- His cousin is Dean Batali, a writer/producer of That '70s Show (1998) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).
- Founder of the Mario Batali Foundation, a charity to help educate and feed children in need.
- Owner of eight New York restaurants, including "Babbo", "Bar Jamon" and "Del Posto".
- Owner of "Carnevino Italian Steakhouse" in Las Vegas.
- Opening a new restaurant, Babbo Pizzeria, in Boston, MA [November 26, 2012].
- Father of sons Benno Batali and Leo Batali.
- Growing up, Mario Batali learned much of his cooking from his father. Their idea of a rainy day event was making 200 pounds of sausage.
- The color orange makes him happy, so when "Crocs" was discontinuing his style of orange crocs it's been reported that he ordered 200 pairs so he could always rock them.
- Good friend of Gwyneth Paltrow and Paul Bartolotta.
- Co-partner, with Dave Pasternack, of Italian seafood restaurant, "Esca", opened in 2000, in Manhattan, New York.
- He graduated from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1982 with a Bachelors degree.
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