Lidia Bastianich

About Lidia Bastianich

Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen is a PBS cooking show hosted by an award-winning Italian-American chef, restaurateur, and host.

Lidia Giuliana Matticchio Bastianich is a renowned Italian-American chef, TV presenter, author and restaurant owner. Specializing in Italian and Italian-American cuisine, Bastianich has been a frequent contributor of cooking programs on public television since 1998. In 2014, she debuted her fifth TV series, Lidia's Kitchen. She owns several Italian restaurants in the United States with the cooperation of her daughter Tanya Bastianich Manuali and her son, Joe Bastianich, including Felidia, Del Posto and Becco in Manhattan; Pittsburgh from Lidia to Pittsburgh; and Kansas City from Lidia to Kansas City, Missouri.

Born	Lidia Giuliana Matticchio, February 21, 1947, Pula, Pola, Italy (present-day Istria County, Croatia)
Children	Joe Bastianich, Tanya Bastianich Manuali

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Trivia

She received the 2013 Emmy for Outstanding Culinary Host and was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame.

Lidia Bastianich before fame

She emigrated to the United States in 1958 after being born in Italy. During her adolescent years, she began working in New York eateries.

Achievement of Lidia Bastianich

She was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame and awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Culinary Host in 2013.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$16 Million

Lidia Bastianich family life

She had two children with Felice Bastianich, Tanya and Joe, whom she married from 1966 to 1997.

Associations of Lidia Bastianich

Julia Child: Cooking With Master Chefs, a PBS series, featured her in a 1993 episode.

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