Celebrity chef Mario Batali once sat upon a fast-growing food empire but that's all now come crashing down amid sexual assault allegations.

Batali announced Wednesday that he has sold his stake in the 16-restaurant operation he helped build along with the family of famed PBS personality and Italian food connoisseur Lidia Bastianich.

He stepped away from day-to-day operations more than a year ago after numerous allegations of sexual assault surfaced in 2017 as part of the MeToo movement.

But as a partner, Batali continued to financially benefit from the success of the restaurants.

The two sides have parted ways as Batali continues to grapple with the fallout from allegations he sexually assaulted numerous women, over a two decade period.

In one claim made public on CBS 60 Minutes, he was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting an employee.

The New York Police Department opened a criminal investigation into that allegation, but the probe was closed without charges being brought.

His once burgeoning TV career has also suffered.

He was fired from the defunct ABC cooking program "The Chew" and he's been wiped clean from any Food Network programs. And there could be more to come: Batali is a minority stakeholder in Eataly, and according to the New York Times, other investors in the global chain of high-end Italian supermarkets are putting together a deal to buy him out.