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Name: Mario BataliBorn: September 19, 1960 Place: Seattle, Washington United States Cooking style: Italian Education: Rutgers University, Le Cordon Bleu

During college Batali worked as a dishwasher in a restaurant "Stuff equivalent face" in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and move at speeds up to Stromboli and pizza maker.Batali happened to serve as an assistant in the kitchen at home, "six bells" in the year through kings, Chelsea, in the light of Marco Pierre White, Tour d'Argent in Paris, Moulin de Mougins in Provence, and got water on the outskirts of London. In 1985 he was working as a chef at Four Seasons Sue Clift in San Francisco before being promoted to head the restaurant Four Seasons Biltmore Hotel in Santa Marina Barbara.At 27, Batali was the highest paid young chef in the company. In 1989 he resigned and moved to the village in northern Italy from Borgo Capanne to train in the kitchen of La Volta, where it comes to mastering the traditional style of Italian cooking inspired by his grandmother, Leonetta Merlino. In 1993, he opened Batali "Boo". In 1998, with his partner Joseph Bastianich (son of Lydia Bastianich), and went on to start "Babbo Ristorante e Antica". This pair has opened seven restaurants, WPA (1999), Esca (2000), Pizza Antica Otto (2003), Casa Mono (2004), a bar jamon (2004), vents Bistro (2004, closed in 2006), Dell POSTO (2005), Antica San Marco (2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada), B & B Ristorante Restaurant (2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada), tarry lodge (in Port Chester, New York), Carnevino (2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada ), Lodge tarry in Westport, CT (2011), and a shop selling Italian wine merchants named (1999), that is no longer under the ownership of Batali.

The New York Post reported in September 2007 that the contract is not Batali with Food Network for renewal, and will not be presented as a series Iron Chef America. The article also that although Batali initially expelled from Iron Chef America, decided not to make any other game in the program after the network decided to cancel your kitchen, Mario, which was transmitted by the food chain since 1997. A spokesman for the Food Network ABC News confirmed that Mario not be broadcast, but said that "Mario Batali is still part of the Food Network family, and sometimes family members go out and do other things, and we are completely blessed his decision to go to PBS ... and still keep popping Iron Chef America. "is not a new episode of Mario been filmed since 2004, but continued to broadcast network restart, re-issuance of the beautiful first sitting replacement and currently lives beautiful the cooking channel. Was absent from season finale next Iron Chef Batali, but he appeared twice during the 2008 season of Iron Chef America, and has been authorized likeness to appear in the Nintendo game Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine. From episodes to air in 2010, Batali similarities names do not appear in the show's opening credits.

Batali is featured on PBS Spain ... On the road again with Gwyneth Paltrow, Marc Pittman (New York Times) and Claudia Bassols (Spanish actress) that offers Spanish cuisine. Series of 13 episodes were filmed from October 2007 to early 2008.This be the first of a series of presentations to be developed in PBS for years. Batali is also in negotiations with Travel Channel to develop a series on Italian cuisine and culture with Anthony Bourdain that is said to be "inclusive series, Italia Final with such production values ​​of this planet." Batali teamed up with premium drum stick producer Vic Firth to create custom kitchen tools. Jointly designed a line of wooden rolling pins, mills and salt and pepper. In 2009, Batali announced the creation of Mario Batali Foundation "to educate and train and encourage children". Foundation fundraiser is an event-driven for Pediatric Research, and providing children with hunger, and literacy programs.

Batali was critical of fellow international chef Gordon Ramsay, describing the cooking methods outdated and dull. Although the New York Post reported, in 2009, a feud between Ramsay and Batali, Batali said: "I really do not know each other .... I enjoy spending time with him." In 2009, the Batali its first appearance in the film Mr. Fox Wes Anderson's wonderful.

Mario Batali recently lost 45 pounds, hoping to shed about 80 pounds in total. Batali said he decided to lose weight after seeing a picture of himself. Does it matter to light exercise and portion control for weight loss. Batali said: "It's really about calories and calories airy. Simply eat enough to get the next meal."