Joe Bastianich

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Restaurateur • Personality

Birth Date: September 17, 1968

Age: 55 years old

Birth Place: Astoria, New York

Joseph "Joe" Bastianich is a world renowned restauranteur, with over thirty eateries in operation around the globe, as well as a successful author and television personality. Born on September 17, 1968, in Astoria, Queens, Bastianich was the son of Felice and Lidia Bastianich, two famous restauranteurs in their own right. Bastianich attended high school at Fordham Prep, before studying finance at Boston College. When a career in Wall Street trading bonds left him unsatisfied, Bastianich decided to get into the family business. He and his mother Lidia opened an Italian restaurant called Becco in 1993. Once that spot became an institution, he joined forces with Mario Batali to open Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca in 2006, an establishment that quickly took the culinary world by storm. The Italian restaurant earned a Michelin star, and became the first Italian restaurant in 40 years to receive a three star review from the New York Times. Emboldened by their success, Bastianich and Batali opened seven more restaurants in New York: Lupa, Esca, Casa Mono, Bar Jarmon, Otto, Eataly, and Del Posto. In 2010, Del Posto made headlines when it earned a super rare four star review from The New York Times. Bastianich released his memoir, Restaurant Man, in 2012, and it quickly became a best-seller. Until 2015, Bastianich was a judge on Gordon Ramsay's "MasterChef" (FOX, 2010-) and "MasterChef Junior" (FOX, 2013-) cooking competition shows, before he had to bow out due to his busy schedule.

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MasterChef Junior: Home for the Holidays

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2023

Pechino Express: La via delle Indie

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2023

Good Morning Italia

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2022

Family Food Fight

Judge
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2020

Radio Due Social Club

Actor
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2019

MasterChef Celebrity Family Showdown

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2019

Joe Bastianich: Nonna (97 Years)

Music Performer
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2019

Jack on Tour: From Lynchburg to NYC

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2017

Joe Bastianich: Vino veritas, la mia vita unplugged

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2017

Celebrity MasterChef Italia

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2017

Celebrity MasterChef Italia: Speciale

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2017

Il collegio

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2017

Bar Fight

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2016

Top Gear Italia

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2016

Miss Italia 2015

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2015

Italia's Got Talent

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2015

Restaurant Startup

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2014

Restaurant Startup

Executive Producer
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2014

Restaurant Startup

Self
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2014

MasterChef: Extras

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2014

MasterChef: Extras

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2014

MasterChef Canada

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2014

Joe Bastianich On the Road

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2014

Domenica In

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2014

Barolo Boys: The Story of a Revolution

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2014

MasterChef JuniorStream

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2013

On the Money

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2013

Katie

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2012

Steve Harvey

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2012

MasterChef Italia

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2011

MasterChef Italia

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2011

Vine Talk

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2011

Access Hollywood Live

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2010

MasterChefStream

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2010

MasterChefStream

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2010

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

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2009

Quelli che il calcio

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1993

Today

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