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Mario Batali
stop the presses
Feb. 14, 2023
Get Me Risa Heller! If you’re Jeff Zucker or Mario Batali or Jared Kushner and you’re trying to survive a bout of very bad press, she’s the one you call.
By Shawn McCreesh
Mario Batali Has Been Acquitted in Alleged Groping Case The celebrity chef remains accused of sexual misconduct and harassment by multiple women, including former employees.
By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
settlements
July 23, 2021
Mario Batali’s Former Restaurant Group to Pay $600K Sexual-Harassment Settlement An investigation by the office of New York attorney general Letitia James found the business violated city and state human-rights laws.
By Chris Crowley
settlements
July 23, 2021
Mario Batali’s Former Restaurant Group to Pay $600K Sexual-Harassment Settlement An investigation by the office of New York attorney general Letitia James found the business violated city and state human-rights laws.
By Chris Crowley
Del Posto Is a Goner It was once the crown jewel of the Batali-Bastianich restaurant group. Now, chef Melissa J. Rodriguez and GM Jeff Katz will transform it.
By Chris Crowley
Joe Bastianich’s Otto Has Closed for Good A “For Rent” sign now hangs in the window of the Greenwich Village space.
By Rachel Sugar
investigations
Jan. 7, 2020
N.Y. State Attorney General Investigating Mario Batali’s Former Restaurant Group The announcement comes on the heels of Ken Friedman’s $240,000 Spotted Pig settlement.
By Kitty Greenwald
sexual harassment
Aug. 19, 2019
It Took 20 Months for Eataly to Remove Mario Batali The 58-year-old chef has now been removed from his two most significant business ventures.
By Nikita Richardson
controversies
May 8, 2019
Esca’s Revenue Dropped 30 Percent After Mario Batali Scandal Broke Chef Dave Pasternack has bought the seafood restaurant outright with plans to revamp.
By Nikita Richardson
controversies
Mar. 14, 2019
Every Chef and Restaurant Owner Accused of Sexual Misconduct in the #MeToo Era Updates on all those accused, including the announcement that Mario Batali has been bought out of his ownership in B&B Hospitality.
By Nikita Richardson
controversies
Mar. 6, 2019
Mario Batali Has Given Up Ownership of His Restaurants Eight months after execs at his restaurant group said he would do so.
By Nikita Richardson
Police Quietly Closed Sexual-Assault Investigations Into Mario Batali Months Ago The NYPD closed its investigations into three sexual-assault claims against the chef last summer, according to a new report.
By Madeleine Aggeler
controversies
Dec. 9, 2018
Mario Batali’s Empire in the Wake of Mario Batali A year after allegations against him emerged, anyone who eats at Babbo is still filling his pockets.
By Eric Konigsberg
Woman Sues Mario Batali, Alleging He Groped Her It’s the first sexual-harassment lawsuit against the chef.
By Chris Crowley
sexual harassment
Aug. 20, 2018
New York Is Investigating Sexual Harassment at the Spotted Pig The state attorney general has sought records for Ken Friedman and Mario Batali.
By Chris Crowley
sexual harassment
Aug. 14, 2018
Mario Batali Still Hasn’t Been Bought Out From His Restaurants It was announced he’d be gone by July 1. Now the company is much less forthcoming about when it will actually happen.
By Chris Crowley
sexual harassment
May 30, 2018
Mario Batali Accused of Groping and Forcibly Kissing Fans Seven more women have come forward to accuse the chef of misconduct.
By Nikita Richardson
mario batali
May 29, 2018
Michelle Wolf Ripped Into Mario Batali on Her New Show “Mario Batali looks like what happened if the Macy’s Parade had a #MeToo float.”
By Chris Crowley
sexual harassment
May 25, 2018
Mario Batali’s 3 Las Vegas Restaurants Will Close Nearly 300 employees will be out of work come July 27.
By Nikita Richardson
sexual harassment
May 22, 2018
By Chris Crowley
Mario Batali’s Company Lied About Partnership With Women’s Group According to TMZ, they never actually partnered with Women Employed, despite what Batali’s website says.
By Sarah Spellings
sexual assault
May 21, 2018
NYPD Investigating Mario Batali for Allegedly Sexually Abusing Two Women Following a new 60 Minutes report that paints a chilling portrait of the disgraced chef, another similar accusation was reported.
By Chris Crowley
criminal investigations
May 21, 2018
New York Police Department Confirms Mario Batali Under Criminal Investigation On Sunday’s 60 Minutes , an unnamed woman accused the disgraced celebrity chef of allegedly drugging and assaulting her in 2005.
By Halle Kiefer
Quiz: Can You Tell These Very Similar Disgraced-Man Comeback Stories Apart? Who is “examining his blind spots,” and who is “testing the waters for a public comeback”?
By Nate Jones
The Post–#MeToo Lives of Certain Accused Men Look Pretty Good Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose, and Mario Batali seem to be sitting pretty while they plot their comebacks.
By Madeleine Aggeler
power dynamics
Jan. 19, 2018
By Cathy Erway
sexual harassment
Jan. 8, 2018
By Chris Crowley
sexual harassment
Dec. 22, 2017
More Employees Speak Out About Harassment at Batali and Bastianich’s Restaurants Staff allege that the two created an environment that encouraged harassment and abusive behavior.
By Chris Crowley
no thank you
Dec. 16, 2017
By Amanda Arnold
the industry
Dec. 16, 2017
By Devon Ivie
sexual harassment
Dec. 15, 2017
Mario Batali Officially Fired From The Chew ABC didn’t find any misconduct on the show, but says his past behavior “violates our standards of conduct.”
By Clint Rainey
sexual harassment
Dec. 13, 2017
Another Woman Has Accused Mario Batali of Sexual Harassment Siobhan Thompson said Batali groped her while she was a hostess at one of his restaurants.
By Madeleine Aggeler
sexual harassment
Dec. 12, 2017
5 More Women Come Forward to Accuse Batali of Sexual Harassment The incidents occurred at the Spotted Pig and Los Angeles’s Osteria Mozza.
By Chris Crowley
sexual assault
Dec. 12, 2017
Hip New York Restaurant Reportedly Had a ‘Rape Room’ A former Spotted Pig employee claims she saw Mario Batali assaulting an unconscious woman there.
By Lisa Ryan
sexual harassment
Dec. 12, 2017
Actress Siobhan Thompson Says Batali Groped Her When She Worked at Del Posto Batali’s first public accuser tells CBS This Morning that he “inappropriately touched her breasts.”
By Clint Rainey
sexual harassment
Dec. 11, 2017
By Clint Rainey
sexual harassment
Dec. 11, 2017
How the Restaurant Industry Is Reacting to the Batali Sexual-Harassment Report “Maybe this’ll mark the end, finally, of our 30-year-old notion of the rock-star-y super chef.”
By Chris Crowley
sexual harassment
Dec. 11, 2017
By Hunter Harris
sexual harassment
Dec. 11, 2017
Food Network Halts Production on Molto Mario Reboot Following allegations of sexual harassment against the chef.
By Chris Crowley
sexual harassment
Dec. 11, 2017
By Chris Crowley
Mario Batali Steps Down After 4 Women Accuse Him of Sexual Misconduct Batali says, “Much of the behavior described does, in fact, match up with ways I have acted.”
By Sarah Spellings
new york beginnings
Nov. 30, 2017
How Food Network Turned Big-city Chef Culture Into Middle-America Pop Culture In the early ’90s, a no-budget television network in midtown Manhattan transformed unknown cooks into full-blown celebrities.
By Rachel Sugar
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