09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Who is Mario Carbone's fiancée, Cait Bailey? The Margot Robbie lookalike is an influential publicist who represents Zayn Malik, TikTokers Charli D'Amelio and Alix Earle, and podcaster Alex Cooper
It's hard to imagine a more well-connected couple than Mario Carbone and Cait Bailey. Carbone is the man whose restaurants draw clients including Barack Obama, Leonardo DiCaprio and
Kim Kardashian week after week. Bailey, meanwhile, has been called 'a networker like no other' and been known to help out the likes of Google co-founder Sergey Brin when his pals can't get into exclusive parties.
Mario Carbone, Cait Bailey and Travis Kelce at the Carbone Beach pop-up, Miami Beach, last May. Photo: @traviskelcefan87/Instagram
However, while thousands of column inches have been dedicated to the New York chef, his celebrity patrons and his US$300 steaks, much less is known about Bailey, who prefers to stay out of the headlines.
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Mario Carbone and Cait Bailey in more formal attire. Photo: @mariocarbone/Instagram
So what do we know about her? And just how did she become so influential? Here's the low-down.
What is Cait Bailey's backstory?
Celebrated publicist Cait Bailey. Photo: @orlandopelagio/Instagram
According to her profile in The New York Times, 35-year-old Bailey grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and was sent to a private Catholic school before heading south to Georgia for university. After graduating she reportedly planned to return home, 'marry a lacrosse player' and raise children to go to the same school as she did. In other words, she certainly didn't envisage the life she has now.
Her mother (sort of) chose her career
Mario Carbone and Cait Bailey on vacation with friends in Naples, Italy. Photo: @mariocarbone/Instagram
So what changed? According to The New York Times, it was her mother, Patti Caudill, who helped set her on a completely different path. Caudill decided to take part in – and won – a charity auction offering an internship at a major New York PR firm called PMK-BNC.
