Highlights
- Giada De Laurentiis, a household name in the culinary world, has left Food Network after over 20 years, but the network remains open to her return.
- De Laurentiis has signed a new deal with Amazon Studios, where she will develop new unscripted projects as both a star and executive producer.
- Alongside her TV ventures, De Laurentiis has launched her own catering company called Giada Catering and a pasta line called Giadzy Pasta, available on her Giadzy lifestyle website.
America has had several domestic goddesses over the years. And while several come and go, others like Giada De Laurentiis go on to become a household name. De Laurentiis first captured audiences after starring in the Food Network show Everyday Italian. By then, the TV star had just opened her catering company and was keen to show audiences how to prepare delicious Italian meals from the comfort of their homes.
In the years that followed, De Laurentiis went on to take the culinary world by storm, all while publicly dealing with a divorce and moving on with a new man in her life. Throughout her career, she headlined more Food Network shows and even became a judge alongside her good friend Bobby Flay in the competition show Food Network Star. And while these projects have made De Laurentiis quite a fortune, the celebrity chef has since decided to take her culinary talents elsewhere.
Giada De Laurentiis Left Food Network After Over Two Decades
Perhaps, in a move that surprised fans, De Laurentiis revealed that she was leaving Food Network after calling it home for more than 20 years. In a statement to Peopleconfirming the celebrity chef’s departure, Food Network said that it would “always be proud of the beautiful content we have created” with De Laurentiis.
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At the same time, the network has also hinted that it remains open to having De Laurentiis return, adding that their “table will always have an open seat” for the beloved Italian star.
That said, it wasn’t made immediately clear if all episodes from De Laurentiis’ shows would continue to be available for network reruns and streaming.
De Laurentiis has served as an executive producer for several of her shows, including Giada in Italy, Giada’s Holiday Handbook, Giada on the Beach, Giada Entertains, and Giada at Home 2.0.
Giada Has Since Announced A Move To Amazon
And while De Laurentiis has left Food Network, fans would be happy to know that they will get to see more of the celebrity chef soon enough. Soon after her Food Network departure, it was revealed that the star had recently signed a new overall unscripted deal with Amazon Studios.
In a statement to Deadline, Lauren Anderson, Amazon Studios’ head of AVOD Original content and programming, confirmed that they plan to develop an “exciting slate of projects” with De Laurentiis as she “expands into new areas” while the studio looks to “broaden our portfolio of cooking and lifestyle content.”
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Since the initial announcement, Amazon Studios hasn’t released any further details regarding its plans with De Laurentiis. That said, it is believed that she will not only star but also serve as an executive producer on all the upcoming projects.
Giada De Laurentiis Has Also Been Busy With Her Other Businesses
And while there isn’t any update yet on De Laurentiis’ future shows, the celebrity chef has been busy with her other business ventures. For starters, she had just launched her newest catering company, Giada Catering, which offers distinct Italian menus using four themes: California Italian, Rome, Amalfi, and Milan.
The California Italian menu is big on family-style feasts, which include De Laurentiis’ kale & pomegranate salad, Brussels sprouts, and limoncello mascarpone cheesecake for dessert. On the other hand, seafood is the star of the Amalfi menu, which features dishes such as her famous lemon spaghetti with jumbo prawns and branzino with Tuscan bean ragu.
And yes, it also includes a seafood tower. As for the Milan menu, it boasts Italian classics such as veal saltimbocca and lobster ravioli. The Rome menu features modern Italian dishes such as artichoke arancini and arugula candied lemon and pancetta salad.
Aside from her catering company, De Laurentiis has also been hard at work on her new pasta line called Giadzy Pasta, which is available on her Giadzy lifestyle website. Having cooked pasta for years, the celebrity chef admits that still hasn’t found a brand where “certain things” she wants are all available “in one package.” That’s when De Laurentiis knew that she had to create Giadzy.
While speaking with People, she revealed that her pasta line is made in the Italian region of Abruzzo where they are cut using 100-year-old bronze dies. And speaking of pasta cuts, De Laurentiis also knew that she wanted to offer shapes that are “more unique” than the traditional spaghetti or penne.
So far, her pasta shapes include bucatini lunghi, spaghetti chitarra, manfredi lunchi, pappardelle, nodi marini, paccheri, bucatini, and taccole, all of which are meant to be “fun and cool and different.”
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And while De Laurentiis has already been in the business for over two decades, she also insists that she’s just getting started following a career “rebirth.” While she knows that she has been “super lucky” with her “amazing” previous partnerships, De Laurentiis also teased that she hasn’t been “able to really tell the full story” up till she decided to set up shop.
And now, she’s enjoying “this awesome growing period of my life” where she gets to embrace being a “teacher and storyteller.”
As for her new partnership with Amazon Studios, De Laurentiis also hasn’t said much, except that she no longer has that much glam budget since there is no more “big conglomerate behind me.” That said, the star looks forward to this new chapter in her life.
