Giada, How I Hate Thee…
Jun 25
Watching this season of The Next Food Network Star has made one thing perfectly clear for me. I absolutely cannot stand Food Network’s Giada De Laurentiis. I’m not someone to use the word “hate” lightly, but after giving it a ton of thought, I stand by my choice of words. Why do I hate her? Let me count the ways…
• Skanky, low-cut silk blouses over hot stoves
• Enough lip gloss to lube a grandfather clock
• Phony, sophomoric, teethy grins
• Insistence on using pretentious, native pronunciation for all Italian foods – “MOE-ZAH-RRRRE-LLAH!”
• 7 layers of foundation under hot, studio lights
• Thinks having an Italian name and studying in Italy automatically makes her an amazing Italian cook for the ages
• Judging other’s flaws while ignoring her own
• Thinks she belongs on the same network as Alton Brown & Paula Deen
• Thinks Food Network’s audience can spot a phony a mile away, but seems pretty okay with being one herself
Thank goodness I’m not the only one who feels this way. If the Food Network was smart, they’d start putting Giada on the back burner. She’s worn out her short, perky welcome.
UPDATE: Of all the posts I’ve written, this one has now officially become the most popular. It sure says something about Giada, but I don’t think it’s something she wants to hear. Evidently a WHOLE lot of people have problems with her, along with just about every other cook on the Food Network including Rachel Ray, Paula Deen and of course, Emeril. Check out the comments on this thread. They are brutal and they go on for some 17 pages. Oooouch!!
LK
June 26th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Haven’t had the pleasure of seeing Giada, but for me there are so many on the Food Network to avoid. I used to watch Unwrapped because I like seeing how stuff is made…but eventually I could stand it no more, thanks to host Marc Summers and his incessant baby-talk, pun-laden delivery. I swear that guy still lives with his mother.
Mrs. T.D. Gaines-Crockett
June 26th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Giada is a lovely young woman, if one likes that slutty, obnoxious type.
Ged
June 27th, 2007 at 12:44 am
LOL! Mrs. Gaines-Crockett, you are a woman of wise words. Too perfect!
Mrs. T.D. Gaines-Crockett
June 27th, 2007 at 7:29 am
I resemble that remark, dear.
macfixer
June 27th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Don’t forget Guy Fieri — one of the “Star” winners. His “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” is awesome, and is a terrific replacement for “The Secret Life Of…” (which replaced host Jim O’Connor with the duller George Duran — that’s my opinion).
Guy travels around to different places and sees what makes ‘em tick. Usually, the owners/cooks are the real characters, and Guy knows enough to get out of the way and let them shine through.
//k
p.s.: Oh, and Giada is a floozy. My wife told me to tell you.
Scott McNulty
June 27th, 2007 at 11:06 am
I’m a fan of Giada myself, though it might be all the low cut blouses (I’m easily distracted). I’ll tell you the one person on the Food Network that I can’t stand: Rachel Ray. And now she is every-freakin’-where. I can’t get a box of Triscuits or a donut without being greeted by that EVOO usin’ lady.
Ged
June 27th, 2007 at 11:51 am
It’s funny. I don’t know a single person who likes Rachel Ray. She has definitely become the new “Emeril” of Food Network. She’s completely over exposed and people are sick of her. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see her give the sit-com angle a try as well. Giada on the other hand, is just plain obnoxious and annoying.
macfixer
June 27th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
You can seriously get messed up if you were to hold a “Rachel Ray Drinking Game” — and take a shot whenever she mentions ‘EVOO’
(whether or not you take a shot of Extra Virgin Olive Oil is up to you)
//k
p.s.: I wonder if RR is trying to elbow her way into trademarking the acronym ‘EVOO’?
Mrs. T.D. Gaines-Crockett
June 28th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Rachel Ray? Talk about 30 minutes of blithering turquoise nothingness. What say you about Sandra Lee, the Queen of Hamburger Helper and a single sprig of fresh cilantro?
luke cage
June 30th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
I did not care for Giada before. However, after seing her on the ” The Next Food Network’s Star.” I hate the chick. Did anyone peep how she acted towards the Black woman contestant. Did anyone hear G comment on the contestant’s shoes while sporting that rictoris Joker smile of hers. All the while forgetting she doesn’t wear proper cooking attire. Unless one usually wears Parda, Choo’s, and tiaras whilst making spaghettios.
luke cage
June 30th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
I did not care for Giada before. However, after seing her on the ” The Next Food Network’s Star.” I hate the chick. Did anyone peep how she acted towards the Black woman contestant. Did anyone hear G comment on the contestant’s shoes while sporting that rictoris Joker smile of hers. All the while forgetting she doesn’t wear proper cooking attire. Unless one usually wears Prada, Choo’s, and tiaras whilst making spaghettios.
JenSings
July 5th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Apparently, I liked the terrified, nervous Giada of the early days (her own admission) because I can’t even look at this sickening “confident” version. New and improved G growls, so now her idiotic yammering sounds authoritative. And that new move she’s got with the one eyebrow – yowsa! She means bidness! Feh, what an annoying little beaked bird. As for her two biggest talents: we’ve all got ‘em, honey.
