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The 3 Recipes That Launched Giada De Laurentiis Into Fame By Erica Martinez Nov. 8, 2025 9:00 pm EST

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When Giada De Laurentiis burst onto the food scene in 2003 with her Food Network show "Everyday Italian," a lot of people probably recognized her surname. The De Laurentiis name wasn't associated with restaurants or famous chefs; it was tied to movies. Dino De Laurentiis was a renowned Italian-born Hollywood film producer. He was also Giada's grandfather. While several of his family members worked in the film industry, Giada chose a culinary path.

Classically trained in Paris, Giada started her own catering company and was enjoying relative success before Food Network came knocking on her door. In 2016

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