Max Silvestri

Max Silvestri is an American stand-up comedian.

After graduating Brown University in 2005, where he wrote for The Brown Jug and concentrated in semiotics, Silvestri began working as a stand-up comedian whilst writing for GQ, Food & Wine and Grantland. Most recently, he has begun to host the Brooklyn comedian show "Big Terrific" with Jenny Slate and Gabe Liedman, which Time Out New York named the best new stand up act.

In 2016, he hosted his own cooking competition show on Bravo, Recipe for Deception.

Silvestriappeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor Podcast on April 1, 2015, and on Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson's 2 Dope Queens podcast on November 29, 2016.

Silvestri opened for stand-up comedian John Mulaney on his North American tour.