Giada De Laurentiis Bio | Wiki
Giada De Laurentiis (Full Name: Giada Pamela De Laurentiis) is a well-known Italian-American chef, writer, and television personality. As of now, Giada appears frequently as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC’s Today. She is also the founder of the catering business GDL Foods. Giada is a winner of the Daytime Emmy Award due to her Outstanding Lifestyle Host and the Gracie Award for Best Television Host. Before, Giada worked as the host of Food Network’s Giada at Home.
Giada De Laurentiis Age
Giada was born on August 22, 1970, in Rome, Italy. She is 53 years old. Giada celebrates her birthday on August 22, every year.
Giada De Laurentiis Height
She is a woman of average stature. Giada stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in ( Approx1.65 m).
Giada De Laurentiis Family
She was born in Rome, Italy to her parents. Giada is the eldest child of actress Veronica De Laurentiis and her first husband, actor-producer Alex De Benedetti. Her father Alex De Benedetti served as a close associate of Giada’s maternal grandfather named Dino De Laurentiis a film producer.
Being a child, she often found herself in the family’s kitchen and spent a great deal of time at her grandfather’s restaurant, DDL Foodshow. Giada’s parents were married in February 1970 but later separated. Following her parents’ separation, she and her siblings went to Southern California, where they took their mother’s surname.
Giada’s maternal great-grandmother was English while her grandmother was British-Italian film star, Silvana Mangano. Giada’s siblings include sister Eloisa, who serves as a makeup artist, and brothers Igor and Dino Alexander II, who worked as a Hollywood film editor who died in 2003 of melanoma. As of now, Giada’s stepfather Ivan Kavalsky works as a producer.
Giada De Laurentiis Father
Her father is called Alex De Benedetti who became a close associate of Giada’s maternal grandfather named Dino De Laurentiis a film producer. Giada’s father married Veronica De Laurentiis in February 1970 but later separated. As of now, Giada’s stepfather Ivan Kavalsky works as a producer.
Giada De Laurentiis Brother
Giada had two brothers namely Igor and Dino Alexander II. Her brother Dino Alexander II died following being diagnosed with melanoma. Her brother’s death was extremely difficult for Giada, who was scared to get close to anyone following losing Dino. Later on, Giada reflected on her state of mind following Dino’s death and admitted that relationships and even having a child were too frightening of an idea in the event that she lost them, too.
Giada De Laurentiis Grandfather
Her grandfather Dino De Laurentiis worked as an Italian-American film producer. Dino was born at Torre Annunziata in the province of Naples and was brought up selling spaghetti made by his father’s pasta factory. Giada’s grandfather was one of the producers who brought Italian cinema to the international scene at the end of World War II.
Giada De Laurentiis Boyfriend
Giada is dating her boyfriend TV producer Shane Farley since November 2015. Before, her boyfriend Shane served as a producer for The Rachael Ray Show. The two met in 2013, two years before they started dating while serving on FABLife – a cooking show starring Giada Previously Giada was married to Todd Thompson, a fashion designer whom she divorced on September 3, 2015. Shane was before married to Jennifer Giamo a New York fitness trainer whom he divorced also in 2015.
Giada De Laurentiis Husband
Giada married her husband Todd Thompson, a fashion designer on May 25, 2003. The pair’s only child Jade Marie De Laurentiis-Thompson was born on March 29, 2008. Her child Jade was named following her mother – “Giada” is Italian for “Jade. Giada reported on December 29, 2014, on her website that she and Todd had divorced the previous July, and had decided to end their marriage. Their separation was finalized on September 3, 2015.
Giada De Laurentiis Daughter | Children | Kids
Giada has a daughter from her marriage to Todd Thompson named Jade Marie De Laurentiis-Thompson who was born on March 29, 2008. Her child Jade was named following her mother – “Giada” is Italian for “Jade.
