Giada De Laurentiis Birthplace

Giada De Laurentiis Birthplace, Giada Pamela De Laurentiis (born August 22, 1970) is an Italian American chef, writer, television personality, and the host of the current Food Network program Giada at Home. She also appears regularly as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC’s Today. De Laurentiis is the founder of the catering business GDL Foods.

Giada Pamela De Laurentiis was born in Rome, Italy, the eldest child of actress Veronica De Laurentiis and her first husband, actor-producer Alex De Benedetti; De Benedetti was a close associate of Giada’s grandfather, film producer Dino De Laurentiis. Her parents were married in February 1970 but were later divorced. After their parents’ divorce, Giada and her siblings moved to Southern California where they took their mother’s surname.

Her maternal grandmother was Italian film star Silvana Mangano. Her siblings include sister Eloisa, a makeup artist, and brothers Dino Alexander (a Hollywood film editor who died of melanoma in 2003) and Igor. Her stepfather is producer Ivan Kavalsky. De Laurentiis graduated from Marymount High School in Los Angeles and holds a bachelor’s degree in social anthropology from UCLA (1996).