A former line cook at Mario Batali’s Eataly is suing the Manhattan Italian food mecca for racial discrimination, claiming he was harassed — for being a white man.

Scott Silberlight, of Staten Island, started working at the Flatiron food emporium last August, prepping ingredients and assembling dishes for $12.50 an hour, according to his Manhattan Supreme Court suit.

Silberlight, 39, said his mostly Hispanic coworkers regularly called him “gringo,” a Spanish term for non-Hispanics.

When he complained to his supervisor, who was also Hispanic, the boss told him to keep quiet or there would be “problems,” the suit claims.

At one point another Hispanic line cook said, “We don’t need gringos here,” while other Spanish-speaking staff called him “estupido (stupid),” “pendejo (jerk)” and told him, “chinga tu madre (f— your mother),” according to court papers.

Just before Silberlight quit in October, supervisor Leo Gonzalez told him, “Scott, you are a gringo … it’s not easy for gringos to work with Mexicans,” the suit says. Gonzalez also allegedly said, “If gringos were to run this line — this place would not work.”

Silberlight, who’s found a new job at a different restaurant, found the comments “highly inappropriate and offensive.”

“Not only was I discriminated against but my cries for help went unheard,” he said, adding, “I look forward to my day in court and for justice to be served because no

one should have to work under those conditions.”

His attorney, Leopold Raic of the Akin Law Group, said, “Mr. Silberlight felt that [his coworkers] actions were unconscionable. Just going to work became taxing.”

So taxing, in fact, that he accidentally dropped a cooking pan filled with hot sauce on his hands after being called “stupid” by another kitchen worker, the suit says.

An Eataly spokeswoman said the company, “takes its commitment to provide staff with a safe and respectful work environment extremely seriously.”

“We have zero tolerance against any type of discriminatory conduct and we pride ourselves on our culturally diverse staff. We will defend against these allegations,” she said.