Giada De Laurentiis Recipes
– Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Sandwiches
– Wagon Wheel Pasta with Pancetta and Peas
– Spice and Smoke
– Chocolate Strawberry Cups
– Meatballs a la Pizzaiola
– Crostata with Dried Apricots and Taleggio
– Turkey Bolognese
– Panettone French Toast
– Sparkling Apricot Mint Sours
– Pizza Panini
– Lavender and Lemon Cookies
– Kimchi Pancake
Giada De Laurentiis Food Network
She worked as the host of Food Network’s Giada at Home. She afterward served as a food stylist and was contacted by the Food Network following styling a piece in Food & Wine magazine in 2002. Giada’s Food Network daytime cooking show, Everyday Italian, began on April 5, 2003. During a Chefography, a Food Network biography program, Giada said she never wanted to be in her “family business” of show business, and that she felt uncomfortable in front of the camera when she first started hosting Everyday Italian. When the program first aired, the Food Network received mail accusing the network of employing a model or actress pretending to cook instead of a real chef.
Giada started hosting Behind the Bash in October 2005. This program examines the catering process behind big event extravaganzas like the Grammy Awards. A third De Laurentiis-hosted show, Giada’s Weekend Getaways, began on Food Network in January 2007. She appeared as a presenter in 2007 at the inaugural Food Network Awards. Giada hosted in June 2007, a two-part Food Network special entitled Giada in Paradise, featuring the two locales of Santorini, Greece, and Capri, Italy. She also made numerous appearances as a guest judge on the third season of The Next Food Network Star, which aired in 2007.
During that year Giada was dubbed a “petite powerhouse” by Town & Country magazine, standing “just under five-foot-two”. Giada won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2008, for Outstanding Lifestyle Host. She became a frequent appearing mentor in June 2010, to the finalists on the popular Food Network competition show The Next Food Network Star. Her Food Network series Giada Entertains won a Daytime Emmy Award on June 26, 2020, as Outstanding Culinary Series. She won the Daytime Emmy on July 26, 2020, for Outstanding Culinary Host.
Giada De Laurentiis Books
-Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes (2005)
– Giada’s Family Dinners. New York: Clarkson Potter (2006)
– Everyday Pasta. New York: Clarkson Potter (2007)
– Giada’s Kitchen: New Italian Favorites (2008)
– Giada at Home: Family Recipes from Italy and California. New York: Clarkson Potter (2010)
– Weeknights with Giada: Quick and Simple Recipes to Revamp Dinner. New York: Clarkson Potter (2012)
– Giada’s Feel Good Food. New York: Clarkson Potter (2013)
– Happy Cooking. New York: Pam Krauss Books (2015)
– Giada’s Italy. New York: Clarkson Potter (2018)
– Eat Better, Feel Better: My Recipes for Wellness and Healing, Inside and Out (2021)
Giada De Laurentiis And Shane Farley
Giada is dating her boyfriend TV producer Shane Farley since November 2015. Before, her boyfriend Shane served as a producer for The Rachael Ray Show. The two met in 2013, two years before they started dating while serving on FABLife – a cooking show starring Giada Previously Giada married Todd Thompson, a fashion designer whom she divorced on September 3, 2015. Shane before married Jennifer Giamo a New York fitness trainer whom he divorced also in 2015.
Giada De Laurentiis Eat Better Feel Better
Her new book Eat Better, Feel Better: My Recipes for Wellness and Healing Inside and Out became released on March 16th, 2021. In this book, Giada shares how her unique approach to wellness completely changed her relationship with food—featuring 100 recipes to boost gut health and immunity as well as nourish your mind, body, and spirit. The book is the perfect jumpstart to wellness. In her most personal book yet, Giada gives you an inside look at her way to wellness and how she maintains a balanced life. She also walks you through how to choose food that can actually make you feel better and curate a personalized wellness routine to support both a healthy mind and body.
Giada De Laurentiis Net Worth
Giada appears frequently as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC’s Today. Therefore, Giada has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Giada’s estimated net worth is $30 million.
How Old Is Giada De Laurentiis
Giada is a 53-year-old who was born on August 22, 1970, in Rome, Italy.
Giada De Laurentiis Social Media Account
Instagram – giadadelaurentiis