Giada De Laurentiis Is Leaving Food Network After 21 Years, Inks Overall Deal With Amazon Studios

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Her final Food Network bow. Giada De Laurentiis is teaming up with Amazon Studios after more than 20 years as a Food Network personality.The Giada at Home host, 52, celebrated her new gig via Instagram on Thursday, February 9, after her latest career move made headlines. “Big week!

Super excited for what’s to come! @amazonstudios,” she captioned the announcement.According to Deadline, who was first to report the news, the Italian-American chef signed a multiyear overall deal with Amazon to develop and executive produce unscripted programming for the streaming service.

De Laurentiis will also eye new starring roles as part of her collaboration with the studio.“With her charismatic passion for food, and commitment to making extraordinary culinary experiences accessible to the home chef, Giada De Laurentiis has remained at the forefront of her industry for nearly two decades,” head of AVOD Original content and programming Lauren Anderson told Deadline in a statement. “We look forward to developing an exciting slate of projects with Giada, as she expands into new areas and we broaden our portfolio of cooking and lifestyle content.”The Daytime Emmy winner spent 21 years on the Food Network.

She got her start on Everyday Italian, which premiered in 2002, and has since helmed shows including Giada’s Weekend Getaways, Giada in Italy, Simply Giada and Giada’s Holiday Handbook.