New York, New York, USA
Name: Mario Francesco Batali
Age: 55
Nationality: American
Country of Residence: United States
1. Your Restaurant/Business: Mario Batali LLC // Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group
2. About Your Kitchen: Where I live most of my life. Wheee!
3. Your Favorite Chef Works Item: : The Eat (RED)* Chef’s Coat (REPC) because it helps #86AIDS!
4. First Job: Line cook at Stuff Yer Face while I was at Rutgers University.
5. Your Favorite Cookbook: Splendid Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper.
6. Your Awards: 2 Daytime Emmys for The Chew, multiple James Beard Awards, GQ Magazine’s Man of the Year, Webby Award.
7. Your Cooking Inspiration: My family.
8. Your Specialty Dish: Roasted chicken thighs with preserved lemon.
9. Favorite Dish To Eat: Linguine with clams or anything anyone else cooks for me.
10. Weirdest Thing You Ever Ate: Durian, a fruit of Southeast Asia. And it smelled liked a stinky diaper!
11. Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Vanilla, topped with fresh blackberries.
12. Favorite Drink: Cold white wine.
13. Favorite Wine: Chateau Latour 1985.
14. Who Would You Most Like To Cook For: I’ve cooked for First Lady, Michelle Obama and now I’d like to cook for her husband, President Barak Obama.
15. Who Would You Least Like To Cook For: A militant vegan, though I can cook just about any veggie!
16. Favorite Things To Do When Not Cooking: Golf, shop and hang with my family.
17. Your latest project: La Sirena, my new restaurant with Joe Bastianich at the Maritime Hotel in Chelsea, NYC.
18. Favorite City and Why: New York City. It’s the center of the universe. Or Bologna, Italy for obvious reasons.
19. Your Greatest Indulgence: Nice hotel rooms.
20. Your All Time Best Culinary Tip: Less is more.
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