Lidia Matticchio Bastianich is an Emmy award-winning public television host, best‐selling cookbook author, successful restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business.

Lidia Matticchio Bastianich is an Emmy award-winning public television host, best‐selling cookbook author, successful restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business.

Experience Lidia Bastianich's career as a chef took off when she began cooking her own dishes at Buonavia, the first restaurant she opened with her then-husband Felice in Queens, New York ...