Giada De Laurentiis
Restaurateur • Chef • Personality
Birth Name: Giada Pamela De Benedetti
Birth Date: August 22, 1970
Age: 56 years old
Birth Place: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Grandparents: Dino De Laurentiis, Silvana Mangano
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Born in Rome, Italy in 1970, Giada De Laurentiis is the granddaughter of legendary film producer Dino De Laurentiis. De Laurentiis and her family moved from Italy and settled in Los Angeles when she was a child. Instead of pursuing a career in film, she earned a degree in social anthropology from UCLA, then went on to study cooking at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, intending to be a pastry chef.
She worked as a chef at a number of Los Angeles restaurants, including Wolfgang Puck's Spago. De Laurentiis also worked as a food stylist, arranging settings for media shoots, which brought her to the attention of the Food Network. "Everyday Italian" (Food Network, 2003-2011) premiered in 2003, and was clear that she was destined to be a Food Network star. It was followed by her first two cookbooks.
In 2006, De Laurentiis premiered her next venture with the Food Network, "Behind the Bash" (Food Network, 2005-06), in addition to making the first of her many appearances on "Today" (NBC, 1952-). The next year she premiered "Giada's Weekend Getaways" (Food Network, 2007-08) as well as "Giada in Paradise" (Food Network, 2007-2013) and yet another cookbook. In 2008, De Laurentiis premiered "Giada at Home" (Food Network, 2008-2015) and won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle Host for her work on "Everyday Italian."
She made her first appearance on "The Next Food Network Star" (Food Network, 2005-) in 2009 and also began appearing on "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" (Food Network, 2009-).
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Giada In My KitchenStream
Giada In My KitchenStream
Drew's Cooking School
Live with Kelly and MarkStream
Now That's Tasty! with Guy
TMZ's Merry Elfin' Christmas
The Jennifer Hudson ShowStream
Access Daily With Mario & Kit
Simply Giada
Always AmoreStream
Bobby e Giada: vacanze italiane
From Food Network Kitchen
Bobby and Giada in Italy
The Great American Foodathon
The Drew Barrymore ShowStream
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Access Daily
Today With Hoda & Jenna
Winner Cake All
Ultimate Thanksgiving ChallengeStream
Today 3rd Hour
Giada on the Beach
Giada on the Beach
People Features
Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost
STEVE on Watch
Today's Take
Celebrity Page
Giada EntertainsStream
Giada's Holiday HandbookStream
Giada's Holiday HandbookStream
Giada's Holiday HandbookStream
FABLife
The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream
Giada in ItalyStream
Giada in ItalyStream
The Meredith Vieira Show
Young & HungryStream
Beat Bobby FlayStream
Beat Bobby FlayStream
Late Night With Seth MeyersStream
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonStream
Cutthroat KitchenStream
Hollywood Game Night
Holiday Kitchen Takeover
Steve Harvey
Chopped: Food Network Stars!
Casting Food Network Star
The Chew
Food Network StarStream
Food Network StarStream
The Marilyn Denis Show
The Gayle King Show
Giada's Family Christmas
Giada's Family Christmas
ConanStream
The Talk
Access Hollywood Live
The Dr. Oz Show
Watch What Happens Live With Andy CohenStream
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
The Best Thing I Ever AteStream
The Best Thing I Ever AteStream
Giada at HomeStream
Giada at HomeStream
Today With Kathie Lee & Hoda
Chelsea Lately
The Better Show
Giada's Weekend GetawaysStream
Rachael Ray Show
Rachael Ray Show
Handy Manny
Food Network Thanksgiving
Behind the Bash
The Next Food Network Star
Dancing With the StarsStream
Hell's KitchenStream
The Writer's Hot List
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowStream
Everyday ItalianStream
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream
The ViewStream
Access Hollywood
Extra
TodayStream
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