Giada De Laurentiis Reveals Reason Why She Exited Food Network After 21 Years

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Giada De Laurentiis is revealing the reason why she stepped away from her hosting gig at the Food Network.

The 54-year-old celebrity chef announced she was leaving the cooking channel after 21 years back in early 2023. At the time of her announcement, she revealed she signed a new multi-year deal with Amazon Studios. Keep reading to find out more… Giada said she ultimately became interested in exploring her entrepreneurial side, and could not do both hosting for the Food Network and pursuing her new line of work.

On Rebecca Minkoff’s Superwomen podcast, Giada shared, “It took a while for me to make this decision because I was very fearful of leaving Food Network.

Because when you’re a big fish in that pond and then you get out, who knows what’s gonna happen next? But I really started to become interested in the entrepreneurial sort of journey.