Each generation brings something to the table, and the new season of " " is here to highlight those differences. , along with his fellow judges, have the task of combing through contestants from each of four generations as they each strive to prove their generation is the best. Joe is no stranger to generational cooking; his mother, , is also a famed chef and even guest judged on one of the episodes.
However, with too many cooks in the kitchen, it is no surprise that there were some disagreements. We got to speak with Bastianich in an exclusive interview about the upcoming season. He told us all about the stresses and disagreements that come up when working with a parent and the strengths of each generation.
Bastianich also gave us timeless tips to help cooks at home create the best pasta and burger dishes they can, regardless of their generation. Generations of chefs We were the latchkey kids, so a little bit, we had a fend for ourselves. I grew up in an Italian family but there was a lot of hamburger cooking when I started cooking myself at home.
My parents were at work. They worked in a restaurant. I had a fend for myself.
So I started with hamburgers, and then there was a lot of pasta making, so I was an early '90s pasta maker. It's funny because that's when I started doing restaurants too, I would bring the recipes from the restaurants to my home cooking. But yeah, '90s are about the birth of international food scenes, sushi restaurants, international food in America.
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