She went to “Paradise” recently and brought her “culinary expertise” along for the ride. Expertise? Nutella? Paaaasta? Tomato sauce? I repeat: Nutella? (I guess when you call it Nootayllla it gets glamorous)
Is this the same expertise I saw hopping around and bleating during the Iron Chef fiasco? That inspires insipid commentary such as “Salt the water for the paaaaasta, that way you get tons of flavor!”
Uh…it’s salt. But, no matter, I’m so blinded by her beauty and super hot hotness that inane babble is just so much white noise.
You just keep on throwing your head back and laughing too much at nothing, Titsia (my new nick for the Countess of KKKrunccchhhh). The joke may be on us now but the butt of it keeps falling out of her shirt.
Ged
July 5th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
“As for her two biggest talents: we’ve all got ‘em, honey.”
Oh man, that is *so* funny! You go girl! You pretty much summed up all of Giada with this one post. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, it made my day!
nurit4
July 10th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
What a phony she is with that plastic smile. How dare she commnet on the next food network stars phony smile.
She really didnty like the black lady and it showed very much.
Thats another thing that Gay grayed haired guy is a real butt hole.
Adrian
July 18th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Her nose reminds me of that episode of I Love Lucy when Lucy makes that fake nose and accidently sets it on fire. I also hate everytime she tastes her own cooking she looks at the camera as she eats and her eyes popout so big like they’re going to popout of her head. The most annoying thing she does is criticize everybody that she invites to “help” her cook on her show. She gets all smart allec with them and won’t let them do anything! What a bitch!
Diana
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:25 pm
I just have to say that Giada has always been an annoying presence to me on Food Network. I agree with what many of you have said about the low cut tops, the ridiculously low cut tops and the super-fake Italian accent that seems to come and go.
And then she had her appearance as an Iron Chef…I was thrilled that she lost. Rachael Ray might be annoying, but at least she is a tiny bit more down to earth and not shaking her chest around in people’s faces.
The last straw(s) were seeing Giada on the Food Network Challenge (wedding cakes) and seeing what a catty woman she really is…so snide and condescending, then smiling that cheshire cat smile and displaying her cleavage (again) every so often to the camera.
And now, she has ruined The Next Food Network Star for me. It is true that beauty is on the inside…even though Giada tries so so overtly dazzle us with her outside…her inside, the personality, etc. stink. She is vain, conceited and not genuine at all.
The worst is this…one day whist watching Giada (yes, there was a recipe I was actually interested in getting) my 9 year old daughter actually asked me “Mommy, why does that lady have her boobies hanging out like that?”
I think that sums it all up…don’t you?
Ged
July 22nd, 2007 at 11:15 pm
Man, this post really does seem to have struck a nerve. I sincerely hope the Food Network is listening because, the channel is going down hill fast.
Mindy and I deleted our season pass for the Next Food Network star from the TiVo in the hopes they get the message that the show just plain sucks. And no one can tell me they didn’t vet Jag’s credentials until the final episode. Something there is totally rotten in Denmark.
Diana, thanks for sharing your thoughts, especially the comment from your daughter! That is SO perfect, you should send it in to the Food Network if you can. So awesome!
LeeDee
August 8th, 2007 at 8:38 am
Did anybody see Giada get her ass kicked on Iron Chef? (vs. Rachel Ray). We almost threw our shoes at the t.v watching this untalented cook whine, complain and cry her way throughout the show. It was funny though because I thought Bobby Flay was gonna stangle her at one point! Rachel Ray may not be the best chef in the world, but I’d rather her then Giada any day.
alyssa
August 8th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
giada’s show is food porn. rachaels is birth control. Emeril’s and Paula’s are abstinence. Ina Garten is okay, but # 1-i keep thinking she’s gonna have a hert attack every show # 2-she’s all “ooh look at me i live in the hamptons and drive a BMW” Tyler Florence is Sexy. If Alton Brown had hair, it would be Donald Trump-esque. Sandra Lee, OMFG, don’t even get me started. Her food is shit. its all storebought shit thrown together in a pile. She is an alcoholic. its the only explanation for her continuous cocktails. Did u see all the beer at that one program, uh, i don’t remember.*translates as i don’t care* And that dude dating her? God her must be deaf, blind, and stupid. RachaelRay doesn’t shut the fuck up long enough to chew. I hope she chokes to death. Paula Deen, with all her theeeis and thhhhhat and owl for oil and beiiikitts for biscuits. Ugh. I agree with ALton Brown on the next food network star when he said,”Can we send them all home and start over?” How bout we put the in a car, drive it off a bridge, and we have to remember, tie them to Emeril, they’ll drown faster
Ged
August 8th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Damn alyssa, sounds like you have some pent up Food Network frustrations. Good to get them out!
cynthia
August 11th, 2007 at 1:17 am
I agree that Giada’s low cut shirts are getting really annoying! I am just sick of seeing her cleavage all the time. I remeber watching last seasons Food Network star and Alton brown went crazy on this one contestant because her shirt was low cut. So he made her wear his sweater. What the hell? Giada is way worse!
