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'''Lidia Matticchio Bastianich''' (born '''Lidia Motika'''<ref>; retrieved ], ]</ref> on ], ] in Pola, ] (now ], ])) is a Croatian-American chef specializing in Italian cooking. She is also a regular contributor to the ] ] lineups since 2001; in 2007, she launched her third TV series, '']''. She also owns four Italian restaurants in the U.S. in partnership with her eldest child, winemaster and restauranteur ]: Felidia and Becco in ]; Lidia's Pittsburgh in ], and Lidia's Kansas City in ].
'''Lidia Giuliana Matticchio Bastianich''' ({{IPA|it|ˈliːdja dʒuˈljaːna matˈtikkjo baˈstjaːnitʃ|lang}}; born February 21, 1947) is an Italian-American<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/05/07/609076235/how-peasant-food-helped-chef-lidia-bastianich-achieve-her-american-dream|title=How 'Peasant Food' Helped Chef Lidia Bastianich Achieve Her 'American Dream'|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=July 15, 2019}}</ref> ], television host, author, and restaurateur. Specializing in Italian and ], Bastianich has been a regular contributor to public television ]s since 1998.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Brafman|first1=Ori|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vKarNEl41dwC&q=lidia+bastianich+in+cooking+shows+since+1998&pg=PA90|title=Click: The Forces Behind How We Fully Engage with People, Work, and Everything We Do|last2=Brafman|first2=Rom|publisher=Crown|year=2010|isbn=9780307715845|pages=90}}</ref>

Born in the ], Matticchio Bastianich's family emigrated to the United States when she was 7 months old during the ]. In 2014, she launched her fifth television series, ''Lidia's Kitchen''. She owns or has owned several Italian restaurants in the U.S. in partnership with her daughter ] and her son ], including Felidia (founded with her ex-husband, Felice), ] (closed and sold in 2021), and Becco in ]; Lidia's Pittsburgh in ] (closed in 2019); and Lidia's Kansas City in ]. She also is a partner in ] locations in New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Silicon Valley, Dallas, and ], Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://becco-nyc.com/restaurant/lidia-bastianich/|title=Becco: Lidia Bastianich'|website=becco-nyc.com|language=en|access-date=May 8, 2021}}</ref>


==Early life== ==Early life==
Lidia Motika, three years younger than her brother Franco Motika, was born in ] on October 11, 1947, just eight months and a day after Istria was ceded to Yugoslavia (]). Her family name had been Italianized to "Matticchio" when Istria was part of Italy between the two world wars, and then reverted back to "Motika" under Yugoslavia. Lidia's family background contains Italian, Croatian and Istro-Romanian ethnic groups<ref>; retrieved ], ]</ref>.


Lidia Giuliana Matticchio Bastianich was born to an ] family, on February 21, 1947, in ], ], just before the city was assigned to ] in September 1947 (and which is now part of ], ]). Istria was part of the ], but it became part of Yugoslavia at the end of ], as confirmed by the ] (1947) and ] (1975). She is the daughter of Erminia (1921–2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/erminia-motika-obituary?pid=197796374|title = Erminia Motika Obituary (1921 - 2021) Poughkeepsie Journal|website = ]| date=February 18, 2021 }}</ref> and Vittorio Matticchio (1911–1980).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Viktor-Motika/6000000015063265335|title = Viktor Motika| date=February 19, 2021 }}</ref><ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book |first=Judith |last=Weinraub |title=Savoring Gotham: A Food Lover's Companion to New York City |year=2015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0190263644 }}</ref> Until 1956, she lived with her family in Yugoslavia, during which time the family's name was ] from Matticchio to Motika.<ref name=motika>{{cite book |first1=Victor William |last1=Gerac |first2=Elizabeth S. |last2=Demers |title=Icons of American Cooking |volume=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kcwcIuRury0C&q=Lidia%20Bastianich%20Motika&pg=PA3 |access-date=May 8, 2018|isbn=9780313381324 |year=2011 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic }}</ref> Bastianich, like many other ], fled to ], Italy, during the ], with her brother Franco and her mother on the pretense of visiting their sick aunt Nina, who was a personal chef.<ref name=motika/><ref name=interview>{{cite web |url=http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400040360&view=auqa |title=Author Interview for 'Lidia's Italy' |publisher=Random House |access-date=July 31, 2009}}</ref> Soon after, her father joined them in Trieste after he crossed the border into Italy at night.<ref name=motika/><ref name=interview/><ref name=bpeace>{{cite web |url=http://www.aiwf.org/assets/upload/0130/Bpeace_May_14_Gala.pdf |title=Lidia Bastianich to Receive Economic Impact Award |work=Press Release, Business Council for Peace |date=April 29, 2008 |access-date=August 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724230921/http://www.aiwf.org/assets/upload/0130/Bpeace_May_14_Gala.pdf |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After Nina could only provide temporary shelter, Bastianich and her family became refugees at ].<ref name=motika/> According to Bastianich in a Public Television documentary, although a wealthy Triestine family hired her mother as a cook–housekeeper and her father as a limousine driver, they remained residents of the refugee camp. Two years later, their ] application was granted to emigrate from Italy to the United States.<ref name=bpeace/> In 1958, Bastianich and her family reached the United States, arriving in ], and later settling in ], in New York City.<ref name=bpeace/><ref name=crains>{{cite news |last=Fernandez |first=Tommy |url=http://mycrains.crainsnewyork.com/100women/view/19 |title=Most Powerful Women in New York 2007 |newspaper=Crain's New York Business |access-date=September 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hyman |first=Vicki |date=November 1, 2011 |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/dining/index.ssf/2011/11/lidias_italy_in_america_now_th.html |title=Lidia's Italy in America: Now that's Italian-American! |work=]}}</ref>
When Lidia was 10 years old, her father sent his wife Erminia and their two children ostensibly to visit family in Italy while he stayed behind per Yugoslavian law requiring at least one member of a family crossing the border to remain behind as incentive for the family to return; her father then fled across the border under cover of darkness hours later as border guards shot at him in an attempt to prevent his escape<ref>, The Borzoi Reader; retrieved February 1, 2008.</ref>. The Motikas reunited in ] and joined other displaced families in a refugee camp (Campo Profughi, formerly the concentration camp ]). A wealthy Triestian family hired Lidia's mother Erminia as a cook/housekeeper and Lidia's father as a limousine driver. After two years living in "displaced refugee" status in Trieste, the Motikas were able to obtain relocation placements in the U.S., and the family arrived in ] in April 1958. Supported for a few weeks in New York by Catholic Charities Sponsorship, the family soon moved to ], where Lidia's father took a job as a mechanic at a Chevrolet plant. However, as more displaced Istrians arrived in the U.S., they began forming their own ethnic neighborhoods inside New York City, and the Motikas moved to the Astoria section of Queens to join one such neighborhood while her father continued to work in New Jersey.

Bastianich gives credit for the family's new roots in the United States to their sponsor, ]:<ref name=bpeace/><ref name=crains/><ref name=nightline>{{cite web |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Sarah |first2=Christina |last2=Caron |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/nightline-platelist-lidia-bastianich/story?id=4664418 |title=Nightlife Plate List: Lidia Bastianich: Italian-American Chef Breaks Bread with the Pope |work=ABC News |date=April 20, 2008 |access-date=May 8, 2018}}</ref>

{{blockquote|text=The Catholic Relief Services brought us here to New York; we had no one. They found a home for us. They found a job for my father. And ultimately, we settled. And I am the perfect example that if you give somebody a chance, especially here in the United States, one can find the way.}}

Bastianich started working part-time at the age of 14, during which she briefly worked at the Astoria bakery, Walken's Bakery, owned by ]'s parents. After graduating from high school, she began to work full-time at a pizzeria on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2010/aug/16/lidia-bastianich-and-her-mother/ |title=Lidia Bastianich and Her Mother |work=WNYC The Leonard Lopate Show |date=August 16, 2010 |access-date=August 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818031318/http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2010/aug/16/lidia-bastianich-and-her-mother/ |archive-date=August 18, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Although she and her family are nationally Italian, a DNA test indicated that her family is largely of ]an descent, due to the multiethnicity of ].<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Long Way Home |series=]|first1=Rachel|last1=Dretzin|first2=Leslie Asako|last2=Gladsjo|first3=Dyllan|last3=McGee |first4=Peter|last4=Kunhardt|first5=Stephen|last5=Segaller|network=]|date=March 2016}}</ref> Concerning her identity, Lidia has stated: "I feel very Italian, but I do have some ] in me, and I relate to that as well; so that forms the mixture that is Lidia."<ref>{{cite episode |title=Flight |series=]|first1=Rachel|last1=Dretzin|first2=Leslie Asako|last2=Gladsjo|first3=Dyllan|last3=McGee |first4=Peter|last4=Kunhardt|first5=Stephen|last5=Segaller|network=]|date=November 2020}}</ref>
According to ‘’Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen,’’ she and her family were among the thousands of Istrians who came to the United States to make a new home for themselves. More than 4.5 million Italians had entered the U.S before 1920, many from South Italy (e.g., ], ], and ]). Due to the flux of Italian immigrants, Italian-American cuisine and culture emerged in the U.S.<ref>Bastianich, Lidia Matticchio. ''Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen''. Alfred A. Knopf. New York, 2001.</ref>


==Career== ==Career==


===From Queens to Manhattan (1971–1981)===
In an interview with Antoinette Bruno on her cooking inspirations<ref>; retrieved January 31, 2008.</ref>, Lidia stated:
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I don’t remember life without cooking. My grandmother had a little inn in Italy, and she cooked for all the laborers coming into town. I helped with the little tasks, like shelling beans. But my grandparents did it all – they farmed, and they also processed their own olive oil, distilled ].
</blockquote>


