He was born on September 19, 1960 in Seattle, Washington, United States of America. His birth name was Mario Francis Batali. Mario was raised and spent his childhood in Seattle, Washington, Unites States. He was born as son of mother Marilyn Batali and father Armandino Batali. He belongs to Italian- American decent and his ethnicity is white. His nationality is American. There is no updated information about his siblings.

Mario studied his high school studies in Madrid, Spain. He also attended Rutgers University for Spanish Theater and Business Management. While he was in college he worked for Stromboli restaurant. He also worked in the bar named Stuff Yer Face in New Brunswick, New Jersey near the Rutgers campus. After he got his graduation degree, he joined Le Cordon Bleu in London for a few short months.

At the age of twenty seven, was a chef at the Four Seasons Biltmore Hotel. He also worked as chef for the Four Seasons Clift Hotel, San Francisco. In 1990s he worked at Rocco’s, which was an Italian restaurant. Later he opened restaurant in New York City named Po which let him to incredible success. He was on aired from 1996 to 2004 in the Food Network show "Molto Mario".

Later he and Joe Bastianich formed a group and opened a restaurant named Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca in New York City. Mario and Joe together opened other seven restaurants in Ney York. Currently he have ten restaurants in New York, two restaurants in Los Angeles, one Italian market in Chicago, , four restaurants in Las Vegas and two restaurants in Hong Kong, two restaurants in Singapore.

Mario Batali is straight according to his sexual orientation. He has not been in relationship with many ladies. And he has not much shared about his early life affairs.

Mario was married to his wife Susi Cahn in 1994. They marriage was held in private event, where his family and friends attended the ceremony. They have been married for twenty one years. They have two children together. His oldest son is Benno Batali and his youngest son is Leo Batali. Mario is living in Greenwich Village with his wife Susi Cahn and his two sons. He seems to be very much happy and satisfied with his family and there is no recent plan of divorce.

Besides his career, he is very active in social activities too. He provides a daily meal to students of township schools which are located in South Africa.

Mario Batali is a very tidy guy with long blonde hair. His eyes color is brown. His has a fat body figure. He has a height of 5 feet 11 inches. Mario's has a huge net worth of 25 million dollars, which show his popularity and hard work. His salary has not been updated yet.