Giada De Laurentiis

Giada De Laurentiis is the Emmy Award-winning star of "Everyday Italian," "Giada Entertains," "Giada at Home," "Giada in Italy," "Giada's Holiday Handbook," and "Next Food Network Star." She is the author of nine New York Times best-selling books and is the creative force behind the lifestyle platform Giadzy. Giada attended the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris and worked at Wolfgang Puck's Spago restaurant before starting her own catering company, GDL Foods. Born in Rome, she grew up in Los Angeles, where she now lives with her daughter, Jade.