In 1971, the Bastianiches opened their first restaurant, the tiny ], meaning "good road", in the ] section of ],<ref name="LizRhoades">{{cite news |last1=Rhoades |first1=Liz |title=Italian Chef Lidia Bastianich Calls Douglaston Her Home |url=https://www.qchron.com/qboro/stories/italian-chef-lidia-bastianich-calls-douglaston-her-home/article_0ff1091e-806b-551a-b795-92b4426f736b.html |access-date=11 December 2022 |publisher=Queens Chronicle |date=November 28, 2002}}</ref> with Bastianich as its hostess. They created their restaurant's menu by copying recipes from the most popular and successful Italian restaurants of the day, and they hired the best Italian-American chef that they could find.
===The early years (pre-1971)===


After a brief break to deliver her second child Tanya, in 1972 Bastianich began training as the assistant chef at ''Buonavia'', gradually learning enough to cook popular Italian dishes on her own, after which the couple began adding traditional ] to their menu.
In several episodes of her various television series, Lidia has related the story of the early years of her family's life in America and their struggle to find their way financially in a new country. To help bring in money for her family, 14-year-old Lidia lied about her age to get a job at a bakery on Broadway in Astoria named Walken's Bakery, owned by the parents of actor ], who later became a close family friend<ref>; retrieved ], ]</ref>. Lidia started as a salesgirl but gradually moved up to assisting the bakers with baking breads and decorating desserts, and even managed to get her mother a job at the bakery since Erminia did not speak English well enough to return to her former profession as a schoolteacher.


The success of ''Buonavia'' led to the opening of the second restaurant in Queens, ''Villa Secondo''. It was here that Bastianich gained the attention of local food critics and started to give live cooking demonstrations, a prelude to her future career as a television cooking show hostess.
Eager to rediscover her Italian cooking roots, Lidia moved on to work in several Italian restaurants in Astoria. At one of them, she was introduced to her future husband, fellow Istrian immigrant Felice "Felix" Bastianich. The couple were married in 1966. Their first child, ], was born in 1968. Lidia became pregnant with their second child as the pair of immigrants from restaurant backgrounds planned to open their own restaurant.


In 1981, Bastianich's father died, and the family sold their two Queens restaurants and purchased a small Manhattan brownstone containing a pre-existing restaurant on the East Side of Manhattan near the 59th Street Bridge to Queens. They converted it into what would eventually become their flagship restaurant, ''Felidia'' (a contraction of "Felice" and "Lidia"). After liquidating nearly every asset they had to cover $750,000 worth of renovations, Felidia finally opened to near-universal acclaim from their loyal following of food critics, including ''The New York Times'', which gave Felidia three stars. One of Felidia's chefs was not Italian. He was Puerto-Rico-born David Torres, known at the restaurant as Davide'. He died of throat cancer in 1996.
===On the good road from Queens to Manhattan (1971-1981)===


===Expansion===
By 1971, the Bastianiches had opened their first restaurant, Buonavia, meaning "on the good road", in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens. They came up with their menu by collecting menus from the most popular and successful Italian restaurants in 1971, and hired the best Italian-American chef they could find to execute their plan. After a brief break to deliver her second child, ], Lidia began to work as ] at Buonavia to learn everything she could, and was gradually able to make top-quality Italian food while adding Istrian traditional dishes to the menu.


Although Lidia and Felice sent their two children to college without expectations that either would go into the restaurant business, Joseph, who had frequently done odd jobs for his parents at Felidia, gave up his newly launched career as a ] ];<ref>, Suzanne Hamlin, published January 10, 1996; retrieved February 1, 2008.</ref> in 1993, he convinced his parents to partner with him to open ''Becco'' (Italian for "peck, nibble, savor") in the ]. Like ''Felidia'', ''Becco'' was an immediate success and led to the opening of additional restaurants outside New York City, including ''Lidia's Kansas City'' in 1998,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.feastmagazine.com/the-feed/article_1580bcd6-bbb2-11e4-91b8-3b18f777e208.html|title=First Look: Inside the New Terrazza at Lidia's Kansas City|first=Pete|last=Dulin|date=February 25, 2015 |access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref> and ''Lidia's Pittsburgh'' in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/food/20010315lidia3.asp|title=Lidia's sets the table for opening day tomorrow|website=old.post-gazette.com|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
The success of Buonavia led to the Bastianiches opening a second restaurant in Queens, Villa Secondo. It was here that Lidia first gained notice by food critics and cookbook authors<ref>; retrieved ], ]</ref>, and here where Lidia began giving live cooking demonstrations, a prelude to her eventual career as a TV Cooking show hostess.


In 1993, ] invited Bastianich to tape an episode of her Public Television series ''Julia Child: Cooking With Master Chefs'', which featured acclaimed chefs from around the U.S., preparing dishes in their own home kitchens. The guest appearance gave Bastianich confidence and determination to expand the Bastianich family's own commercial interests.
In 1981, The Bastianich family sold their two Queens restaurants and moved to Manhattan to create what would eventually become their flagship restaurant, Felidia (a ] combining "Felice" and "Lidia"), in a small Manhattan brownstone. After nearly $750,000 worth of renovations and liquidating nearly every asset they had to build the restaurant of their dreams, Felidia finally opened to near-universal acclaim from food critics around the country. According to ''Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen'', Felidia received "three stars from the ''New York Times'' and nationwide recognition for serving 'true' Italian fare."


By the late 1990s, Bastianich's restaurants had evolved into a truly family-owned and operated enterprise. Bastianich's mother, Erminia Motika, maintained the large garden behind the family home, from which Bastianich chose ingredients to use in recipe development. Joe was the chief ] of the restaurant group, in addition to branching out into his own restaurant line. Bastianich's daughter ] used her PhD in Italian art history as the foundation for a travel agency partnership with her mother called ''Esperienze Italiane'', through which Tanya and friend Shelly Burgess Nicotra, who was the Executive Producer of Bastianich's television series and head of PR at Lidia's Italy, offered tours throughout Italy. Tanya's husband, attorney Corrado Manuali, became the restaurant group's chief legal counsel.<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205174919/http://www.lidiasitaly.com/index2.htm |date=February 5, 2008 }}; retrieved January 31, 2008.</ref>
===Expansion (1993-2001)===


In 2010, Bastianich and her son partnered with Oscar Farinetti to open ], a {{convert|50000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} food emporium in Manhattan that is devoted to the food and culinary traditions of Italy. Bastianich offers culinary and gastronomy classes to the public at Eataly's school, La Scuola. Eataly's motto is "We sell what we cook, and we cook what we sell".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eatalyny.com/how-to-eataly/partners |title=Stores |access-date=April 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719035850/http://eatalyny.com/how-to-eataly/partners |archive-date=July 19, 2011 }}</ref> Eataly is now in ] and ]. They opened a second store in New York at the World Trade Center in Manhattan in 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zagat.com/b/new-york-city/first-look-eataly-opens-second-nyc-location-in-battery-park|title=Zagat|website=www.zagat.com|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref> and another one in Boston the same year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eataly Boston Grandly Opens November 29 |url=http://boston.eater.com/2016/10/27/13431612/eataly-boston-opening-prudential |website=Eater Boston |access-date=February 10, 2018|date=October 27, 2016 }}</ref> Recent openings include Eataly in ] in 2017,<ref>{{cite web |title=Eataly L.A. Now Open |url=https://www.eataly.com/us_en/stores/los-angeles/los-angeles-coming-soon/ |website=Eataly |access-date=February 10, 2018|date=April 10, 2017 }}</ref> in ] in 2018,<ref>{{cite web |title=Eataly Las Vegas Opening on December 27, 2018 |url=https://www.eataly.com/us_en/stores/las-vegas/eataly-las-vegas-coming-soon/ |website=Eataly |access-date=February 10, 2018|date=December 16, 2017 }}</ref> in ] in 2019, Silicon Valley in 2022, and Dallas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eataly Toronto Now Open |url=https://www.eataly.com/us_en/stores/eataly-toronto-opening-soon/ |website=Eataly |access-date=July 19, 2019|date=May 15, 2019 }}</ref>
Though Lidia did not want either of her two children to go into the restaurant business, son Joseph Bastianich, who had frequently worked at Felidia between school years as well as gaining expertise in winemaking, gave up his career as a Wall Street bond trader<ref>, Suzanne Hamlin, published January 10, 1996; retrieved February 1, 2008.</ref> and convinced her to partner with him in 1993 to found Becco (Italian for "peck, nibble, savor") in the Theatre District in Manhattan. Like Felidia, Becco was an immediate success and led to Lidia and Joseph deciding to open restaurants outside of New York as the beginnings of a franchise<ref></ref>.


The fall of 2010 also marked the debut of Lidia's Kitchen, an exclusive line of commercial cookware, and serving ware for QVC. Along with her daughter Tanya, and son-in-law Corrado Manuali, Bastianich launched Nonna Foods as a platform to distribute an array of both existing and new LIDIA'S food products. Nonna Foods has 11 varieties of sauces (including two USDA Certified Organic sauces) available nationwide. Together with her son Joseph, Bastianich produces wine at Bastianich Vineyard in ] and La Mozza Vineyard in ], Italy.<ref name="foodspring.com">{{cite web|url=http://foodspring.com/content/lidia-new-sauces/|title=foodspring® - finest fitness food|website=foodspring.com|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://steamykitchen.com/14521-lidia-italy-pasta-stoneware-bowls.html|title=Giveaway: Lidia Bastianich Pasta Stoneware Bowls • Steamy Kitchen Recipes|date=March 11, 2011|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
In 1993, ] invited Lidia to film an episode for Child's upcoming PBS series, '']'', a series featuring acclaimed chefs from around the U.S., cooking dishes in their own home kitchens instead of within a restaurant setting. The series gave Lidia an instant boost of recognition and strengthened Lidia's desire for expansion of their franchise; by 1997, Lidia and Joseph had opened their first restaurant outside of Manhattan, Lidia's Pittsburgh.


