Michael Bonacini

{{short description|British-Canadian chef of Italian descent|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| name = Michael Bonacini

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|03|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales{{cite web|title = Michael Bonacini| work = The Marilyn Denis Show| date = 20 June 2017| publisher = Bell Media Television| url = https://www.marilyn.ca/Experts/Expert-List/Michael-Bonacini| accessdate = 2018-05-09 }}

|spouse=Valerie Bonacini| children = Chef Oscar Bonacini

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| restaurants = Jump
Canoe
Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants

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| television = {{Unbulleted list|Cook Like A Chef|MasterChef Canada|The Marilyn Denis Show|Bonacini's Italy}}

| awards = Ontario Hostelry Institution GOLD Award

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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. Bonacini trained in London and immigrated to Canada in 1985. He founded his first restaurant, Jump, with business partner Peter Oliver in 1993.

Bonacini is a judge on the television cooking competition MasterChef Canada[http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/19/masterchef-canada_n_3952909.html 'MasterChef Canada' Introduces Judges Claudio Aprile, Michael Bonacini, and Alvin Leung] and the host of Bonacini's Italy, a cooking program featuring cuisines from different regions of Italy cooked by Bonacini.[https://www.gustotv.com/show/bonacinis-italy/ Bonacini's Italy on Gusto TV] He was also featured on Cook Like A Chef and was the resident chef for The Marilyn Denis Show.{{cite web |title=Cook Like A Chef| publisher = Bell Media |url=https://www.gustotv.com/show/cook-like-a-chef/ |archive-date = September 22, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170922112715/https://www.gustotv.com/show/cook-like-a-chef/}}