When the program first aired, the Food Network received mail accusing the network of hiring a model or actress pretending to cook instead of a real chef. On Chefography, a Food Network biography program, she 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 began hosting Everyday Italian.

Her daytime cooking show on the Food Network, Everyday Italian, premiered April 5, 2003. She later worked as a food stylist and was contacted by the Food Network after styling a piece in Food & Wine magazine in 2002. After returning to the United States, she became a professional chef working in several Los Angeles restaurants, notably the Wolfgang Puck-owned Spago.

Her stepfather is producer Ivan Kavalsky.ĭe Laurentiis studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, with aspirations of becoming a pastry chef. Her siblings include sister Eloisa, a makeup artist, and brothers Igor and Dino Alexander II, a Hollywood film editor who died of melanoma in 2003. Her paternal grandmother, Pamela De Benedetti née Leslie-Jones (1923–1998), was also English. Her maternal great-grandmother was English and her grandmother was British-Italian film star Silvana Mangano.

After graduating from Marymount High School in Los Angeles, De Laurentiis attended the University of California, Los Angeles, earning her bachelor's degree in social anthropology in 1996. After her parents' divorce, Giada and her siblings moved to Southern California, where they took their mother's surname. Her parents were married in February 1970 but were later divorced. As a child, Giada often found herself in the family's kitchen and spent a great deal of time at her grandfather's restaurant, DDL Foodshow. De Benedetti was a close associate of Giada's maternal grandfather, film producer Dino De Laurentiis. Giada Pamela De Benedetti was born on August 22, 1970, in Rome, Italy, the eldest child of actress Veronica De Laurentiis and her first husband, actor-producer Alex De Benedetti. She was also recognized by the International Hospitality Institute as one of the Global 100 in Hospitality, a list featuring the 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality. She is a winner of the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle Host and the Gracie Award for Best Television Host. De Laurentiis is the founder of the catering business GDL Foods. She also appears regularly as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC's Today. She was the host of Food Network's Giada at Home.

Giada Pamela De Laurentiis ( Italian: born August 22, 1970) is an Italian-American chef, writer, and television personality.

Everyday Italian by Giada De Laurentiis