Bruno Barbieri

Bruno Barbieri (born 12 January 1962) is an Italian chef, restaurateur, writer and television personality. Barbieri's restaurants won 7 Michelin Stars, which makes him one of the best-known chefs in Italy and the world. He is the author of popular Italian shows, including MasterChef Italy, and the Celebrity, Junior and All Stars versions with other popular television chefs, including Carlo Cracco, Antonino Cannavacciuolo, Joe Bastianich, Giorgio Locatelli, Alessandro Borghese, Lidia Bastianich and Antonia Klugmann. He is the creator of talent show Bruno Barbieri – 4 hotel, a spin-off of Alessandro Borghese – 4 ristoranti. Early life He was born in an Italian family, in Emilia-Romagna. His father moved to Spain when Barbieri was 7 years old, and remained there for 15 years; his mother worked in the textile industry and transmitted him the passion for fashion, instead his grandmother transmitted him the passion for food and cuisine. He graduated at an hospitality vocational high school (istituto alberghiero) in Bologna. Career In 1979 he worked as sous-chef on a cruise ship in order to discover different cuisines from different countries. A year and a half later he returned to Italy to work for restaurants on the Romagna coast as a chef de partie.