Lidia Matticchio Bastianich is an Emmy award-winning public ... It was also in Queens where Lidia and her husband opened their first restaurant, Buonavia, to critical acclaim in 1971.

Meanwhile, her husband, the Daytime Emmy-winning producer ... institutions in the world of Daytime television. In addition, ...

Experience Lidia Bastianich's career as a chef took off when she began cooking her own dishes at Buonavia, the first restaurant she opened with her then-husband Felice in Queens, New York ...