Biography of Joe Bastianich

Joseph ‘Joe’ Bastianich is well known to viewers as the dour judge on the Fox reality cooking show Masterchef America and Masterchef Italy . In addition to being a judge on Masterchef, he is an excellent restaurateur and entrepreneur. Additionally, Joe owns several restaurants in Italy, New York, Las Vegas, California, Hong Kong, and more. He was recognized as an Outstanding Wine & Spirits Professional in 2005 by the James Beard Foundation and also by Bon Appetit Magazine. He has also been awarded the James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Restorer Award. Joe’s memoir ‘Restaurant Man’ was published in May 2012.

Family, biography and mom of Joe Bastianich

Joe Bastianich was born on the 17th ^of September 1968 in Astoria, Queens, New York, under the birth sign of Virgo. He grew up working with his father. Happy and mother Lidia Bastianich The Italian restaurant ‘Felidia’ in Manhattan.

Joe attended Fordham Preparatory School and then attended Boston College to earn a degree in Finance. For most of his early life and childhood, he grew up working at his parents’ Felidia Italian restaurant in Manhattan.

Bastianich is a US national and as to his ethnicity, Joe is a white American.

Joe Bastianich Career and Lifestyle

Joe Bastianich began his career as a restaurateur in Italy. He opened his first restaurant in Italy with his famous chef mom Lidia Bastianich. They called the restaurant his & bdquo him; Becko.” That restaurant was a great success.

He later teamed up with chef Mario Batali and opened an Italian restaurant called ‘Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca’ which later earned three stars from The New York Times. And thus it became the first Italian restaurant to win the prestigious award in 40 long years.

Seeing the success of Babbo, Joe and his partner eventually opened seven more restaurants in New York. Their restaurant names are evidently Italian; LUPA, Esca, Casa Mono, Bar Jamon, Otto, Del Posto and Eataly.

Today, Joe owns ten restaurants in New York alone. Batali and Bastianich Hospitality Group own 4 restaurants in Las Vegas called B&B Burger & Beer, B&B Ristorante, Carnevino Italian Steakhouse and OTTO Enoteca Pizzeria.

Bastianich owns two restaurants in Los Angeles called Pizzeria Mozza and Chi Spacca, two restaurants in Singapore; Osteria Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza. He also owns an Italian market in Chicago and two restaurants in Hong Kong; Carnevino Italian steakhouse. He has many other restaurants in Missouri, Pennsylvania, and a salon in Port Chester.

Joe appeared on the Fox reality show; Master cook. He appears as one of the strictest judges and is very critical of the kitchen. Since then, Joe has appeared on Masterchef Italia, MasterChef Junior, Lidia’s Italy, and Restaurant Start-Up. Joe is the owner of three large wineries in Italy. He founded the Bastianich winery in 1997 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

He owns 70 acres of land with cultivated grape varieties. La Mozza is the second winery comprising 90 acres of land and is based in Maremma Tuscany. His third winery, The Brandini Winery, specializes in Dolcetto, Barbera and Barolo wines and is located in the Langhe region of northern Italy. He also owns a winery in the Mendoza province of Argentina with his partners.

Books by Joe Bastianich

Bastianich is co-author Italian Wine: The Regional Wines of Italy (ISBN 978-1400097746) and Italian Wine Buying Guide (ISBN 978-0307406507).

In 2005, he was recognized as an Outstanding Professional in Wine and Spirits by the James Beard Foundation and Bon Appetit magazine. In 2008, he and Mario Batali received the James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Restorer Award.

Joe’s memoir, Restaurant Man (ISBN 978-0-670-02352-3), was published in May 2012.

Joe Bastianich Net Worth, Salary, and Income

Joe Bastianich is an American television personality, food writer, and restaurateur who has a net worth of $15 million dollars .

Bastianich and Batali received the James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Restaurateur Award in 2008. In March 2012, Bastianich and his business partner Mario Batali were sued for stealing tips from their restaurant staff. The lawsuit was settled for more than $5 million.

In May 2016, Bastianich put his Greenwich, Connecticut home on the market for $3.5 million. It has five rooms. In the same year, that same year, Joe bought the mansion for $7.18 million in New York City.

In addition to being an entrepreneur and chef, Joe is a passionate triathlete and competes in various races. Joe was burly a few decades ago and once in an interview he told her that he had high blood pressure and cholesterol and sleep apnea, so his doctor recommended that he lose 20 pounds.

Instead, Joe started walking and running to stay healthy and lost 60 pounds. This weight loss helped him a lot physically. He has competed in the Full Ironman meet in Hawaii. Joe is a passionate listener of reggae music.

Wife, married, romance and relationship of Joe Bastianich

Joe Bastianich met his wife Deanna Damiano through a mutual friend. Damiano used to produce private label handbags for the Associated Merchandising Corporation in New York.

Joe currently lives with his wife in Greenwich, Connecticut with their beautiful daughter. Olivia and two sons Miles and Ethan .

Joe Bastianich Age and Height

• Joe Bastianich’s age in 2019 is 50 years old.
• Height: 1.85 m (6 ft) tall