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Mario Francesco Batali (born September 19 1960) is an American chef writer restaurateur and media personality. In addition to his classical culinary training he is an expert on the history and culture of Italian cuisine including regional and local variations. Batali co-owns restaurants in New York City Las Vegas Los Angeles Singapore Hong Kong and Westport Connecticut. Batali’s signature clothing style includes shorts and orange Crocs. He is also known as Molto Mario.