personality, culinary prowess, and fierce work ethic. Under Big Heart Hospitality, her Boston based restaurant group, she creates restaurants that are warm, inspired and instantly loveable. These include Sweet Cheeks Q, Fool’s Errand located in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood and Charming Gardender, Dive Bar, Tenderoni’s and 2 locations of Bubble Bath, at Citizen M Hotel Back Bay and within Downtown Boston’s High Street Place food hall. Tiffani is a star on Food Network. In 2022, she won Season 3 of Tournament of Champions, placing first among 32 of the world’s greatest chefs. She serves as a judge on Chopped, Guy’s Grocery Games, and is one of the Culinary Floor Commentators on Tournament of Champions Season 6 and has co-hosted Beat Bobby Flay as well as the culinary competition show, Beachside Brawl and Best Bite in Town.

Tiffani began her career working under such renowned chefs as Daniel Boulud, Alain Ducasse, and Todd English. In 2006, early into her career, she was cast on the very first season of Bravo’s Top Chef and placed as runner-up. She opened Sweet Cheeks Q in 2011 in Boston’s Fenway, contributing to the urban revitalization that the neighborhood has since experienced. Shortly after opening, Sweet Cheeks Q garnered a three-star review from The Boston Globe, and it has since been awarded “Boston’s Best Barbecue” numerous times by Boston magazine. In March, 2022 Tiffani opened three distinct concepts within Downtown Boston’s High Street Place. Marking her many culinary achievements, Boston Magazine awarded her “Best Chef: General Excellence” in 2016 and 2022. In 2016, 2019, and 2022 the Boston Business Journal named Tiffani to its “Power 50” list. In December 2019, The Boston Globe named Big Heart Hospitality as “Restaurateurs of the Year” and Eater named Tiffani “Empire Builder of the Year.”