===Television (1998–present)===
Lidia's restaurants were now a true family-run business in the late 1990s: Erminia Motika maintained the large garden behind the Bastianich family home, from which Lidia would choose ingredients for use in recipe development; Joseph Bastianich was now the chief winemaster of the restaurant group in addition to branching out into his own restaurant line with old friend and famed Italian chef ]; Joseph's wife, ], began developing recipes for the restaurants, especially entrees for children; ] had parlayed her Ph.D in Italian art history into co-ownership with her mother of a high-end travel agency called Lidia's Esperienze Italiane, where Tanya and Italian cooking expert Shelly Burgess Nicotra (wife of Felidia's Executive Chef Fortunato Nicotra, who took over the role from Lidia in 1996) led tour groups throughout Italy to study the historical architecture and sample true Italian cuisine; Tanya's husband, attorney ], became the restaurant group's chief legal advisor<ref>; retrieved January 31, 2008.</ref>.


In 1998, Public Television offered Bastianich her own television series; the show became ''Lidia's Italian Table''. It established her as a fixture in the network's line-up of cooking shows. Since then she has hosted additional public television series, including ''Lidia's Family Table'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/food/shows/lidias-family-table/ |title=Lidia's Family Table |access-date=May 7, 2018 |work=PBS Food|date=October 11, 2011 }}</ref> ''Lidia's Italy'', ''Lidia's Italy in America'', and ''Lidia's Kitchen''.
However, Felice and Lidia began having serious disagreements about the direction their lives had taken--most notably, the pace of the expansion of their business--and the couple finally divorced in 1997. They remain close friends<ref>, retrieved January 30, 2008.</ref>. Since the divorce, Lidia has continued her business expansion with her son as her partner by successfully opening Lidia's Kansas City<ref></ref>.


She also hosts a series of hour-long Public Television specials called ''Lidia Celebrates America'', which premiered in 2011 with ''Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday Tables & Traditions''. In the series, Bastianich celebrates the diversity of cultures across the United States and explores the American immigrant experience. The following special, ''Lidia Celebrates America: Weddings – Something Borrowed, Something New'', aired in 2012; ''Lidia Celebrates America: Freedom & Independence'' in 2013; ''Lidia Celebrates America: Life's Milestones'' in 2013; ''Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday Tables and Traditions'' in 2015; ''Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday for Heroes'' in 2016; ''Lidia Celebrates America: Homegrown Heroes'' in 2017; ''Lidia Celebrates America: A Heartland Holiday Feast'' in 2018; ''Lidia Celebrates America: The Return of the Artisans'' in 2019; ''Lidia Celebrates America: Eating in With Lidia'' in 2020; ''Lidia Celebrates America: A Salute to First Responders'' in 2020; L''idia Celebrates America: Overcoming the Odds'' in 2021 and ''Lidia Celebrates America: Flavors that Define Us i''n 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/food/features/lidia-celebrates-america-past-specials|title=Past Lidia Specials - PBS Food|date=November 20, 2015|publisher=PBS Food |access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref> Bastianich ends each episode of her show with an invitation to join her and her family for a meal, ''Tutti a tavola a mangiare!'' (Italian for "Everyone to the table to eat").
===Television (2001-present)===


For the 2010 holiday season, her new television production company, Tavola Productions, created an animated holiday children's special for Public Television "Lidia's Christmas Kitchen: Nonna Tell Me a Story" to go along with the book by the same title that was written by Bastianich.<ref name="foodspring.com"/>
In 2001, PBS offered Lidia her own cooking show, which became ''Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen''. Lidia Bastianich has been a fixture in the PBS cooking show lineups ever since, hosting two additional television series, ''Lidia's Family Table'' (still in reruns around the U.S.) and ''Lidia's Italy'', launched in April 2007. Lidia closes out every episode with an invitation to join her and her family for a meal, "Tutti a tavola a mangiare" (Italian for "Everyone, to the table and eat")<ref>; retrieved January 31, 2008.</ref>.


In 2013, Bastianich returned to Public Television with Lidia's Kitchen,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://createtv.com/show/lidias-kitchen |title=Lidia's Kitchen |access-date=May 8, 2018 |work=American Public Broadcasting: Create TV }}</ref> a 26-part series produced by Tavola Productions. The tenth season premiered in October 2022. Lidia's Kitchen Season 11 launches in October 2023.
To accompany her various television series, Lidia has authored several cookbooks:


Among Bastianich's television show appearances, she participated as a celebrity judge on ], an adaptation of the ] ] in 2000. Her son, ], would later go on to star as a celebrity judge on the ] version of ]. Bastianich has also appeared on the Italian television show Junior MasterChef Italia in 2014 and 2015 for Season 1 and Season 2. In 2016 and 2017, she was a judge for the Italian television show, La Prova del Cuoco.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laprovadelcuoco.rai.it/dl/portali/site/articolo/ContentItem-311f982f-fdca-485c-b48e-ff4e3d306d17.html |title=Eataly: Partners |access-date=January 25, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202043654/http://www.laprovadelcuoco.rai.it/dl/portali/site/articolo/ContentItem-311f982f-fdca-485c-b48e-ff4e3d306d17.html |archive-date=February 2, 2017 }}</ref> In 2020, alongside son Joe Bastianich and Antonino Cannavacciuolo, she was a judge on the cooking competition show on Sky, Family Food Fight.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://winenews.it/en/family-food-fight-latest-talent-show-and-family-saga-with-the-debut-of-bastianich-mother-and-son_411866/|title=Family Food Fight, latest talent show, and family saga with the debut of Bastianich mother and son|website=WineNews|date=March 6, 2020 }}</ref> In 2021, Bastianich co-starred along with Italian chef Anna Moroni in ] which aired on Discovery+ in Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foodnetwork.it/programmi-food-network/senti-che-fame-nonna-pensaci-tu/ |title=Senti che fame! Nonna pensaci tu: dove vederlo in TV e streaming |website=foodnetwork.it}}</ref>

===Books (1990–present)===

Bastianich has authored several cookbooks to accompany her television series:
* ''La Cucina di Lidia''
* ''Lidia's Family Table'' * ''Lidia's Family Table''
* ''Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen'' * ''Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen''
* ''Lidia's Italian Table'' * ''Lidia's Italian Table''
* ''Lidia's Italy'' * ''Lidia's Italy''
* ''Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy''
* ''Lidia's Italy in America''
* ''Lidia's Favorite Recipes''
* ''Lidia's Commonsense Italian Cooking''
* ''Nonna Tell Me A Story''
* ''Nonna's Birthday Surprise''
* ''Lidia's Egg-Citing Farm Adventure''
* ''Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine''
* ''Lidia's Celebrate Like an Italian''
* ''My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food''
* ''Felidia, Recipes from My Flagship Restaurant''
* ''Lidia's a Pot, a Pan, and a Bowl: Simple Recipes for Perfect Meals''
* ''Lidia's From Our Family Table to Yours''


==Awards and honors==
She also owns her own television production company, Tavola (Italian for "table") Productions.

