Years active 1989-present Name Willie Degel | Role Restaurateur Spouse Cindy Degel | |
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Full Name William Jack Degel Occupation Restaurateur, Entrepreneur, TV personality, Informant Profiles | ||
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Willie Degel (born William Jack Degel on September 1, 1967) is a restaurateur and television personality. He is the founder and CEO of Uncle Jack's Steakhouse chain in New York City. He is best known as the host of Restaurant Stakeout, a reality television show on the Food Network.
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- Restaurant stakeout s willie degel how to cook a restaurant steak in your home
- Willie degel from restaurant stakeout see him free at igc east 2014
- Early life
- Career and television
- References
Willie degel from restaurant stakeout see him free at igc east 2014
Early life
Growing up in Queens, New York, Degel is the youngest of four brothers born to industrious parents and he developed his entrepreneurial spirit at an early age.
At the age of 27 Degel was involved in legal troubles and spent time in prison for credit card fraud. He was sentenced to five years in prison but was released after serving only six months for cooperating with the government. His witness testimony against his friends/codefendants helped the government in prosecuting them, leading to their incarceration, and a shortening of his sentence. Despite this, he has turned his life around; in 2005, he was named one of Crain's "40 under 40" entrepreneurs in New York City.
Career and television
Degel opened his first restaurant, Hollywood and Main, in June 1990 in Flushing, Queens. Six years later he created Uncle Jack's Steakhouse. Today, he owns three locations in New York City. As of March 12, 2012, Degel stars in his own show entitled Restaurant Stakeout. For the series, he goes behind the scenes of different restaurants across the country with hidden cameras to examine their service problems. He is also the author of "Inside the Mind of a Serial Entrepreneur", published by HarperCollins in May 2012. Degel appeared in the 2nd episode of Breakthrough with Anthony Robbins. Restaurant Stakeout has completed its fifth season.