Draft:Max Mariola

Massimiliano Mariola, called Max (Rome, April 11 1969), is a chef, television personality,  Italian YouTuber, and star on the Gambero Rosso Channel, a Sky satellite channel.

Biography
Born in Rome, in the Garbatella neighborhood, and raised in the town of Nettuno, he got his passion for cooking from his mother, Fiorella.

Enrolled at the Anzio School of Art, he abandoned it in the 1980s to join his father Mario in the ancient Vestri artisan workshop, owned by the family.

In the nineties, following the sudden death of his father, he left the shop to become a chef and began his business at "Il Castagnone" in Genzano Romano, managed by Attilio Renzo Gabbarini. In the same period, he attended the evening school "A tavola con lo chef" ("At the table with the chef"), from which he graduated in 1993. Among the teachers there was chef Laura Ravaioli, of whom he became assistant in 1999 for Gambero Rosso Channel. In 2001 he was given his first program, the Cucine d'Italia feature, in which he hosted Italian chefs of all backgrounds, from osteria to starred restaurants.

During one of these programs, Max Mariola met his mentor, chef Fulvio Pierangelini, owner of the two Michelin star restaurant "Il Gambero rosso" in San Vincenzo, which closed in 2012. Max Mariola worked consistently with Pierangelini from 2000 to 2009.

In those same years, Max Mariola also worked for important gastronomic establishments. He taught the master's degree in Catering Management at the Business School of Sole 24 ore. He has collaborated with starred restaurants and large hotel chains, and carried out consultancy for numerous companies in the sector, including the hotels of the Boscolo chain (in Italy and Europe), AIA and Gruppo Veronesi. He was the chef de partie for the Simposium restaurants of Cartoceto, Agata and Romeo in Rome, La Peschiera in Monopoli, Il Melograno in Alberobello, of the Dom Hotel in Rome, the Marriot Hotel in Doha and the Sheraton in Tel Aviv.

In 2018 he launched the YouTube channel, Chef Max Mariola and associated social media profiles.

On January 24, 2024, he inaugurated in Milan a restaurant that bears his name "Max Mariola - Il ristorante" ("Max Mariola - The restaurant").

Television

 * Cucine d'Italia (RaiSat Gambero Rosso Channel, 2001-2009)
 * Wine Bar (RaiSat Gambero Rosso Channel, 2002)
 * Questo l'ho fatto io con Francesca Romana Barberini (RaiSat Gambero Rosso, 2002-2013)
 * Paese che vai (RaiSat Gambero Rosso, 2005)
 * Cucina di bordo (RaiSat Gambero Rosso, 2006)
 * Under 20 (RaiSat Gambero Rosso, 2006-2009)
 * La cucina regionale (RaiSat Gambero Rosso, 2008)
 * Lei pesca lui cucina (Gambero Rosso Channel, 2010)
 * Una sera all'improvviso (Gambero Rosso Channel, 2012)
 * Max cucina l'Italia (Gambero Rosso Channel, 2012-2014)
 * I panini li fa Max (Gambero Rosso Channel, 2014-2020)
 * Max cucina l'estate (st. 1-2-3, Gambero Rosso Channel, 2018-2019-2020)
 * Sfida al panino gourmet (st. 1-2, Gambero Rosso Channel, 2018-2019)
 * Sfida alla pizza gourmet (st. 1, Gambero Rosso Channel, 2019)
 * Max alla brace (st. 1, Gambero Rosso Channel, 2020)
 * Max cucina le feste (Gambero Rosso, 2020)
 * Max sfida alle calorie
 * Max sfida alle calorie Summer edition (Gambero Rosso, 2021)
 * Fuoco (Gambero Rosso, 2023)

Books

 * Lo chef in tasca. Ricette per l'estate, collana I Robinson - Letture, Bari, Laterza, 2013, ISBN 9788858108369;
 * I panini li fa Max, Roma, Gambero Rosso, 2015, ISBN 9788866410782.
 * The Sound of Love - 120 ricette, Mondadori, Milano 2023, ISBN 9788804776765.

Sport
After playing various sports, at age fifteen he concentrated on body building. In 1997, he discovered the triathlon. Following some races on the sprint distance, he took part in the Ironman in Klagenfurt, Austria: he finished the race in 11 hours and 57 minutes, placing himself in the middle of the rankings. Today, to reconcile his workload with exercise, he dedicates himself exclusively to running and the gym.

Private life
He is married to the "Camera Woman". In December 2017, they had a son Mario, known as "Mariuccio", who often appears in their videos.