* (1987) Recipient of Woman of the Year/Innovation Award, Restaurant Category, Women's Institute of the Center for Food and Hotel Management
* (1993) Nominated for "Best Chef in New York" by the James Beard Foundation; Felidia
* (1994) Nominated for "Best Chef in New York" by the James Beard Foundation; Felidia
* (1996) Nominated for "Best Chef in New York" by the James Beard Foundation; Felidia
* (1996) Recipient of "Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America" James Beard Award<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?category=Restaurant+&+Chef&page=56|title=Awards Search - James Beard Foundation|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (1997) Nominated for "Best Chef in New York" by the James Beard Foundation; Felidia
* (1998) Nominated for "Best Chef in New York" by the James Beard Foundation; Felidia
* (1999) Named "Best Chef in New York" by the James Beard Foundation<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/chef/lidia-bastianich|title=James Beard Foundation|website=James Beard Foundation|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2001) Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen wins International Association Culinary Professionals (IACP) cookbook Award in "Chefs and restaurants" category<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/05/08/food-professionals-honor-writers-for-2001-efforts/|title=Food professionals honor writers for 2001 efforts|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2002) Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen nominated for James Beard Award in "Best National Television Cooking Show or Special" category
* (2002) Named "Best Outstanding Chef" by the James Beard Foundation<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?year=2002|title=Awards Search - James Beard Foundation|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2002) Named "The First Lady of Italian Cuisine and Restaurants in the United States" by Senator George Onorato
* (2007) Lidia's Family Table nominated for James Beard Award in "National Television Food Show" category
* (2008) Lidia's Italy: 140 Simple and Delicious Recipes from the Ten Places in Italy Lidia Loves Most nominated for James Beard Award in "International Book" category
* (2008) Lidia's Italy nominated for Emmy Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emmyonline.com/2008/04|title=April - 2008 - The Emmy Awards - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|website=emmyonline.com|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2009) Lidia's Italy named "Best Cooking Show" by the James Beard Foundation<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?f%5B0%5D=sm_field_award_status:3&f%5B1%5D=dm_field_award_year:2013-0101T00:00:00Z&rank=winners&year=2009|title=Awards Search - James Beard Foundation|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2010) Lidia Cooks From the Heart of Italy nominated for James Beard Award in "International Book" category
* (2011) Lidia Celebrates America receives highest honor of Silver Award for in Film/Video Silver Winners category for the 32nd Annual Telly Awards
* (2012) Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday Tables & Traditions nominated for "Outstanding Documentary" by the James Beard Foundation<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/2012-jbf-award-nominees|title=James Beard Foundation|website=James Beard Foundation|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2013) Wins Emmy for "Outstanding Culinary Host"<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ew.com/article/2013/06/16/daytime-emmys-complete-winners-list/ |title=Daytime Emmys: Complete Winners List |last=Rice |first=Lynette |magazine=Entertainment |date=June 16, 2013 |access-date=May 8, 2018}}</ref>
* (2013) Inducted into Culinary Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culinaryhalloffame.com/culinary-media/press-releases/2879 |title=Culinary Hall of Fame Induction-Lidia Bastianich |date=January 15, 2013 |location=Centennial, Colorado |access-date=May 8, 2018}}</ref>
* (2013) Lidia Celebrates America: Something Borrowed Something New receives New York Festivals Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/2013/pieces.php?iid=444703&pid=1|title=New York Festivals - 2013 World's Best Television & Films™ Winners|website=www.newyorkfestivals.com|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2014) Three Tavola productions- Lidia's Kitchen, Lidia Celebrates America, and Amy Thielen's Heartland Table on the Food Network nominated for a James Beard Award
* (2014) Lidia Celebrates America: Freedom and Independence receives Telly Award
* (2014) Lidia Celebrates America nominated for a Rockie Award at Banff World Media Festival in "Lifestyle" category<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/awards/nominees-for-the-35th-annual-banff-world-media-festival-rockie-awards-announced-1201172285/|title=Nominees for the Banff World Media Festival Rockie Awards Announced|first=Malina|last=Saval|date=May 6, 2014|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2016) Lidia Celebrates America: Home for the Holidays wins "Best Special" by the James Beard Foundation<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/winners|title=James Beard Foundation|website=James Beard Foundation|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2016) Lidia Celebrates America: Home for the Holidays named "Best Food Program" at Taste Awards
* (2017) Nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in "Outstanding Culinary Host" category<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldderby.com/article/2017/daytime-emmy-winners-full-list-best-drama-series-actor-actress/|title=2017 Daytime Emmy winners: Full list of winners and nominees|first=Daniel|last=Montgomery|date=April 30, 2017|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2017) Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday for Heroes wins James Beard Award for "Best Special"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/the-2017-james-beard-media-award-winners|title=The 2017 James Beard Media Award Winners|website=www.jamesbeard.org|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2017) Recipient of the StellaRe Prize by the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fsrr.org/premio-stellare-2017-a-lidia-bastianich/|title=Premio StellaRe 2017 a Lidia Bastianich – Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo|website=fsrr.org|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2018) Wins Daytime Emmy Award in "Outstanding Culinary Host" category<ref>{{cite news |title=Daytime Emmy Awards 2018: Complete winners list |url=https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/daytime-emmy-awards-2018-complete-winners-list/9qHMHTeKDq5mEYudKnrAyN/ |access-date=April 30, 2018 |work=AJC |agency=Cox Media Group |date=April 30, 2018}}</ref>
* (2018) Lidia's Kitchen nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in "Best Culinary Program" category
* (2018) Lidia Celebrates America: Homegrown Heroes wins James Beard Award for "Best Special"<ref>{{cite web |title=The 2018 James Beard Media Award Winners |url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/the-2018-james-beard-media-award-winners |website=James Beard Foundation |access-date=April 30, 2018 |date=April 27, 2018}}</ref>
* (2018) Lidia Celebrates America: Home Grown Heroes recipient of Gold Telly Award in "General Documentary: Individual" category<ref>{{cite news |title=PBS Wins 22 Telly Awards |url=https://www.4rfv.com/D2U1QZAQZ0Y2/pbs-wins-22-telly-awards.htm |access-date=October 23, 2018 |work=4RFV International Broadcast News |publisher=PBS |date=May 25, 2018}}</ref>
* (2019) Lidia's Kitchen nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in "Outstanding Culinary Program" category<ref>{{cite web |title=The 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominees |url=https://emmyonline.tv/daytime-46th-nominations/ |website=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=March 21, 2019 |date=March 20, 2019}}</ref>
* (2019) Recipient of Master of the Aesthetics of Gastronomy Award from Culinary Institute of America<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gallo Farrell |first1=Barbara |title=Culinary Institute bestows award to celeb chef Bastianich following commencement talk |url=https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/2019/03/07/lidia-bastianich-receives-culinary-institute-america-award/3091400002/ |access-date=July 23, 2019 |work=The Poughkeepsie Journal |date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>
* (2019) Awarded the Premio Artusi by the Scientific Committee of Casa Artusi<ref>{{cite web |title="Un caso esemplare di successo nel mondo": Lidia Bastianich è Premio Artusi 2019 |url=https://www.forlitoday.it/cronaca/Lidia-Bastianich-premio-artusi-2019.html |website=ForlìToday |access-date=August 5, 2019 |language=it |date=June 5, 2019}}</ref>
* (2022) American Public Television Silver Award <ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/lidiabastianich/status/1592674618091110400?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet |title=Lidia Bastianich auf Twitter |access-date=2022-11-20}}</ref>
* (2023) Recipient of Taste Award <ref>{{Cite web |title=Lidia Bastianich to receive the Andrew Zimmern Discovery Awards at the TASTE AWARDS |url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/Lidia_Bastianich_to_receive_the_Andrew_Zimmern_Discovery_Awards_at_the_TASTE_AWARDS/prweb19206368.htm |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=PRWeb}}</ref>
* (2023) Recipient of honorary degree from Manhattan College and commencement speaker <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-10 |title=Celebrated Chef and Television Host Lidia Matticchio Bastianich to Receive Honorary Degree at 2023 Commencement {{!}} Manhattan College |url=https://manhattan.edu/news/archive/2023/04/lidia-commencement.php |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=manhattan.edu |language=en}}</ref>
* (2023) Recipient of WHYY's Lifelong Learning Award <ref>{{Cite web |title='Food is love': Chef Lidia Bastianich receives WHYY's Lifelong Learning Award |url=https://whyy.org/articles/lidia-bastianich-chef-whyy-lifelong-learning-award/ |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=WHYY |language=en-US}}</ref>
* (2023) Recipient of MenuMasters Award <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-21 |title=Lidia Bastianich, Erick Williams, and other MenuMasters Award winners are honored at Chicago Gala |url=https://www.nrn.com/food-trends/lidia-bastianich-erick-williams-and-other-menumasters-award-winners-are-honored-chicago |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=Nation's Restaurant News |language=en}}</ref>

