Giada De Laurentiis is slamming Mario Batali after he penned a suggestive foreword to her cookbook 20 years ago.

Food Network Star Giada De Laurentiis Recalls Awful Experience With Mario Batali first appeared on Parade on Aug 14, 2025 ...

Sometimes the kitchen is too hot for more than one chef at a time, sparking feuds between Food Network mainstays. Giada De ...

Giada De Laurentiis recently recalled crying after she read the disparaging comments that, she says, chef Mario Batali wrote ...

Giada De Laurentiis recalled a heartbreaking moment involving Mario Batali that she said shaped her opinion of him — and how ...

Giada De Laurentiis had a bad experience with Mario Batali. The Food Network star, 54, recently appeared on Samah Dada’s YouTube show, “On the Menu,” and recalled asking now-disgraced chef Mario ...

Giada De Laurentiis reveals how Mario Batali’s foreword for her debut cookbook left her in tears, focusing on looks over ...

When Giada De Laurentiis published her first cookbook Everyday Italian, in 2005, she was ecstatic to have lined up a foreword from celebrity chef Mario Batali, who was already a "legend in the Italian ...

A Food Network spokesperson also said in a statement provided to EW that De Laurentiis would always be welcome there: "Giada De Laurentiis is culinary royalty, someone who has taught audiences how to ...

The chef’s grandfather told her not to take jobs just for the paycheck. “I think I’ve left a lot of money on the table over the years,” she says.

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You may have heard of adding tomatoes or even apple slices to grilled cheese. However, Giada De Laurentiis incorporates a ...