

Who has time to seek out someplace more private? Not this culinary-world star, whose career is firing on all burners.


“Could you stand in front of me?” De Laurentiis asks an assistant and this reporter, in an attempt to be more discreet. With the AC inside her sleek new restaurant, Giada, on full blast on a recent Friday afternoon, the celebrity chef decides to change out of the stylish black chef’s coat created by her fashion designer husband, Todd Thompson, and into a sweatshirt-right in the middle of the eatery, even though it’s bustling with staff preparing for dinner guests. It’s a scorching 102 degrees in Las Vegas, but Giada De Laurentiis is freezing. (Photo by Melissa Golden for Parade Grooming: Julie Morgan Sam Saboura for Rouge Artists Dress: M Missoni Photographed at Giada at The Cromwell, Las Vegas)