===Other awards and honors===

* (1996) Recipient of Distinguished Service Award and recognized for "Outstanding contribution and dedicated service to the Italian-American Community" by the Italian Government
* (1999) Honored as "Commendatore" of the Republic of Italy
* (2000) Golden Whisk Award by Women Chefs and Restaurateurs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamesbeard.starchefs.com/awards/2005/gala_chefs.shtml|title=The James Beard Foundation: 2005 Awards Reception Chefs|website=jamesbeard.starchefs.com|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2002) "La Bellisima America" Award from Italian American Museum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-itam&month=0203&week=a&msg=hK0/5VfCo3hQAUo+HE080g&user=&pw=|title=H-Net Discussion Networks -|website=h-net.msu.edu|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2007) Honors Award from Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP)
* (2007) Grand Marshal of the Columbus Day Parade in New York City
* (2008) Chef for Papal Celebration; Pope Benedict XVI during visit to New York City<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seriouseats.com/2008/04/lidia-bastianich-cooking-for-pope-benedict-xvi-the-menu-revealed.html|title=Cooking for the Pope: Lidia Bastianich Comes Full Circle|website=www.seriouseats.com|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2008) Recipient of Bpeace's first-ever Economic Impact Award<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bpeace.org/blog-bpeace/blog-events/lidia-is-the-star-of-the-2008-bpeace-gala.html |title=Corporate Partnership |access-date=January 25, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202051746/https://www.bpeace.org/blog-bpeace/blog-events/lidia-is-the-star-of-the-2008-bpeace-gala.html |archive-date=February 2, 2017 }}</ref>
* (2008) Honored as Commander ("Commendatore") by the then ], ]
* (2008) Guest at Dinner honoring Italian Prime Minister at the White House; Washington
* (2009) Honoree at Great Chefs event to benefit Greenwich Health at Greenwich Hospital
* (2009) National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Special Achievement Award for humanitarian service<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niaf.org/events/events-archive/niaf-achievement-award-recipients/|title=You are being redirected ...|website=www.niaf.org|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2010) Bastianich family honored by the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW) for their outstanding contributions to Italian culture in America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitaly.org/magazine/events/reports/article/30-years-noiaw-celebrating-milestone-lidia-bastianich-and-family|title=30 Years of NOIAW. Celebrating the Milestone with Lidia Bastianich and Family|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2012) Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award at Healthcare Chaplaincy Wholeness of Life Awards Dinner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.healthcarechaplaincy.org/about/69-publications/hcc-enewsletter/archives/255-issue-64-september-2012.html|title=Issue 64, September 2012 - HealthCare Chaplaincy|first=Franklin|last=Lizausaba|website=www.healthcarechaplaincy.org|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2013) Honored at The Philips Collection Annual Gala<ref>{{cite web |title=The Scene Bisnow captures IFE at The Phillips Collection 2013 Gala |url=http://www.instituteforeducation.org/2013/05/the-scene-bisnow-captures-ife-at-the-phillips-collection-2013-gala/ |website=Institute for Education |access-date=March 20, 2017 |date=May 6, 2013}}</ref>
* (2015) Chef for Papal Celebration; Pope Francis during visit to New York City<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ny.eater.com/2015/9/25/9400159/Lidia-pope-francis|title=Lidia Bastianich Cooked Pope Francis' Meals This Week — Here are the Menus|access-date=February 10, 2018|date=September 26, 2015}}</ref>
* (2015) Italian Talent Award by The Italian Talent Association<ref>{{cite web|url=http://int.natuzzi.com/en-EN/news/pasquale-natuzzi-receives-the--italian-talent-award-2015-1174.html|title=Pasquale Natuzzi receives the "Italian Talent Award 2015"|website=NATUZZI ITALIA|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2015) Augie Award at the Annual Culinary Institute of America Leadership Awards<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ciachef.edu/celebrating-women-chefs-press-release/|title=A Stellar Gathering to Celebrate Women Chefs—The 2015 CIA Leadership Awards - Culinary Institute of America|website=www.ciachef.edu|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2016) Lifetime Achievement Award from Women with Wings and Wisdom<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wxel.org/blogs/pressroom/13th-annual-women-with-wings-and-wisdom-luncheon-on-march-8th/|title=13th Annual Women with Wings and Wisdom Luncheon on March 8th - WXEL|website=13th Annual Women with Wings and Wisdom Luncheon on March 8 - WXEL|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2016) Spirit Award from Kansas City Women in Film and Television<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pressreleases.kcstar.com/release/messages/81395/ |title=KCWIFT Kansas City Women in film & Television Host KCWIFT Spirit Awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202075424/http://pressreleases.kcstar.com/release/messages/81395/ |archive-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>
* (2016) Honored at Les Dames d'Escoffier Fundraiser Gala; Vancouver<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/food/775631/les-dames-descoffier-honour-renowned-new-york-restaurateur-lidia-bastianich-fundraising|title=Les Dames d'Escoffier to honour renowned New York restaurateur Lidia Bastianich at fundraising gala|date=September 7, 2016|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2017) Queens Ambassador Awards from Community News Group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longisland.com/news/01-24-17/liaacc-winnie-benjamin-queens-ambassador-award.html|title=LIAACC NY State's Regional Chamber of Commerce Queens Regional MWBE Coordinator Set to Receive Queens Ambassador Award By Community News Group|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* (2017) Recipient of Grand Dame Award by the Les Dames D' Escoffier International<ref>{{cite web |title=Les Dames d'Escoffier International Announces Its 2017 Grande Dame Award Winner LIDIA BASTIANICH |url=http://www.ldei.org/uploads/press/81.pdf |website=LDEI |access-date=June 20, 2017 |date=June 20, 2017}}</ref>
* (2017) Recipient of StellaRe Prize by the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation<ref>{{cite web |title=Premio Stellare 2017 a Lidia Bastianich |url=http://fsrr.org/premio-stellare-2017-a-lidia-bastianich/ |website=Fondanzione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo |access-date=October 23, 2018 |language=it |date=October 9, 2017}}</ref>
* (2018) Celebrity Champion for "Adopt-A-Future" campaign by UNA-USA/The UN Refugee Agency<ref>{{cite web |title=World-Renowned Chef and TV Host Lidia Bastianich Becomes UNA-USA's First Celebrity Champion for Refugee Youth Education |url=http://www.unausa.org/news-publications/article/world-renowned-chef-and-tv-host-lidia-bastianich-becomes-una-usa%E2%80%99s-first-celebrity-champion-for-refugee-youth-education |website=The United Nations Association of the USA |access-date=October 23, 2018 |date=January 4, 2018}}</ref>
* (2018) Bastianich Family recipient of Award from Italian Heritage & Culture Committee of New York, Inc. (IHCC-NY, Inc.)
* (2018) Honored at annual Cardinal's Christmas Luncheon and recipient of the Christmas Angel Award<ref>{{cite news |last1=Woods |first1=John |title=At Cardinal's Christmas Lunch, Chef Lidia Thanks Catholic Charities |url=http://www.cny.org/stories/at-cardinals-christmas-lunch-chef-lidia-thanks-catholic-charities,18358? |access-date=July 23, 2019 |work=Catholic New York |date=December 19, 2018}}</ref>
* (2018) Recipient of The One America Award for Entrepreneurship by NIAF <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.niaf.org/events/events-archive/niaf-achievement-award-recipients/ |title=NIAF Achievement Award Recipients - The National Italian American Foundation |website=www.niaf.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327112259/http://www.niaf.org/events/events-archive/niaf-achievement-award-recipients/ |archive-date=2015-03-27}}</ref>
* (2019) Honored at Histria Association of Women 30th Anniversary Dinner
* (2019) Honored at the 15th Annual Hamptons Happening Event by the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hamptons Happening |url=https://www.waxmancancer.org/events/hamptons-happening/ |website=Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation |access-date=July 19, 2019}}</ref>
* (2019) Keynote Speaker at Fifth Annual Food Lab Conference at Stony Brook Southampton <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Food-News/25955/Lidia-Bastianich-To-Serve-As-Fifth-Annual-Food.html#.XmiWeoh7m2w|title = Lidia Bastianich to Serve as Fifth Annual Food Lab Conference Keynote Speaker|date = September 9, 2019}}</ref>
* (2019) Recipient of Spirit of Arrupe Award from Loyola University Chicago
* (2019) Honored at JRS/USA 39th Anniversary Dinner <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jrsusa.org/story/jrs-usa-to-honor-lidia-bastianich-for-39th-anniversary/|title=JRS/USA to Honor Lidia Bastianich for 39th Anniversary}}</ref>
* (2019) Guest of honor at Luncheon honoring women in culinary world hosted by Les Dames d' Escoffier, Austin Chapter & Austin Food & Wine Alliance <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://austinfoodwinealliance.org/lunch-with-lidia-honoring-women-in-culinary/|title=Austin Food & Wine Alliance &#124; Lunch with Lidia: Honoring Women in Culinary|website=Austin Food & Wine Alliance}}</ref>
* (2020) Hosted fundraising event at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Academy <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olbsacademy.org/lidia-bastianich-comes-to-olbsca/|title=Lidia Bastianich comes to OLBSCA! – Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Academy| date=January 14, 2020 }}</ref>
* (2020) Honored by The Stamford Museum & Nature Center at Annual charity Event 'An Evening with Lidia Bastianich' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stamfordmuseum.org/stamford-museum-nature-center-hosts-an-evening-with-lidia-bastianich/|title=Stamford Museum & Nature Center Hosts "An Evening with Lidia Bastianich" &#124; Stamford Museum & Nature Center|date=February 10, 2020}}</ref>
* (2020) Special guest at Long Island 'Taste the Greats' event <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.longislandpress.com/2020/02/29/long-islands-top-chefs-will-make-new-food-event-taste-the-greats-sizzle/|title=Long Island's Top Chefs Will Make New Food Event Taste The Greats Sizzle|website=Long Island Press|date=February 29, 2020}}</ref>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==


At her sweet sixteen birthday party, she was introduced to her future husband, Felice "Felix" Bastianich, a fellow ] immigrant<ref name="books.google.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iP_HBgAAQBAJ|title=CaLDRON Magazine |date=February 12, 2015 |publisher=Chef at Large |access-date=February 10, 2018 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Andrew |last=Smith |title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America |year=2013 |page=127 |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0199734968 }}</ref> and restaurant worker from ], on the eastern coast of ], ]. The couple married in 1966 and Lidia gave birth to their son, ], in 1968. Their second child, ], was born in 1972.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schwarzbaum |first1=Lisa |title=Lidia Bastianich's Favorite Memories of Christmas Past |url=https://parade.com/237657/lisaschwarzbaum/lidia-bastianichs-favorite-memories-of-christmases-past-and-present/ |access-date=February 22, 2019 |work=Parade |date=December 7, 2013}}</ref>
Lidia now lives in ], in a Tudor-style manor house, with her mother Erminia Motika (widowed in 1981) and her mother's longtime companion Giovanni Bencina living in an apartment adjacent to the manor house. Lidia's kitchen has served as the set for all three of her TV series, and the garden that Erminia maintains provides many of the ingredients used in featured recipes for the shows. Erminia, who answers to "Grandma Minia" or "Nonna Minia" on-camera, frequently serves as a ] in Lidia's various TV series.


After many disagreements about the direction their entrepreneurial and personal lives had taken (most notably, the pace of the expansion and character of their business), Lidia and Felice divorced in 1998. Bastianich continued expanding her business while Felice transferred his shares in the business to their two children. He died on December 12, 2010.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
Joseph Bastianich, his wife Deanna, and their three children (Olivia, Miles, Ethan) live in Connecticut, but frequently return to New York to handle business matters for the Bastianich restaurants.


Bastianich lives in ];<ref name="NathanDuke">{{cite news |last1=Duke |first1=Nathan |title=Douglaston's Own: Lidia Bastianich |url=https://patch.com/new-york/bayside/douglaston-s-own-lidia-bastianich |access-date=March 12, 2019 |publisher=Patch Bayside-Douglaston |date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> she lived with her mother, Erminia Motika, until her death in February 2021. Bastianich's own kitchen has served as the stage set for four of her television series, and the garden that Erminia maintained provided many of the ingredients featured in the shows. Erminia, who answered to "grandma", frequently served as a ] in various episodes of the television series.
Tanya Bastianich Manuali, her husband Corrado Manuali (who serves as legal advisor to the ever-growing Bastianich restaurant business), and their two children (Lorenzo and Julia) live on Long Island just a few miles away from Lidia's house. Tanya serves as the main on-camera tour guide for the segments shot in Italy as part of Lidia's 2007 PBS series, '']''.


