Mario Batali

Double majored in Spanish Theater and Economics in college. In 1989, quit his job as a chef at the Four Seasons Biltmore Hotel's La Marina restaurant in Santa Barbara, and moved to a village in Northern Italy to study traditional Italian cooking. Opened his first restaurant, Po, in 1993 in New York City. Established the Mario Batali Foundation in 2009, which organizes fundraising to help feed and educate children. On the board of directors for The Lunchbox Fund, a non-profit that provides meals to students in South Africa.