GIADA DE LAURENTIIS is the Emmy Award-winning star of Food Network'sEveryday Italian, Giada at Home,andGiada in Paradise; a judge onFood Network Star; a contributing correspondent for NBC'sTodayshow; and the author of sevenNew York Timesbestselling books. She 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.