Jason Thomas Federico is an American chef and reported professional golfer. He is best known publicly as the former husband of actress Renée Estevez, whom he married in New York in 1997 and divorced in 2011. Outside of his marriage to Estevez, Federico’s most firmly documented detail is his culinary training at the California Culinary Academy, where the two first crossed paths.
| Full name | Jason Thomas Federico |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Profession | Chef; professional golfer |
| Education | California Culinary Academy (culinary arts degree) |
| Parents | Joyce McCarty Federico and Thomas Federico |
| Spouse | Renée Estevez (married 1997; divorced 2011) |
| Known for | Former husband of Renée Estevez |
Who Is Jason Thomas Federico?
Federico is an American chef who worked in New York. Biographical summaries that accompany coverage of his former wife also describe him as a professional golfer, though no specific tour, ranking, or tournament record has been documented in reliable public sources. His culinary background is the most thoroughly confirmed aspect of his professional life, reported directly by the New York Times at the time of his 1997 wedding.
Federico comes from Tucson, Arizona. His parents are Joyce McCarty Federico and Thomas Federico, also of Tucson. Beyond that, the public record about his early life and upbringing is sparse.
Culinary Training at the California Culinary Academy
Federico studied culinary arts at the California Culinary Academy and earned a degree in the field. The academy, based in San Francisco, is where he received his formal training before going on to work as a chef in New York.
It was also at the California Culinary Academy that Federico met his future wife. Renée Estevez was enrolled at the same institution at the same time, studying pastry and baking science. Their shared time at the academy became the starting point of a relationship that would lead to marriage a few years later.
The New York Times confirmed both Federico’s culinary degree and his New York chef career in its coverage of the couple’s 1997 wedding announcement, making this the strongest independently documented part of his professional life.
His Marriage to Renée Estevez
Federico and Renée Estevez married on October 11, 1997, at the Church of Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen in New York. The New York Times covered the wedding, noting Federico’s occupation as a chef and his culinary arts background.
Renée Estevez is an actress and the daughter of actor Martin Sheen and Janet Sheen. She has appeared in a range of film and television projects over the course of her career. The couple’s shared time at the California Culinary Academy brought them together before they settled in New York.
The marriage lasted nearly fourteen years. According to sources including IMDb and Wikipedia’s biographical entry on Estevez, the couple divorced in 2011. No verified information is available about children from the marriage.
Federico as a Professional Golfer
Several biographical sources, including IMDb’s entry on Renée Estevez, list Jason Federico as both a chef and a professional golfer. That dual description has been carried across a number of reference sites. However, the existing public record does not document which tour he played on, what tournaments he entered, or what his professional results were.
The chef side of his identity is backed by a primary source — the New York Times wedding announcement. The golf description, while consistently repeated, rests on secondary biographical summaries rather than sports reporting or official tour records. Both occupations are attached to his name in the public record, and readers who come across the detail through sources like First Business Mag will find it presented alongside the culinary background without further elaboration.
Family and Relationship to Renée Estevez
Federico’s parents, Joyce McCarty Federico and Thomas Federico, are from Tucson, Arizona. That is the extent of what reliable public sources establish about his immediate family background.
His most publicly noted relationship is his marriage to Renée Estevez. The two met as students at the California Culinary Academy and married in New York in 1997. Their divorce in 2011 brought their fourteen-year marriage to a close. Estevez is the primary reason Federico’s name appears in public biographical records, and most references to him are found within coverage of her life and career.
Jason Thomas Federico remains a private individual. His culinary training, his New York chef career, his marriage to Renée Estevez, and his Arizona family roots are the facts that the public record reliably supports. The professional golf career attributed to him adds another dimension, though one that has not been documented in any detail by verifiable sources.
