Famous Italian Chefs

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Giada De Laurentiis
(Chef and Host of 'Giada at Home')
Giada De Laurentiis
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Birthdate: August 22, 1970
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rome, Italy

Giada De Laurentiis is an Italian-American chef, restaurateur, television personality, and writer. She won the Gracie Award under the Best Television Host category for hosting Giada at Home. The founder of a catering business called GDL Foods, Giada De Laurentiis has been an influential figure in the American culinary business over the last few years.

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Lidia Bastianich
(Italian-American Celebrity Chef and Restaurateur Known for Her Cooking Shows)
Lidia Bastianich
12
Birthdate: February 21, 1947
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Pula, Croatia

Lidia Bastianich is an Italian-American television host, celebrity chef, restaurateur, and author. She owns many restaurants in the US, including one in Manhattan. Bastianich is the recipient of several awards and honors, including a couple of Lifetime Achievement Awards. Also a philanthropist, Lidia Bastianich supports various non-profit organizations, such as the Columbus Citizens Foundation, which aims at promoting Italian-American heritage.

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Adriano Zumbo
(Chef)
Adriano Zumbo
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Birthdate: November 6, 1981
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia

Adriano Zumbo is an Australian television presenter and pastry chef. He is known for appearing as a guest on the TV show MasterChef Australia. He also hosts his own baking competition show Zumbo's Just Desserts and appears as a judge on Netflix's baking reality television series Sugar Rush. Thanks to his popularity, Zumbo has garnered several nicknames including Sweet Assassin.

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 4 
Antonio Carluccio
(Chef)
Antonio Carluccio
6
Birthdate: April 19, 1937
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Campania, Italy
Died: November 18, 2017
 5 
Gabriele Corcos
(Italian Celebrity Cook, Entrepreneur and Television Personality)
Gabriele Corcos
5
Birthdate: October 7, 1972
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Fiesole, Italy

Gabriele Corcos is an Italian celebrity cook, entrepreneur, and TV personality. He hosts the TV show Extra Virgin on the Cooking Channel. He ventured into the culinary world totally by chance in the mid-2000s and has since become one of the best-known chefs in the world. He and his wife are involved with several anti-hunger charities. 

 6 
Massimo Bottura
(Restaurateur)
Massimo Bottura
2
Birthdate: September 30, 1962
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Modena, Italy
 7 
Ettore Boiardi
(Italian-American Chef Known for His Food Products, Named ‘Chef Boyardee’)
Ettore Boiardi
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Birthdate: October 22, 1897
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Piacenza, Italy
Died: June 21, 1985

Italian-American chef Ettore Boiardi is remembered for revolutionizing the culinary industry with his food brand Chef Boyardee, which made a variety of Italian food products, such as sauces and spaghetti, available to Americans for the first time. He even supplied food to the Allied soldiers during World War II.

 8 
Damiano Carrara
(Chef)
Damiano Carrara
1
Birthdate: September 22, 1985
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Tuscany, Italy
 9 
Caesar Cardini
(Restaurateur, Chef who is credited with creating Caesar salad at his Tijuana restaurant, Caesar's)
Caesar Cardini
1
Birthdate: February 24, 1896
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Baveno, Italy
Died: November 3, 1956
 10 
Gabriele Bonci
(Italian Chef Who Specializes in Pizza Al Taglio)
Gabriele Bonci
2
Birthplace: Italy
 11 
Raffaele Esposito
(Father of Modern Pizza)
Raffaele Esposito
2
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
 12 
Massimiliano Alajmo
(Italian Chef)
Massimiliano Alajmo
2
Birthdate: May 6, 1974
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Padua, Italy
 13 
Carlo Cracco
(Italian Chef)
Carlo Cracco
1
Birthdate: October 8, 1965
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Vicenza, Italy
 14 
Alessandro Borghese
(Television Chef)
Alessandro Borghese
2
Birthdate: November 19, 1976
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
 15 
Fabio Viviani
(Chef)
Fabio Viviani
2
Birthdate: October 10, 1978
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
 16 
Sonia Peronaci
(Italian Chef)
Sonia Peronaci
2
Birthdate: August 10, 1967
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
 17 
Giovanni Rana
(Italian Pasta Maker)
Giovanni Rana
2
Birthdate: October 15, 1937
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cologna Veneta, Italy
 18 
Giuseppe Cipriani
(Chef as Founder of Harry's Bar in Venice, Italy)
Giuseppe Cipriani
2
Birthdate: 1900 AD
Birthplace: Verona, Italy
Died: 1980 AD
 19 
Antonino Cannavacciuolo
(Television Chef)
Antonino Cannavacciuolo
2
Birthdate: April 16, 1975
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vico Equense, Italy
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 20 
Gualtiero Marchesi
(Italian Former Chef)
Gualtiero Marchesi
2
Birthdate: March 19, 1930
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: December 26, 2017
 21 
Bartolomeo Scappi
(Italian Renaissance Chef)
Bartolomeo Scappi
2
Birthdate: 1500 AD
Birthplace: Dumenza, Italy
Died: April 13, 1577
 22 
Cristina Bowerman
(Chef Who Holds a Michelin Star at Glass Hostaria Rome)
Cristina Bowerman
2
Birthdate: October 5, 1966
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cerignola, Apulia, Italy
 23 
Nadia Santini
(Italian Chef)
Nadia Santini
2
Birthdate: 1953 AD
Birthplace: Italy
 24 
Heinz Beck
(Chef Who Runs the Restaurant 'La Pergola')
Heinz Beck
1
Birthdate: November 3, 1963
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Friedrichshafen, Germany
 25 
Bruno Barbieri
(Italian Chef)
Bruno Barbieri
1
Birthdate: January 12, 1962
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 26 
Paola Carosella
(Chef, Businesswoman)
Paola Carosella
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Birthdate: October 30, 1972
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Paola Carosella is an Italian Argentine businesswoman, cook, and celebrity chef. She is best known for appearing alongside French chef Érick Jacquin and Brazilian chef Henrique Fogaça as a juror on the popular TV show, MasterChef Brazil.

