Michael Bonacini
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| Born | 1 March 1960 Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
| Spouse | Valerie Bonacini |
| Children | Chef Oscar Bonacini |
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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 and the host of Bonacini's Italy, a cooking program featuring cuisines from different regions of Italy cooked by Bonacini. He was also featured on Cook Like A Chef and was the resident chef for The Marilyn Denis Show.