Michael Bonacini

Michael Bonacini is a Welsh–Canadian chef who owns eleven restaurants (including Jump, Canoe, Luma, and Bannock) in Toronto, Ontario and a co-founder of Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants. Bonacini trained in London and emigrated to Canada in 1985. He founded his first restaurant, Jump, with business partner Peter Oliver in 1993.

Bonacini is a judge on the cooking competition MasterChef Canada and the host of Bonacini's Italy, a cooking program featuring cuisines cooked by Bonacini from different regions of Italy He was also featured on Cook Like A Chef and is the Resident Chef for The Marilyn Denis Show.