Joseph Bastianich

Joe Bastianich
Joe Bastianich (2011)
Born	Joseph Bastianich (1968-09-17) September 17, 1968 (age 49) Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York
Culinary career
Cooking style	Italian
Television show(s) MasterChef (US TV series) MasterChef Italia MasterChef Junior Lidia's Italy Restaurant Startup (TV series)" Restaurant B&B Burger & Beer, Las Vegas B&B Ristorante, Las Vegas BABBO Ristorante e Enoteca, New York City Bar Jamon, New York City Becco, New York City Birreria, New York City Carnevino Italian Steakhouse, Las Vegas, Nevada / Hong Kong Casa Mono, New York City Chi Spacca, Los Angeles Del Posto, New York City Eataly NYC, New York City ESCA, New York City Felidia, New York City Lidia’s, Kansas City, Missouri Lidia's Italy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania LUPA, New York City Mozza2Go, Los Angeles, California Orsone, Cividale del Friuli (Frazione Gagliano), Italy Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles, California / Singapore OTTO Enoteca Pizzeria, New York City / Las Vegas Pizzeria Mozza, Los Angeles, California / Newport Beach, California / Singapore Tarry Market, Port Chester Tarry Wine, Port Chester Tarry Lodge, Port Chester / Westport, Connecticut Tarry Lodge, New Haven, Connecticut

Joseph Bastianich (born September 17, 1968 in New York City) is an Italian-American restaurateur, winemaker, author, and television personality. He, along with partners Lidia Bastianich and Mario Batali, owns thirty restaurants worldwide, including Babbo (1 Michelin star) and Del Posto in New York, Carnevino in Las Vegas, and in 2010, expanded the LA eateries Pizzeria and Osteria Mozza Singapore. Earlier that same year, the trio teamed up with Italian retail businessman Oscar Farinetti to bring Eataly, an upscale food and wine market, to New York and Chicago.

The son of Felice and Lidia Bastianich, Joseph Bastianich was born in Astoria, Queens in 1968. Raised working in his parents' Italian restaurant Felidia in Manhattan, he attended Fordham Preparatory School before attending Boston College, where he studied finance. Bastianich lives in New York, New York, with his wife, Deanna, and their children, Olivia, Ethan, and Miles.

After spending a year on Wall Street as a bond trader, he gave up his newly launched career and ventured into the food industry. He took an extended trip to Italy. In 1993, he opened Becco (Italian for "peck, nibble, savor"), an Italian restaurant with his mother, Lidia Bastianich. He then partnered with Mario Batali to open Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca, an Italian restaurant that gained the prestigious three stars from The New York Times, the first Italian restaurant to gain the award in 40 years. Babbo also has one Michelin star. Together they opened seven more restaurants in New York: Lupa, Esca, Casa Mono, Bar Jamon, Otto, Del Posto, and Eataly (an Italian marketplace). In 2010, Del Posto received a four-star review from The New York Times, one of only five restaurants in New York to win that award. Their culinary empire has expanded to 10 restaurants in New York, 4 restaurants in Las Vegas, 3 restaurants in Los Angeles, 2 restaurants in Singapore, 1 Italian market in Chicago, 1 Italian market in Boston, and two restaurants in Hong Kong.