] occasionally appears in his mother's series to offer wine expertise. He, his wife Deanna, and their three children live in ].
All four generations of the Bastianich family have appeared at one time or another as contributors to Lidia's TV shows; ''Lidia's Family Table'' frequently featured Lidia giving simple pasta shaping lessons to her young grandchildren. In an interview with American Public Television, Lidia shared her opinion on how important passing along family traditions is to her and to her family:


], with her husband Corrado Manuali, lives in Arizona. Tanya is integrally involved in the production of Lidia's public television series as an owner and Executive Producer of Tavola Productions and is active daily in the family restaurant business.
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"...food for me was a connecting link to my grandmother, to my childhood, to my past. And what I found out is that for everybody, food is a connector to their roots, to their past in different ways. It gives you security; it gives you a profile of who you are, where you come from."<ref></ref>.
In an interview by American Public Television, Bastianich spoke of how important it is for her to pass on family traditions:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aptonline.org/aptweb.nsf/vOtherDocs/Interview-Interview+with+Lidia+Bastianich |work=American Public Television Online |title=Interview with Lidia Bastianich |year=2008 |access-date=October 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110223157/http://www.aptonline.org/aptweb.nsf/vOtherDocs/Interview-Interview+with+Lidia+Bastianich |archive-date=January 10, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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{{cquote|Food for me was a connecting link to my grandmother, to my childhood, to my past. And what I found out is that for everybody, food is a connector to their roots, to their past in different ways. It gives you security; it gives you a profile of who you are, where you come from.}}

In 2011, Bastianich was accused of keeping an indentured servant.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2011/08/19/chef-had-worker-slave/|title=Chef had worker 'slave'|date=August 19, 2011|work=New York Post|access-date=May 10, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/tv-chef-lidia-bastianich-accused-tricking-italian-cook-senior-caretaker-article-1.948966|title=TV chef Lidia Bastianich accused of tricking Italian cook into being senior's caretaker against will|last=Martinez|first=Jose|website=nydailynews.com|access-date=May 10, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The subsequent lawsuit was dismissed in 2012 by a lower court that held that the plaintiff was not a slave because she received health insurance, room and board and other perks in lieu of getting paid.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://courtroomstrategy.com/2011/08/lawsuit-against-celebrity-chef-lidia-bastianich-will-be-uphill-battle/|title=Lawsuit Against Celebrity Chef Lidia Bastianich Will be Uphill Battle|date=August 19, 2011|work=Courtroom Strategy by Attorney Oscar Michelen|access-date=May 10, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.leagle.com/decision/innyco20140422358|title=Farina v. Bastianich {{!}} 2012 NY Slip Op 33567(U) {{!}} 20140422358 |work=Leagle|access-date=May 10, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

==Philanthropy==

Lidia Bastianich is an active member of society who participates in community service activities and special events on behalf of several foundations. She is a member of Les Dames d'Escoffier and a founding member of Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, two non-profit organizations of women leaders in the food and hospitality industries. She is also a champion for the United Nations Association of the United States of America's Adopt-A-Future program, in support of refugee education.

Bastianich was on the Board of the Arrupe College,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alumni.luc.edu/s/1548/alumni/keyfacts/index2.aspx?sid=1548&gid=2&pgid=3572&content_id=3555&appealcode=17Z04|title=2nd Annual Breaking Bread with Lidia Bastianich for Arrupe College|publisher=Loyola University |location=Chicago|date=2017|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref> a higher education program founded by the ] for underprivileged students, and regularly hosts Fundraisers for the program at ] in Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.luc.edu/arrupe/about/news/photos/archive/2015-arrupe-fundraiser-eataly.shtml|title=archive: Fundraiser at Eataly: Arrupe: Loyola University Chicago|website=www.luc.edu|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/loyolauniversitychicago/30459247200/|title=2016 Arrupe Fundraising at Eataly|access-date=February 10, 2018|date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> BoysGrow, a local non-profit vocational training program, is another organization that she works with by hosting annual Benefit Dinners since 2013 at her restaurant Lidia's in Kansas City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flatlandkc.org/farm-field/connection-earth-lidia/ |title=A Connection to the Earth |publisher=Flatlandkc.org |date= June 18, 2016|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref> In addition, she has helped raise funds for ] (UNIFEM) – now known as ] – as co-chair of charity events and Benefit Dinners throughout her career. She is also involved with Jesuit Refugee Service, The Child Center of NY and hosts at classes at August Martin High School in Queens, New York.

Bastianich is also actively involved with various non-profit organizations that are focused on promoting and celebrating Italian and Italian-American culture and heritage. She is part of the ]'s Distinguished Board,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noiaw.org/board/|title=National Board of Directors - National Organization of Italian American Women|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref> a national organization for women of Italian ancestry that focuses on preserving Italian heritage, language and culture. In 2010, the Bastianich family was honored by NOIAW for their outstanding contributions to Italian culture in America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://qcpages.qc.edu/calandra/jun-30-2010-noiaw-honors-la-famiglia-bastianich-niafs-east-coast-gala-pietro-cesare-alberti |title=Jun 30, 2010: NOIAW honors La Famiglia Bastianich, NIAF's East Coast Gala, Pietro Cesare Alberti &#124; Calandra |publisher=Qcpages.qc.edu |date=June 30, 2010 |access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>

She supports the ], a non-profit organization focused on promoting and celebrating Italian-American heritage. She was the Grand Marshal of the Columbus Day Parade in New York City in 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbuscitizensfd.org/columbus-celebration/columbus_parade.html|title=Columbus Day Parade - Columbus Citizens Foundation: Preserving Heritage, Creating Opportunities.|website=www.columbuscitizensfd.org|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref> and an honorary guest at the 2016 Columbus Celebration Kickoff Event at Eataly Downtown in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Janazzo |first1=Samantha |title=72nd annual Columbus Day Parade Kicks Off @ Eataly Downtown |url=http://www.iitaly.org/magazine/focus/facts-stories/article/72-annual-columbus-day-parade-kicks-eataly-downtown |website=iItaly |access-date=August 5, 2019 |date=October 6, 2016}}</ref>

Moreover, Bastianich has worked with the Italian American Committee on Education (IACE), a New York-based non-profit organization that promotes the study of Italian language and culture, by visiting elementary schools and speaking to students as a guest speaker, such as in 2011 in Harlem <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitaly.org/magazine/events/reports/article/be-cool-learn-italian-culture-and-cuisine-lidia|title=Be Cool! Learn Italian Culture and Cuisine with Lidia|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref> and in 2014 in the Bronx.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bronx.news12.com/news/italian-chef-lidia-bastianich-visits-saint-raymond-elementary-school-students-1.6939172 |title=Italian chef Lidia Bastianich visits Saint Raymond Elementary School students |access-date=January 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202080920/http://bronx.news12.com/news/italian-chef-lidia-bastianich-visits-saint-raymond-elementary-school-students-1.6939172 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2014, Bastianich led the committee that determined the winners of a contest initiative launched by Eataly and IACE for students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavocedinewyork.com/en/2014/12/02/the-oscars-come-to-eataly-new-york-expo-short-food-movie-competition/|title=The Oscars Come to Eataly New York: EXPO Short Food Movie Competition| date=December 2, 2014 |access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>

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American celebrity chef (born 1947)

Lidia Bastianich
Bastianich at the 2014 Texas Book Festival
BornLidia Giuliana Matticchio
(1947-02-21) February 21, 1947 (age 77)
Pula, Yugoslavia
(now Pula, Croatia)
Spouse Felice "Felix" Bastianich ​ ​(m. 1966; div. 1998)​
ChildrenJoe Bastianich
Tanya Bastianich Manuali
Culinary career
Cooking styleItalian
Italian-American
Current restaurant(s)
  • Felidia, Becco, Lidia's Kansas City, Del Posto
Television show(s)
  • Lidia's Italy in America, Lidia Celebrates America, Lidia's Italy, Lidia's Family Table, Lidia's Italian–American Kitchen
Websitelidiasitaly.com

Lidia Giuliana Matticchio Bastianich (Italian: [ˈliːdja dʒuˈljaːna matˈtikkjo baˈstjaːnitʃ]; born February 21, 1947) is an Italian-American celebrity chef, television host, author, and restaurateur. Specializing in Italian and Italian-American cuisine, Bastianich has been a regular contributor to public television cooking shows since 1998.

Born in the Kingdom of Italy, Matticchio Bastianich's family emigrated to the United States when she was 7 months old during the Istrian–Dalmatian exodus. In 2014, she launched her fifth television series, Lidia's Kitchen. She owns or has owned several Italian restaurants in the U.S. in partnership with her daughter Tanya Bastianich Manuali and her son Joe Bastianich, including Felidia (founded with her ex-husband, Felice), Del Posto (closed and sold in 2021), and Becco in Manhattan; Lidia's Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh (closed in 2019); and Lidia's Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri. She also is a partner in Eataly locations in New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Silicon Valley, Dallas, and São Paulo, Brazil.

Early life

Lidia Giuliana Matticchio Bastianich was born to an Istrian Italian family, on February 21, 1947, in Pola, Istria, just before the city was assigned to Yugoslavia in September 1947 (and which is now part of Istria County, Croatia). Istria was part of the Kingdom of Italy, but it became part of Yugoslavia at the end of World War II, as confirmed by the Treaty of Paris (1947) and Treaty of Osimo (1975). She is the daughter of Erminia (1921–2021) and Vittorio Matticchio (1911–1980). Until 1956, she lived with her family in Yugoslavia, during which time the family's name was Croaticized from Matticchio to Motika. Bastianich, like many other Istrian Italians, fled to Trieste, Italy, during the Istrian-Dalmatian exodus, with her brother Franco and her mother on the pretense of visiting their sick aunt Nina, who was a personal chef. Soon after, her father joined them in Trieste after he crossed the border into Italy at night. After Nina could only provide temporary shelter, Bastianich and her family became refugees at Risiera di San Sabba. According to Bastianich in a Public Television documentary, although a wealthy Triestine family hired her mother as a cook–housekeeper and her father as a limousine driver, they remained residents of the refugee camp. Two years later, their displaced persons application was granted to emigrate from Italy to the United States. In 1958, Bastianich and her family reached the United States, arriving in North Bergen, New Jersey, and later settling in Astoria, Queens, in New York City.

