Joe Bastianich

Joe Bastianich is a world-renowned restaurateur who co-owns 16 restaurants across the globe, including Casa Mono, Babbo, Osteria Mozza and Eataly in the Americas (co-partner). He also is an award-winning and best-selling author. Bastianich served as a judge on MASTERCHEF JUNIOR for its first three seasons and returned for its sixth, and on MASTERCHEF for its first five seasons and returned for its ninth, tenth, 11^th and 12^th seasons.