Michael Bonacini

Michael Bonacini
Born	(1960-03-01) 1 March 1960 (age 64) Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales[1]
Spouse	Valerie Bonacini
Children	Chef Oscar Bonacini
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s) Jump Canoe Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants
Television show(s) Cook Like A Chef MasterChef Canada The Marilyn Denis Show Bonacini's Italy
Award(s) won Ontario Hostelry Institution GOLD Award

Michael Bonacini (born March 1, 1960) is a Welsh-Canadian chef of Italian family origins who owns eleven restaurants (including Jump, Canoe, Luma, and Bannock) in Toronto, Ontario, and is a co-founder of Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants.[1] Bonacini trained in London and immigrated to Canada in 1985.[1] He founded his first restaurant, Jump, with business partner Peter Oliver in 1993.[1]

Bonacini is a judge on the television cooking competition MasterChef Canada[1][2] and the host of Bonacini's Italy, a cooking program featuring cuisines from different regions of Italy cooked by Bonacini.[3] He was also featured on Cook Like A Chef and was the resident chef for The Marilyn Denis Show.[1][4]

References

1. "Michael Bonacini". Bell Media Television. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
2. 'MasterChef Canada' Introduces Judges Claudio Aprile, Michael Bonacini, and Alvin Leung
3. Bonacini's Italy on Gusto TV
4. "Cook Like A Chef". Bell Media. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017.