Lidia Bastianich Autographs
Lidia Giuliana Matticchio Bastianich (Italian: ; born February 21, 1947) is an Italian-American celebrity chef, television host, author, and restaurateur. Specializing in Italian and Italian-American cuisine, Bastianich has been a regular contributor to public television cooking shows since 1998.
Born in allied-occupied Pula, Matticchio Bastianich's family emigrated to the United States when she was 9 years old during the Istrian–Dalmatian exodus. In 2014, she launched her fifth television series, Lidia's Kitchen. She owns or has owned several Italian restaurants in the U.S. in partnership with her daughter Tanya Bastianich Manuali and her son Joe Bastianich, including Felidia (founded with her ex-husband, Felice), Del Posto (closed and sold in 2021), and Becco in Manhattan; Lidia's Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh (closed in 2019); and Lidia's Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri. She also is a partner in Eataly locations in New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Silicon Valley, Dallas, and São Paulo, Brazil.
Lidia Giuliana Matticchio Bastianich was born to an Istrian Italian family, on February 21, 1947, in Pola, Istria, just before the city was assigned to Yugoslavia in September 1947 (and which is now part of Istria County, Croatia). Istria was part of the Kingdom of Italy, but it became part of Yugoslavia at the end of World War II, as confirmed by the Treaty of Paris (1947) and Treaty of Osimo (1975). She is the daughter of Erminia (1921–2021) and Vittorio Matticchio (1911–1980). Until 1956, she lived with her family in Yugoslavia, during which time the family's name was Croaticized from Matticchio to Motika. Bastianich, like many other Istrian Italians, fled to Trieste, Italy, during the Istrian-Dalmatian exodus, with her brother Franco and her mother on the pretense of visiting their sick aunt Nina, who was a personal chef. Soon after, her father joined them in Trieste after he crossed the border into Italy at night. After Nina could only provide temporary shelter, Bastianich and her family became refugees at Risiera di San Sabba. According to Bastianich in a Public Television documentary, although a wealthy Triestine family hired her mother as a cook–housekeeper and her father as a limousine driver, they remained residents of the refugee camp. Two years later, their displaced persons application was granted to emigrate from Italy to the United States. In 1958, Bastianich and her family reached the United States, arriving in North Bergen, New Jersey, and later settling in Astoria, Queens, in New York City.
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Current items with a signature of Lidia Bastianich
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Traded items with a signature of Lidia Bastianich
The most expensive item with a signature of Lidia Bastianich (Lidia Bastianich Signed In Person 8x10 Photo w/Exact Proof - Happy Birthday) was sold in January 2026 for $207.50 while the cheapest item (LIDIA BASTIANICH, 100% AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHED RECIPE ! CELEBRITY CHEF ! AWESOME !) found a new owner for $0.99 in December 2023. The month with the most items sold (7) was May 2026 with an average selling price of $25.00 for an autographed item of Lidia Bastianich. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2025 with $64.04 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.25 was February 2025. In average, an autographed item from Lidia Bastianich is worth $25.00.
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