Mario Batali

About

Mario Francesco Batali (born September 19, 1960) is an American chef, writer, and former restaurateur. Batali co-owned restaurants mainly in New York City along with Las Vegas; and Los Angeles including his flagship restaurant Babbo in New York City, which received a Michelin star for several years. Other notable Batali restaurants were Del Posto, Lupa, and The Spotted Pig where Batali was an investor. Batali has appeared on the Food Network, on shows such as Molto Mario and Iron Chef America, on which he was one of the featured “Iron Chefs”. From 2011 to 2017, he was a host on ABC’s The Chew. In 2017, the restaurant review site Eater revealed multiple accusations of sexual misconduct against Batali and, in March 2019, he sold all his restaurant holdings.

Batali was born in Seattle on September 19, 1960, to Marilyn (LaFramboise) and Armandino Batali, who founded Seattle’s Salumi restaurant in 2006. His father is of Italian descent and his mother is of part French-Canadian ancestry. His paternal grandmother was from Chieti, while his paternal grandfather hailed from Lucca. Batali attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, while working as a cook at the…