Celebrity Chef - Giada De Laurentis

							?Giada de Laurentis is one of the most renowned Italian American chefs who wrote
various cookery books and hosted different food preparation shows on television.
Presently she is hosting some of the famous television cookery programs such as
Weekend Getaways, Everyday Italian, Giada's Weekend Getaways, Giada at Home
and Giada in Paradise.

Career:

Giada was born in Rome, Italy in 1970 and at the age of seven moved to southern
California with her family. Being the granddaughter of the popular personality and
film producer Dino de Laurentiis, she belonged from the family who had
entertainment business, but she never had the interest to be the part of the family
business. Her obsession for food was sparked as a child as she learned to prepare
different and famous family recipes for frequent family gatherings. Subsequently, she
acquired a social anthropology degree after attending UCLA. Her culinary career
actually started and got recognized when she attended LeCordon Bleu situated in
Paris, with an ambition of making herself as popular as a pastry chef. With her
intention to work in some of the famous restaurants, she returned back to Los Angeles.
After returning to Los Angeles she worked in the several restaurants including
Wolfgang Puck's Spago. Soon after working and showing her talent in different
restaurants, she started up a catering company named GDL Foods. Later, Giada
started to work as a food stylist.

Achievements:

The historic day in Giada's career came in 2002 when Food Network noticed her
styling piece in the journal called Food & Wine. She hosted her own television food
show, "Everyday Italian" in 2003. Thereafter, she never looked back and kept on
moving. Soon,Giada teamed up with Mario Batali in 2004 to hostanother TV special
show named as An Italian Christmas with Mario and Giada. Adding to this, other
shows that she hosted were Giada at Home and Giada's Weekend Getaways. Apart
from all these, her first cookbook was published named, Everyday Italian: 125 Simple
and Delicious Recipes? in 2005. Presently, Giada owns four products: Balsamic
Vinegar, Extra-virgin Olive Oil, Sea Salt with Fresh Lemon Zest and Tuscan Herb
Mix.

Personal life:

Today Giada is one of the well known personalities in culinary industry and happily
married to fashion designer Todd Thompson in 2003. She also has a daughter named
Jade Marie De Laurentiis Thompson, born in March 29, 2008. Giada's work, books
and shows have always impressed and inspired people to taste and make Italian food
right at home. This pretty women has managed to steal millions of American hearts
with her easy to make cook books and made a significant position in culinary industry
with a smooth pace.

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