Bastianich gives credit for the family's new roots in the United States to their sponsor, Catholic Relief Services:

The Catholic Relief Services brought us here to New York; we had no one. They found a home for us. They found a job for my father. And ultimately, we settled. And I am the perfect example that if you give somebody a chance, especially here in the United States, one can find the way.

Bastianich started working part-time at the age of 14, during which she briefly worked at the Astoria bakery, Walken's Bakery, owned by Christopher Walken's parents. After graduating from high school, she began to work full-time at a pizzeria on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Although she and her family are nationally Italian, a DNA test indicated that her family is largely of Eastern European descent, due to the multiethnicity of Istria. Concerning her identity, Lidia has stated: "I feel very Italian, but I do have some Slavic in me, and I relate to that as well; so that forms the mixture that is Lidia."

Career

From Queens to Manhattan (1971–1981)

In 1971, the Bastianiches opened their first restaurant, the tiny Buonavia, meaning "good road", in the Forest Hills section of Queens, with Bastianich as its hostess. They created their restaurant's menu by copying recipes from the most popular and successful Italian restaurants of the day, and they hired the best Italian-American chef that they could find.

After a brief break to deliver her second child Tanya, in 1972 Bastianich began training as the assistant chef at Buonavia, gradually learning enough to cook popular Italian dishes on her own, after which the couple began adding traditional Istrian dishes to their menu.

The success of Buonavia led to the opening of the second restaurant in Queens, Villa Secondo. It was here that Bastianich gained the attention of local food critics and started to give live cooking demonstrations, a prelude to her future career as a television cooking show hostess.

In 1981, Bastianich's father died, and the family sold their two Queens restaurants and purchased a small Manhattan brownstone containing a pre-existing restaurant on the East Side of Manhattan near the 59th Street Bridge to Queens. They converted it into what would eventually become their flagship restaurant, Felidia (a contraction of "Felice" and "Lidia"). After liquidating nearly every asset they had to cover $750,000 worth of renovations, Felidia finally opened to near-universal acclaim from their loyal following of food critics, including The New York Times, which gave Felidia three stars. One of Felidia's chefs was not Italian. He was Puerto-Rico-born David Torres, known at the restaurant as Davide'. He died of throat cancer in 1996.

Expansion

Although Lidia and Felice sent their two children to college without expectations that either would go into the restaurant business, Joseph, who had frequently done odd jobs for his parents at Felidia, gave up his newly launched career as a Wall Street bond trader; in 1993, he convinced his parents to partner with him to open Becco (Italian for "peck, nibble, savor") in the Theater District in Manhattan. Like Felidia, Becco was an immediate success and led to the opening of additional restaurants outside New York City, including Lidia's Kansas City in 1998, and Lidia's Pittsburgh in 2001.

In 1993, Julia Child invited Bastianich to tape an episode of her Public Television series Julia Child: Cooking With Master Chefs, which featured acclaimed chefs from around the U.S., preparing dishes in their own home kitchens. The guest appearance gave Bastianich confidence and determination to expand the Bastianich family's own commercial interests.

By the late 1990s, Bastianich's restaurants had evolved into a truly family-owned and operated enterprise. Bastianich's mother, Erminia Motika, maintained the large garden behind the family home, from which Bastianich chose ingredients to use in recipe development. Joe was the chief sommelier of the restaurant group, in addition to branching out into his own restaurant line. Bastianich's daughter Tanya Bastianich Manuali used her PhD in Italian art history as the foundation for a travel agency partnership with her mother called Esperienze Italiane, through which Tanya and friend Shelly Burgess Nicotra, who was the Executive Producer of Bastianich's television series and head of PR at Lidia's Italy, offered tours throughout Italy. Tanya's husband, attorney Corrado Manuali, became the restaurant group's chief legal counsel.

In 2010, Bastianich and her son partnered with Oscar Farinetti to open Eataly, a 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m) food emporium in Manhattan that is devoted to the food and culinary traditions of Italy. Bastianich offers culinary and gastronomy classes to the public at Eataly's school, La Scuola. Eataly's motto is "We sell what we cook, and we cook what we sell". Eataly is now in Chicago and São Paulo, Brazil. They opened a second store in New York at the World Trade Center in Manhattan in 2016 and another one in Boston the same year. Recent openings include Eataly in Los Angeles in 2017, in Las Vegas in 2018, in Toronto in 2019, Silicon Valley in 2022, and Dallas.

The fall of 2010 also marked the debut of Lidia's Kitchen, an exclusive line of commercial cookware, and serving ware for QVC. Along with her daughter Tanya, and son-in-law Corrado Manuali, Bastianich launched Nonna Foods as a platform to distribute an array of both existing and new LIDIA'S food products. Nonna Foods has 11 varieties of sauces (including two USDA Certified Organic sauces) available nationwide. Together with her son Joseph, Bastianich produces wine at Bastianich Vineyard in Friuli Venezia Giulia and La Mozza Vineyard in Maremma, Italy.

Television (1998–present)

In 1998, Public Television offered Bastianich her own television series; the show became Lidia's Italian Table. It established her as a fixture in the network's line-up of cooking shows. Since then she has hosted additional public television series, including Lidia's Family Table, Lidia's Italy, Lidia's Italy in America, and Lidia's Kitchen.

She also hosts a series of hour-long Public Television specials called Lidia Celebrates America, which premiered in 2011 with Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday Tables & Traditions. In the series, Bastianich celebrates the diversity of cultures across the United States and explores the American immigrant experience. The following special, Lidia Celebrates America: Weddings – Something Borrowed, Something New, aired in 2012; Lidia Celebrates America: Freedom & Independence in 2013; Lidia Celebrates America: Life's Milestones in 2013; Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday Tables and Traditions in 2015; Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday for Heroes in 2016; Lidia Celebrates America: Homegrown Heroes in 2017; Lidia Celebrates America: A Heartland Holiday Feast in 2018; Lidia Celebrates America: The Return of the Artisans in 2019; Lidia Celebrates America: Eating in With Lidia in 2020; Lidia Celebrates America: A Salute to First Responders in 2020; Lidia Celebrates America: Overcoming the Odds in 2021 and Lidia Celebrates America: Flavors that Define Us in 2023. Bastianich ends each episode of her show with an invitation to join her and her family for a meal, Tutti a tavola a mangiare! (Italian for "Everyone to the table to eat").

For the 2010 holiday season, her new television production company, Tavola Productions, created an animated holiday children's special for Public Television "Lidia's Christmas Kitchen: Nonna Tell Me a Story" to go along with the book by the same title that was written by Bastianich.

In 2013, Bastianich returned to Public Television with Lidia's Kitchen, a 26-part series produced by Tavola Productions. The tenth season premiered in October 2022. Lidia's Kitchen Season 11 launches in October 2023.

Among Bastianich's television show appearances, she participated as a celebrity judge on MasterChef USA, an adaptation of the BBC MasterChef (UK TV series) in 2000. Her son, Joseph Bastianich, would later go on to star as a celebrity judge on the Gordon Ramsay version of MasterChef. Bastianich has also appeared on the Italian television show Junior MasterChef Italia in 2014 and 2015 for Season 1 and Season 2. In 2016 and 2017, she was a judge for the Italian television show, La Prova del Cuoco. In 2020, alongside son Joe Bastianich and Antonino Cannavacciuolo, she was a judge on the cooking competition show on Sky, Family Food Fight. In 2021, Bastianich co-starred along with Italian chef Anna Moroni in Senti che fame! Nonna pensaci tu which aired on Discovery+ in Italy.

Books (1990–present)

Bastianich has authored several cookbooks to accompany her television series:

  • La Cucina di Lidia
  • Lidia's Family Table
  • Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen
  • Lidia's Italian Table
  • Lidia's Italy
  • Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy
  • Lidia's Italy in America
  • Lidia's Favorite Recipes
  • Lidia's Commonsense Italian Cooking
  • Nonna Tell Me A Story
  • Nonna's Birthday Surprise
  • Lidia's Egg-Citing Farm Adventure
  • Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine
  • Lidia's Celebrate Like an Italian
  • My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food
  • Felidia, Recipes from My Flagship Restaurant
  • Lidia's a Pot, a Pan, and a Bowl: Simple Recipes for Perfect Meals
  • Lidia's From Our Family Table to Yours

