Chef/Owner Profiles
With 18 restaurants, eight cookbooks and a host of television shows, including the ever-popular Iron Chef America, Mario Batali is one of the most recognized and respected chefs working today.
Joe Bastianich, acclaimed winemaker and author, James Beard Award winner and partner in all of Mario's restaurants, currently appears as a judge for the American version of MasterChef, as well as for MasterChef Italia.
Award-winning California-based celebrity chef Nancy Silverton of La Brea Bakery and Campanile restaurant fame is the author of 'The Mozza Cookbook', her eighth book to date.