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Joe Bastianich

ジョー・バスティアニッチ　/　じょー・ばすてぃあにっち

American entrepreneur

September 17, 1968 (age 57)　・　Astoria, New York, United States

New York
entrepreneur
restaurateur
winemaker

My Take

Joe Bastianich strikes me as someone who treats food as a serious form of play. Partnering with his mother Lidia to run thirty restaurants across four countries is not just business savvy, it is a lifelong commitment to hospitality. Add winemaking and a television career and you could easily dismiss him as overextended, yet I suspect the through line is simpler: he wants to make people happy at the table. I admire that the showmanship never seems to crowd out the craft. He reads to me as a restaurateur with an actual philosophy, and that is rarer than thirty restaurants.

Overview

Joseph Bastianich (born September 17, 1968) is an American restaurateur, author, musician, and television personality. He, along with his mother and business partner Lidia Bastianich, co-owns thirty restaurants in four countries, including Osteria Mozza in Los Angeles, which the owners expanded in 2010.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Joe Bastianich
Name (Japanese): ジョー・バスティアニッチ
Reading: じょー・ばすてぃあにっち
Born: September 17, 1968 (age 57)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Monkey
Origin: Astoria, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: entrepreneur / restaurateur / winemaker / television presenter / television personality

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Boston College

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jbastianich/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Bastianich

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