Joe Bastianich

Restaurateur Joe Bastianich, along with partners Lidia Bastianich and Mario Batali own thirty successful restaurants worldwide including Babbo and Del Posto in NYC, Carnevino in Las Vegas and in 2010, expanded the famed LA eateries Pizzeria and Osteria Mozza to Singapore. In 2010, the trio partnered with retail pioneer Oscar Farinetti to bring the famed Eataly concept to the Americas. He has co-authored two award winning books on Italian wine, and in its first week of release in May of 2012 Joe’s highly anticipated memoir, Restaurant Man, became a New York Times Best Seller.

Joe continues to reprise his role as a judge on Sky’s hugely successful and pop culture phenomenon MasterChef Italia. In 2016 Joe signed on for Italy’s premiere season of the universally adored franchise Top Gear, which aired on SKY in the spring of 2016.