Giada was always passionate about food and studied at the exclusive Le Cordon Bleu in Paris.
But life was not always so sunny for the celebrity chef.
Behind that famous big smile, there has been a lot of strife.
Read on to learn more about the tragic life story of Giada De Laurentiis.
“I had a very tough childhood.
Her family only spoke Italian at home, which made learning English more challenging.
“[T]he kids at school tormented me,” she told Redbook.
But De Laurentiis was resilient and eventually found a way to win her classmates over.
Her cooking, of course.
De Laurentiis learned to cook when she was a child, and the kids at school were impressed.
This is amazing, and that girl with the funny name cooked it!'”
“I hated it for the first two months,” she toldTime.
“I was lonely; I had never been away from my family.
It was rough, and school was rough.”
“[T]he chefs were so hard on us.
“They threw stuff at us … sauces, knives.”
As wild as that sounds, De Laurentiis claims it was par for the course at the time.
“It is a different mentality,” she explained.
Nobody can prepare you for that.
But it’s not like that anymore.”
Although Dino was two years younger than Giada, she looked up to him.
“Really, we felt like he was my older brother.
He was the person I turned to for everything,” she said.
Aside from the heartbreak of losing Dino, his death had further repercussions.
In fact, Giada had reservations about starting a family because of the loss of her brother.
“My brother was in his 20s,” Giada told ET.
Otherwise, we would have caught it and he would still be alive today."
In her 2011 interview with Redbook, De Laurentiis vehemently denied that anything had happened between she and Mayer.
“Maybe we chatted for five minutes, but I wouldn’t consider that intimate,” she said.
But the rumor was enough to do some damage.
As De Laurentiis explained, “I was shocked.
And not so much for me, but for my husband and family.”
And she was adamant that a night out with Bobby Flay was completely innocent as well.
He’s special in that sense."
But the friendship went through a rough patch, and it all stemmed from a TV appearance.
De Laurentiis and Flay lost, which De Laurentiis took very seriously.
Flay’s reaction bothered her.
“We lost, and he thought it was funny,” De Laurentiis explained.
“He didn’t think it was any big deal that we lost.
I did not talk to him for … eight months!
Flay’s attitude following the loss angered De Laurentiis further.
“He’s just like walked away, and I thought, ‘You’re a jerk.'”
Luckily the two patched things up and remain best pals.
“My grandfather was a true inspiration,” Giada toldThe Hollywood Reporter.
Despite having lived a long and successful life, the elder De Laurentiis would be sorely missed by Giada.
It mostly involved TV personality and chef Paula Deen, but Giada De Laurentiis suffered as a result.
Deen came under fire after it was revealed she had been using racial slurs in the workplace.
The internet replaced Deen’s slots with De Laurentiis’ shows, which Deen’s fans did not like.
De Laurentiis took toFacebookto announce her split from Thompson.
As one user stated, “Why do people feel the need to slander this woman?
Amazing and talented chef who brings such relaxing and beautiful food to our lives.
Let her be.”
She has given interviews on her skin care and beauty routines and has beenhappily dating boyfriend Shane Farleysince 2015.
In fact, a few celebrities don’t count themselves as fans.
Kidman seemed to be put off by De Laurentiis and could barely hide her irritation.
She isn’t welcome.”
