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MARIO BATALI
TV Shows: Molto Mario, Iron Chef America
The ginger-headed bon vivant may be best known for championing his trademark orange Crocs (and helping make the rubber clogs popular again), but his Food Network show Molto Mario also reveals a thoughtful, inspired chef whose love of Old World Italian cuisine makes him a passionate cheerleader of simple and fresh ingredients. Guests like Jake Gyllenhaal lend an intimacy to the show as Batali throws a spaghetti strand their way and asks them to sample it mid-process. But the 47-year old — whose long roster of restaurants includes Babbo and Del Posto in New York — isn't always such a gentleman: When defending his title on Iron Chef, he's downright imposing.
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