Chef Anton

Chef Anton

Chef Anton, 2006
Born January 29, 1969
Bronx, New York, United States
Education Culinary Institute of America
Website
http://www.ChefAnton.com

Chef Anton is the stage name of Anthony S. Riniti (born 1969), a trained chef from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. He is an award-winning expert with the pool cue, and a noted magician whose performance includes a unique mixture of magic, hustling tricks and billiard trick shots. Because of his unique style, he was the first ever billiard trick shot artist invited to a special evening performance at the noted Magic Castle venue in Hollywood, California. At the Commerce Casino's Legends of 9-Ball Tournament, Chef Anton defeated former world champions and became the first two-time United States Trick Shot Champion of Pool.

Biography

Riniti was born in the Bronx, New York, United States, on January 29, 1969, to Anthony and Josephine Riniti. In 1982, when his father retired from the New York City Fire Department, the family moved to southern California. At the age of 13, Riniti started body building, and five years later, won the 1987 Natural Nationals and then took 2nd place in the Natural Internationals.

He has appeared on television in the TNN programs "Crook & Chase", "Prime Time Country", Talk Soup, and ABC's Monday Night Live, and worked as a technical consultant on billiards and magic for ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX networks.[1]

With Whit Haydn, Chef began the School for Scoundrels in 1996, as an eight-hour course on street scams and as a web-based retail business. School for Scoundrels, taken from the 1960 Terry-Thomas movie of the same name, is taught over a four-week period each November at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. It focuses on the subject of short cons (Three-Card Monte, Shell game, Fast and Loose), with students from the fields of magic, law enforcement, gambling, and history. They teach the history, psychology, techniques, and application to magic of these ancient scams.

They have also created a major web resource for their School for Scoundrels students and others interested in the history and methods of short cons, including a store, forum, video and photo gallery, and Scoundrels Wiki site. In 2008, he and Joan Binder created a new Motivational Speaking company called It Ain't Magic, Inc.

On February 5, 2012 Chef Anton set the official World Record for the World's Tallest Trick Shot as recognized by the World Records Academy which can be seen at www.WorldRecordsAcademy.org This amazing shot included 25 triangles and 75 pool balls and stands 5'3/8" tall.

On December 27, 2014 Anthony S. Riniti married the love of his life Lezlie Stapp and merged their two families. They live happily in their home in Canyon Lake and have five children Amanda Nadine, Ashlie Nicole, Kevin Richard, Samantha Janelle, and Nicole Paige.

In 2015, Chef Anton has launched his new 21 Day I Am Transformation System. He teaches the viewer the 11 It-AIn't-Magic Tricks for Goal Setting and Achievement. His system includes the I Am Book, I Am Live Seminar DVD, I Am Life Coaching DVD Series, I Am Workbook

Awards

Works

With Whit Haydn

References

  1. ↑ Chef Anton website

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