Talk:Mario Batali

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Contents 1 Date of birth 2 Unsourced Claims? 3 Mario's Ancestry? 4 WikiProject class rating 5 Iron Chef America

[edit] Date of birth

Does anyone have a date of birth for Mario? —This unsigned comment was added by PeterGar (talk • contribs) .

A while back I added what I believe to be the year of his birth (based on his age) but I cannot find the date. Indeed, if anyone comes across this, please make a note of it. -- Chris 04:52, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Several online sources list Mario's birthdate as September 9, 1960. I have added it to the entry. --RolandStJude 01:50, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced Claims?

Where are the sources for the claims regarding Mario's health and sexual life? As the page is now, they appear to be unsourced.

Yinepuhotep 06:41, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Regarding the unsourced claims of 8-9 May, I have requested Semi-protection for this page. We can see if it's granted. --Myke Cuthbert 05:17, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Y Done :) - Alison ☺ 05:23, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

When watching Batali on "Iron Chef," I've seen a noticeable tremor in this hands during closeups. If I've noticed it, others certainly have too. Perhaps this should be explained. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.217.52.12 (talk) 13:32, August 20, 2007 (UTC)

Is Mario gay?? I just saw him on Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy was speaking to Mario as if he was gay. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.155.166.181 (talk) 07:45, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

He is married and has spawned. So no. There is some implied stuff in Bill Buford's Heat that he may be bisexual, but he may also just be very at ease with himself. --Thespian 14:46, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mario's Ancestry?

Is Mario's family originally Italian? (Because the red-hair has always made me wonder.) TRCunning24.124.29.130 09:31, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

His father is Italian. His mother is not. Feeeshboy 13:10, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

My mother was full-blooded Italian, she had red hair.72.78.10.225 (talk) 14:44, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 23:24, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Iron Chef America

I'm skeptical about the ABC News source quoted about Batali leaving Iron Chef America. I just saw Batali on Iron Chef America with the three older Iron Chefs as well as new chef Michael Symon on the show's latest episode (Paula Deen/Cat Cora versus Tyler Florence/Robert Irvine). This article on Symon from CNN Money [1] also says that Batali is still an Iron Chef. And I'm not trusting of a source that doesn't spell Giada De Laurentiis' name correctly. THE evil fluffyface (talk) 05:13, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

The 'current' season was filmed entirely before the announcement (In July and August, if I recall; actually, the current season was shot before NICA aired, which is how people found out that Symon had won). It's entirely possible that he has left the show while still being shown on seemingly current episodes. --Thespian (talk) 08:58, 26 November 2007 (UTC)