Daniel Shemtob

Shemtob was born in 1988 in the Turtle Rock Village neighborhood of Irvine. He has described his upbringing as an Iranian Jewish home where food was central, and has said one of his earliest cooking memories was making matzo pizza for his family at age six or seven. He graduated from University High School in Irvine in 2006. and did not attend culinary school. He co-founded The Lime Truck in 2010, the week before his twenty-first birthday. == Career ==

Shemtob founded The Lime Truck in 2010, serving a California-style Mexican menu in the greater Los Angeles and Orange County areas. In 2011, the truck won the second season of Food Network's The Great Food Truck Race, and in 2021 it won the program's All-Stars season. Shemtob opened a brick-and-mortar restaurant, TLT Food, in Westwood and later in Newport Beach. He sold his share of TLT Food in 2021. His other restaurant ventures have included Hatch Yakitori + Bar in downtown Los Angeles, which was named Best Yakitori Bar in LA Weeklys 2019 "Best of Los Angeles" food and drink awards. == Snibbs ==

Shemtob co-founded Snibbs, a footwear company that makes slip-resistant shoes intended for hospitality, healthcare, and other service-industry workers. In 2025, Snibbs partnered with apron-maker Hedley & Bennett on a collaboration whose proceeds benefitted Los Angeles food and beverage workers affected by the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. == Personal life ==

Shemtob is married. During the January 2025 Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, he and his wife lost their home. While displaced, he worked with José Andrés's non-profit World Central Kitchen to use The Lime Truck to provide meals for evacuees and first responders affected by the fires. == References ==