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Giada De Laurentiis
EducationLe Cordon Bleu (Paris), UCLA
Culinary career
Cooking styleItalian
Television show(s)

Giada Pamela De Laurentiis (Template:IPA2; born August 22, 1970) is an Italian American chef, writer, television personality, and the current host of the Food Network programs Everyday Italian, Behind the Bash, Giada's Weekend Getaways, and Giada in Paradise. She also appears regularly as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC's Today. De Laurentiis is the founder of a catering business called GDL Foods.

Personal life

De Laurentiis was born Giada Pamela De Benedetti in Rome, Italy, the eldest child of actress Veronica De Laurentiis and her first husband, actor-producer Alex De Benedetti, who was a close associate of his wife's father, the film producer Dino De Laurentiis. Her parents were married in February 1970 just months before her birth. After the divorce of her parents De Laurentiis and her siblings moved to Southern California where Giada and her siblings took their mother's surname.

Her grandparents are director Dino De Laurentiis and Italian film star Silvana Mangano. Her siblings include sister Eloisa, a makeup artist, and brothers Dino Alexander, a Hollywood film editor, and Igor. Dino died of melanoma on November 3, 2003. Her stepfather is producer Ivan Kavalsky.

De Laurentiis graduated from Marymount High School and holds a bachelor's degree in social anthropology from UCLA (1996).

In 2003, she married Todd Thompson, a fashion designer for Anthropologie. The two had been dating since 1991. The couple expect their first child, a girl, in April 2008.

De Laurentiis was named number 96 on AskMen.com's list of "The Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2008."

Career

Giada, dubbed as "a petite powerhouse" by Town & Country magazine, stands "just under five feet two."

De Laurentiis, a self-proclaimed chocoholic, studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France with aspirations of becoming a pastry chef. After returning to the United States, she became a professional chef working in several Los Angeles restaurants, notably the Wolfgang Puck-owned Spago. She later worked as a food stylist, and was contacted by Food Network after styling a piece in Food & Wine Magazine in 2001.

Her cooking program, Everyday Italian, has been broadcast on Food Network since 2003. On her Chefography (a Food Network biography program), she admitted that she never wanted to be in her "family business" of show business. She felt very uncomfortable in front of the camera when she first began hosting Everyday Italian, but has since become more relaxed and open on air. She now enjoys being in the spotlight and has become one of Food Network's most popular television personalities. When the program first aired, Food Network received emails accusing the network of hiring a model or actress pretending to cook instead of a real chef.

De Laurentiis began hosting Behind the Bash in October 2006. The program examines the catering process behind big event extravaganzas such as the Grammy Awards. In January 2007, a third De Laurentiis-hosted show, Giada's Weekend Getaways, debuted on Food Network. On this show Giada travels to a featured locale (such as Seattle, South Beach, San Francisco, Napa and Jackson Hole, Wyoming) and visits her favorite local culinary destinations.

On a November 2006 episode of Iron Chef America, De Laurentiis and Bobby Flay competed against, and were defeated by, Rachael Ray and Mario Batali.

In 2007, De Laurentiis appeared as a presenter on the inaugural Food Network Awards. In June 2007, she hosted a two-part Food Network special entitled Giada in Paradise, featuring the two locales of Santorini, Greece and Capri, Italy. De Laurentiis also made several appearances as a guest judge on the third season of The Next Food Network Star, which aired in summer 2007.

De Laurentiis is a spokesperson for the pasta manufacturer Barilla.

De Laurentiis appears regularly on Today as a food contributor or guest co-host.

Publications

In 2005, De Laurentiis published her first cookbook, Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes.

A second cookbook, Giada's Family Dinners, was released on April 4, 2006.

Her latest cookbook, Everyday Pasta, was released on April 3, 2007.

References

  1. SAM-RAIMI-INTERVIEW-1987
  2. Tullio Kezich and Alessandra Levantesi, "Dino: The Life and Films of Dino De Laurentiis", Miramax 2004, ISBN-10 078686902X
  3. Tullio Kezich and Alessandra Levantesi, "Dino: The Life and Films of Dino De Laurentiis", Miramax 2004, ISBN-10 078686902X
  4. Dino Alexander De Laurentiis - Entertainment News, Obituary, Media - Variety
  5. Boehm, Kristin. "Giada De Laurentiis Expecting Her First Child", People, November 05, 2007.
  6. AskMen.com - Giada de Laurentiis Top 99 2008
  7. A petite powerhouse: she started young, cooking as a child in her mother's kitchen. Now Giada De Laurentiis is whipping up Italian favorites on the small screen and becoming a bigger star every day.(Cover story) - Town & Country - HighBeam Research
  8. http://www.giadadelaurentiis.com/images/townandcountry_4.jpg
  9. "On-Air With Ryan Seacrest". Retrieved 2007-04-03. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)
  10. "About Giada De Laurentiis". GDL Foods, Inc. Retrieved 2006-07-23.

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