Mario Batali
Host of "Molto Mario"and "Ciao America", Iron Chef on "Iron Chef America", Food Network
Mario Batali believes that olive oil is as precious as gold, shorts are acceptable attire for every season, and food, like most things, is best when left to its own simple beauty. To that end, Mario creates magic night after night in his many New York City Italian hotspots, the flagship of which is Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca, an award-winning Greenwich Village dining spot where Mario has seamlessly combined traditional Italian principles with intelligent culinary adventure since June 1998.
Raised in Seattle, Mario initially studied the golden age of Spanish theater at Rutgers University. Soon after graduating, he took his first bite of culinary training at Le Cordon Bleu in London, from which he withdrew almost immediately due to a "lack of interest." An apprenticeship with London’s legendary chef Marco Pierre White and three years of intense culinary training in the Northern Italian village of Borgo Capanne (population 200) gave him the essential skills and knowledge to return to his native U.S., anxious to plant his orange-clogged foot firmly in the behinds of the checkered tablecloth-Italian restaurant establishment.
Always eager to educate the masses about Italian cuisine, Mario hosts two Food Network programs, "Molto Mario" and "Mario Eats Italy." He also engages in fierce culinary battle in the Food Network series "Iron Chef America." Mario has authored Simple Italian Food (Clarkson Potter, 1998), Mario Batali Holiday Food (Clarkson Potter, 2000), and The Babbo Cookbook (Clarkson Potter, 2002). His latest book, Molto Italiano - Simple Classic Italian Recipes to Cook at Home (Harper Collins), will be released in the spring 2005.
Among his many accolades, Mario was named "Man of the Year" in the chef category by GQ Magazine in 1999, and in 2002 he won the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef: New York City award. Mario is also one of the recipients of the 2001 D’Artagnan Cervena Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America, a prestigious lifetime achievement award.
In addition to Babbo, Mario also owns Lupa, a Roman-style trattoria in Greenwich Village, and Italian Wine Merchants, a wine shop off Union Square. Esca, a southern Italian seafood trattoria, opened near the Theater District in April 2000 and in January 2003, Mario and partner Joseph Bastianich opened another downtown eatery, Otto Enoteca Pizzeria, located near historic Washington Square Park. Batali and Bastianich’s latest endeavor is Bistro du Vent, which serves southern French fare around the corner from Esca. The duo’s next restaurant venture is Del Posto, slated to open in 2005 in the Meatpacking District.
Mario splits his time between New York City’s Greenwich Village and Northport, Michigan with his wife Susi Cahn of Coach Dairy Goat Farm, and their two sons, Benno and Leo.
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