Awards and honors

  • (1987) Recipient of Woman of the Year/Innovation Award, Restaurant Category, Women's Institute of the Center for Food and Hotel Management
  • (1993) Nominated for "Best Chef in New York" by the James Beard Foundation; Felidia
  • (1994) Nominated for "Best Chef in New York" by the James Beard Foundation; Felidia
  • (1996) Nominated for "Best Chef in New York" by the James Beard Foundation; Felidia
  • (1996) Recipient of "Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America" James Beard Award
  • (1997) Nominated for "Best Chef in New York" by the James Beard Foundation; Felidia
  • (1998) Nominated for "Best Chef in New York" by the James Beard Foundation; Felidia
  • (1999) Named "Best Chef in New York" by the James Beard Foundation
  • (2001) Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen wins International Association Culinary Professionals (IACP) cookbook Award in "Chefs and restaurants" category
  • (2002) Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen nominated for James Beard Award in "Best National Television Cooking Show or Special" category
  • (2002) Named "Best Outstanding Chef" by the James Beard Foundation
  • (2002) Named "The First Lady of Italian Cuisine and Restaurants in the United States" by Senator George Onorato
  • (2007) Lidia's Family Table nominated for James Beard Award in "National Television Food Show" category
  • (2008) Lidia's Italy: 140 Simple and Delicious Recipes from the Ten Places in Italy Lidia Loves Most nominated for James Beard Award in "International Book" category
  • (2008) Lidia's Italy nominated for Emmy Award
  • (2009) Lidia's Italy named "Best Cooking Show" by the James Beard Foundation
  • (2010) Lidia Cooks From the Heart of Italy nominated for James Beard Award in "International Book" category
  • (2011) Lidia Celebrates America receives highest honor of Silver Award for in Film/Video Silver Winners category for the 32nd Annual Telly Awards
  • (2012) Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday Tables & Traditions nominated for "Outstanding Documentary" by the James Beard Foundation
  • (2013) Wins Emmy for "Outstanding Culinary Host"
  • (2013) Inducted into Culinary Hall of Fame
  • (2013) Lidia Celebrates America: Something Borrowed Something New receives New York Festivals Award
  • (2014) Three Tavola productions- Lidia's Kitchen, Lidia Celebrates America, and Amy Thielen's Heartland Table on the Food Network nominated for a James Beard Award
  • (2014) Lidia Celebrates America: Freedom and Independence receives Telly Award
  • (2014) Lidia Celebrates America nominated for a Rockie Award at Banff World Media Festival in "Lifestyle" category
  • (2016) Lidia Celebrates America: Home for the Holidays wins "Best Special" by the James Beard Foundation
  • (2016) Lidia Celebrates America: Home for the Holidays named "Best Food Program" at Taste Awards
  • (2017) Nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in "Outstanding Culinary Host" category
  • (2017) Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday for Heroes wins James Beard Award for "Best Special"
  • (2017) Recipient of the StellaRe Prize by the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation
  • (2018) Wins Daytime Emmy Award in "Outstanding Culinary Host" category
  • (2018) Lidia's Kitchen nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in "Best Culinary Program" category
  • (2018) Lidia Celebrates America: Homegrown Heroes wins James Beard Award for "Best Special"
  • (2018) Lidia Celebrates America: Home Grown Heroes recipient of Gold Telly Award in "General Documentary: Individual" category
  • (2019) Lidia's Kitchen nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in "Outstanding Culinary Program" category
  • (2019) Recipient of Master of the Aesthetics of Gastronomy Award from Culinary Institute of America
  • (2019) Awarded the Premio Artusi by the Scientific Committee of Casa Artusi
  • (2022) American Public Television Silver Award
  • (2023) Recipient of Taste Award
  • (2023) Recipient of honorary degree from Manhattan College and commencement speaker
  • (2023) Recipient of WHYY's Lifelong Learning Award
  • (2023) Recipient of MenuMasters Award

Other awards and honors

  • (1996) Recipient of Distinguished Service Award and recognized for "Outstanding contribution and dedicated service to the Italian-American Community" by the Italian Government
  • (1999) Honored as "Commendatore" of the Republic of Italy
  • (2000) Golden Whisk Award by Women Chefs and Restaurateurs
  • (2002) "La Bellisima America" Award from Italian American Museum
  • (2007) Honors Award from Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP)
  • (2007) Grand Marshal of the Columbus Day Parade in New York City
  • (2008) Chef for Papal Celebration; Pope Benedict XVI during visit to New York City
  • (2008) Recipient of Bpeace's first-ever Economic Impact Award
  • (2008) Honored as Commander ("Commendatore") by the then President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano
  • (2008) Guest at Dinner honoring Italian Prime Minister at the White House; Washington
  • (2009) Honoree at Great Chefs event to benefit Greenwich Health at Greenwich Hospital
  • (2009) National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Special Achievement Award for humanitarian service
  • (2010) Bastianich family honored by the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW) for their outstanding contributions to Italian culture in America.
  • (2012) Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award at Healthcare Chaplaincy Wholeness of Life Awards Dinner
  • (2013) Honored at The Philips Collection Annual Gala
  • (2015) Chef for Papal Celebration; Pope Francis during visit to New York City
  • (2015) Italian Talent Award by The Italian Talent Association
  • (2015) Augie Award at the Annual Culinary Institute of America Leadership Awards
  • (2016) Lifetime Achievement Award from Women with Wings and Wisdom
  • (2016) Spirit Award from Kansas City Women in Film and Television
  • (2016) Honored at Les Dames d'Escoffier Fundraiser Gala; Vancouver
  • (2017) Queens Ambassador Awards from Community News Group
  • (2017) Recipient of Grand Dame Award by the Les Dames D' Escoffier International
  • (2017) Recipient of StellaRe Prize by the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation
  • (2018) Celebrity Champion for "Adopt-A-Future" campaign by UNA-USA/The UN Refugee Agency
  • (2018) Bastianich Family recipient of Award from Italian Heritage & Culture Committee of New York, Inc. (IHCC-NY, Inc.)
  • (2018) Honored at annual Cardinal's Christmas Luncheon and recipient of the Christmas Angel Award
  • (2018) Recipient of The One America Award for Entrepreneurship by NIAF
  • (2019) Honored at Histria Association of Women 30th Anniversary Dinner
  • (2019) Honored at the 15th Annual Hamptons Happening Event by the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation
  • (2019) Keynote Speaker at Fifth Annual Food Lab Conference at Stony Brook Southampton
  • (2019) Recipient of Spirit of Arrupe Award from Loyola University Chicago
  • (2019) Honored at JRS/USA 39th Anniversary Dinner
  • (2019) Guest of honor at Luncheon honoring women in culinary world hosted by Les Dames d' Escoffier, Austin Chapter & Austin Food & Wine Alliance
  • (2020) Hosted fundraising event at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Academy
  • (2020) Honored by The Stamford Museum & Nature Center at Annual charity Event 'An Evening with Lidia Bastianich'
  • (2020) Special guest at Long Island 'Taste the Greats' event

Personal life

At her sweet sixteen birthday party, she was introduced to her future husband, Felice "Felix" Bastianich, a fellow Istrian Italian immigrant and restaurant worker from Labin, on the eastern coast of Istria, Croatia. The couple married in 1966 and Lidia gave birth to their son, Joe, in 1968. Their second child, Tanya, was born in 1972.

After many disagreements about the direction their entrepreneurial and personal lives had taken (most notably, the pace of the expansion and character of their business), Lidia and Felice divorced in 1998. Bastianich continued expanding her business while Felice transferred his shares in the business to their two children. He died on December 12, 2010.

Bastianich lives in Douglaston, Queens; she lived with her mother, Erminia Motika, until her death in February 2021. Bastianich's own kitchen has served as the stage set for four of her television series, and the garden that Erminia maintained provided many of the ingredients featured in the shows. Erminia, who answered to "grandma", frequently served as a sous-chef in various episodes of the television series.

Joe Bastianich occasionally appears in his mother's series to offer wine expertise. He, his wife Deanna, and their three children live in New York City.

Tanya Bastianich Manuali, with her husband Corrado Manuali, lives in Arizona. Tanya is integrally involved in the production of Lidia's public television series as an owner and Executive Producer of Tavola Productions and is active daily in the family restaurant business.

In an interview by American Public Television, Bastianich spoke of how important it is for her to pass on family traditions:

Food for me was a connecting link to my grandmother, to my childhood, to my past. And what I found out is that for everybody, food is a connector to their roots, to their past in different ways. It gives you security; it gives you a profile of who you are, where you come from.

In 2011, Bastianich was accused of keeping an indentured servant. The subsequent lawsuit was dismissed in 2012 by a lower court that held that the plaintiff was not a slave because she received health insurance, room and board and other perks in lieu of getting paid.

Philanthropy

Lidia Bastianich is an active member of society who participates in community service activities and special events on behalf of several foundations. She is a member of Les Dames d'Escoffier and a founding member of Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, two non-profit organizations of women leaders in the food and hospitality industries. She is also a champion for the United Nations Association of the United States of America's Adopt-A-Future program, in support of refugee education.

Bastianich was on the Board of the Arrupe College, a higher education program founded by the Loyola University of Chicago for underprivileged students, and regularly hosts Fundraisers for the program at Eataly in Chicago. BoysGrow, a local non-profit vocational training program, is another organization that she works with by hosting annual Benefit Dinners since 2013 at her restaurant Lidia's in Kansas City. In addition, she has helped raise funds for United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) – now known as UN Women – as co-chair of charity events and Benefit Dinners throughout her career. She is also involved with Jesuit Refugee Service, The Child Center of NY and hosts at classes at August Martin High School in Queens, New York.

Bastianich is also actively involved with various non-profit organizations that are focused on promoting and celebrating Italian and Italian-American culture and heritage. She is part of the National Organization of Italian American Women's Distinguished Board, a national organization for women of Italian ancestry that focuses on preserving Italian heritage, language and culture. In 2010, the Bastianich family was honored by NOIAW for their outstanding contributions to Italian culture in America.

She supports the Columbus Citizens Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on promoting and celebrating Italian-American heritage. She was the Grand Marshal of the Columbus Day Parade in New York City in 2007, and an honorary guest at the 2016 Columbus Celebration Kickoff Event at Eataly Downtown in New York City.

Moreover, Bastianich has worked with the Italian American Committee on Education (IACE), a New York-based non-profit organization that promotes the study of Italian language and culture, by visiting elementary schools and speaking to students as a guest speaker, such as in 2011 in Harlem and in 2014 in the Bronx. In 2014, Bastianich led the committee that determined the winners of a contest initiative launched by Eataly and IACE for students.

See also

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Awards for Lidia Bastianich
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Show Host
Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award
No lifetime achievement award was presented in 2020 and 2021.
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