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.
From 2014 to 2021, Bonacini was a judge on the television cooking competition MasterChef Canada'MasterChef Canada' Introduces Judges Claudio Aprile, Michael Bonacini, and Alvin Leung. He was also the host of Bonacini's Italy, a cooking program featuring cuisines from different regions of Italy cooked by Bonacini, Bonacini's Italy on Gusto TV was featured on Cook Like A Chef and was the resident chef for The Marilyn Denis Show.
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