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Gabriele Rubini
(Chef)
Gabriele Rubini
1
Birthdate: June 29, 1983
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Frascati, Italy
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 28 
Martino da Como
(Italian 15th-century Culinary Expert)
Martino da Como
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Birthdate: 1430 AD
Birthplace: Torre, Blenio, Switzerland
 29 
Massimo Capra
(Chef)
Massimo Capra
1
Birthdate: May 24, 1960
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Soresina, Italy
 30 
Annie Féolde
(First Female Chef in Italy Holding 3 Michelin Stars)
Annie Féolde
1
Birthdate: June 15, 1945
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nice, France
 31 
Stefano Callegari
(Chef as Inventor of the Trapizzino, a Popular Street Food)
Stefano Callegari
2
Birthdate: December 25, 1968
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
 32 
Simone Zanoni
(Italian Chef)
Simone Zanoni
2
Birthdate: June 25, 1976
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Salò, Italy
 33 
Heinz Winkler
(Former Three-Michelin Star Chef)
Heinz Winkler
2
Birthdate: July 17, 1949
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Brixen, Italy
Died: October 28, 2022
 34 
Antonio Latini
(Chef Who Was a Steward of Cardinal Antonio Barberini)
Antonio Latini
2
Birthdate: 1642 AD
Birthplace: Collamato, Italy
Died: 1692 AD
 35 
Gianfranco Chiarini
(Italian Celebrity Chef)
Gianfranco Chiarini
2
Birthdate: January 8, 1966
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ferrara,Italy
 36 
Wilma De Angelis
(Italian Chef)
Wilma De Angelis
2
Birthdate: April 8, 1930
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
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Rubina Rovini
(Chef)
Rubina Rovini
1
Birthdate: October 3, 1981
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tuscany, Italy
 38 
Chiara Maci
(Chef)
Chiara Maci
1
Birthdate: December 6, 1989
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Agropoli, Italy
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Alida Gotta
(Italian Chef)
Alida Gotta
1
Birthdate: August 12, 1989
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
 40 
Nadia Santini
(Italian Chef)
Nadia Santini
1
Birthdate: May 23, 1970
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Italy
 41 
Isabella Poti
(Chef)
Isabella Poti
1
Birthdate: December 26, 1995
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lecce, Italy
 42 
Erica Liverani
(Chef)
Erica Liverani
1
Birthdate: July 15, 1986
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ravenna, Italy
 43 
Ennio Carota
(Chef)
Ennio Carota
1
Birthdate: May 17, 1956
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
 44 
Davide Oldani
(Italian Chef)
Davide Oldani
1
Birthdate: October 1, 1967
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
 45 
Moreno Cedroni
(Italian Chef)
Moreno Cedroni
1
Birthdate: July 9, 1964
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ancona, Italy
 46 
Lorenzo Boni
(Chef)
Lorenzo Boni
1
Birthdate: May 28, 1968
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
 47 
Roland Trettl
(Chef)
Roland Trettl
1
Birthdate: July 3, 1971
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bolzano, Italy
 48 
Valerio Braschi
(Chef)
Valerio Braschi
1
Birthdate: October 5, 1997
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cesena, Italy
 49 
Niko Romito
(Chef)
Niko Romito
1
Birthdate: April 30, 1974
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Italy
 50 
Filippo La Mantia
(Chef)
Filippo La Mantia
1
Birthdate: September 26, 1960
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rome, Italy