Michael Bonacini
Michael Bonacini | |
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| Born | 1 March 1960 |
| Spouse | Valerie Bonacini |
| Children | Chef Oscar Bonacini |
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Michael Bonacini (born March 1, 1960) is a Welsh-Canadian chef of Italian family origins who owns eleven restaurants (including Jump, Canoe, Luma, and Bannock) in Toronto, Ontario, and is a co-founder of Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants.[1] Bonacini trained in London and immigrated to Canada in 1985.[1] He founded his first restaurant, Jump, with business partner Peter Oliver in 1993.[1]
Bonacini is a judge on the television cooking competition MasterChef Canada[1][2] and the host of Bonacini's Italy, a cooking program featuring cuisines from different regions of Italy cooked by Bonacini.[3] He was also featured on Cook Like A Chef and was the resident chef for The Marilyn Denis Show.[1][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Michael Bonacini". Bell Media Television. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
- ^ 'MasterChef Canada' Introduces Judges Claudio Aprile, Michael Bonacini, and Alvin Leung
- ^ Bonacini's Italy on Gusto TV
- ^ "Cook Like A Chef". Bell Media. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017.
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