Her grin gets gets annoying as well, it just looks so fake to me.
But her food is a different story. She was born in Rome. Her whole family is from Italy. She probably grew up with Italian food and she also has much experience as a chef. I believe she went to some type of school in France. Soo her Italian food is authentic.
RicardoB
August 11th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
I swear whenever Giada smiles her drag-queen smile, you can see behind her molars. She beat back Farmer Oak (”Far from the madding crowd” – Thomas Hardy).
She was a real hog in the 2007 Food Network Star.
This wannabe is in the wrong business.
David
August 15th, 2007 at 8:37 am
First of all, I’ve never seen the show, but every day I pass the IX Center in Cleveland where I see an electronic ad for the Fabulous Food Show from now until November. Ms. De Laurentiis will be there along with Alton Brown, Jason Roberts, and Duff Goldman. With 22 responses to this post, I may need to see the TV show for myself. Also, my brother-in-law works at the IX Center, so I’m tempted to go and report from there.
http://www.fabulousfoodshow.com/
mandi
September 9th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
i felt the need to write something. i came across this site, read the comments, and just thought that SOMEBODY should stick up for giada! it seems like the only comments made are about her cleavage! so the woman is attractive and not ashamed… have any of you even tried to cook any of her recipes? i have two of her cookbooks and watch her show regularly. she is an inspiring chef who makes beautiful, tasty food that i LOVE to cook two, sometimes three times a week.
and the comments about her smile… oh my god are you people mean! she has enthusiasm and joy in her cooking which i think is lovely! it’s great to see someone with passion and excitement for food. and yeah she might pronounce some words a little silly, but come on… is that any reason to HATE someone? HARSH! now i’m not blind, i do realize that sometimes her shirts are pretty low. but hey, at least she looks good! haha and it’s nothing that your kid’s not going to see on any of the other channels or walking down the street! and HER FOOD IS GOOD!!! isnt that what her job is after all?
jorge bush
September 9th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
i like cookies
Ged
September 9th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Jorge, so do I! I think cookies are the universal language of sweets.
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Ty
September 20th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
The main thing that bothers me about Giada is the annoying, fake-ass way she OVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR annunciates every italian word she uses. I was just watching Paula Deen a sec ago and Giada’s show just came on and I just heard her say “Mascarpone” but it came out as…”MAH-SKADR-PO-NEHH” OMG!!! Does she HAVE to do that??? i mean how irritating can she possiibly get?
Ged
September 20th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Right there with ya Ty! You’re preaching to the choir.
Inga
September 25th, 2007 at 2:03 am
I couldn’t stop laughing after reading the comment made about Giada’s nose reminding her about the big, fake nose in the I Love Lucy episode!! Giada is just as ugly on the inside as she is on the outside. And aren’t her breasts implants? A friend mentioned that years ago, when G first appeared on the Food Network, she was as flat-chested as a little boy. And she still had that big, ugly, hook-nose!
Laura
September 27th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Holy smokes. I went online to start a forum about how much i hated Giada, cause i was watching lovely Paula a minute ago and thought damn the end of her show is ruined because now i am thinking about getting off my butt to change the channel before that psycho hose-for-a-nose is coming on. Have you seen the way she treats her husband??? Holy smokes. That man must be fixed the way he keeps his mouth shut. The overdone tits, hair, eyes, makeup, outfits. Holy smokes. Thank you all for submitting your feelings about this Food Network Wannabee Wench !!!!!
James
September 27th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Another faux-Italian pronunciation that drove me nuts was PRO-VO-LONE-EEE, teeth and all.
Jenna
October 10th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
For Halloween, I vote we all take pitch forks and put effigies of Giada on them (stick that bobblehead right through it!). At 23:00 EST on Oct 31, let’s set them all ablaze! Drives me nuts to hear her fucking voice after Paula goes off.
Elsie
October 10th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Giada is a talentless TV clown who flashes her cleavage, hoping to detract attention from her oddly short flipper-like arms. Has anyone else noticed her strange, stumpy arms? Those flailing stumps combined w/ her her big bobble-head, hooky nose, & enormous teeth are enough to give one the creeps. She should be in a sideshow.
Ged
October 10th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
One thing is for sure. Of all the posts I’ve written thus far, this one about Giada has engendered the most, shall we say, interest. She really does seem to get on many people’s nerves, I just don’t get why the Food Network sticks with her.
Mike
October 10th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
They stick with her for the same reason advertisers stick with Howard Stern: people who love Giada & Stern tune in to see what will happen next and people who hate Giada & Stern tune in to see what will happen next. Audience numbers = advertising dollars. Plain and simple. So, through her cleavage, faux-Italian accent and Julia Roberts ear-to-ear grin, she has created a monster that has generated a TV audience and a buzz that produced 26 responses to your blog alone. Love her or hate her, people are talking about her. And that alone means a big payday for The Food Network. Somehow, methinks the “real” Giada is not the same as the character she plays on TV, in much the same way as Bob Villa in person is not the same as the character he plays (a character that “seems” to actually know something about tools).
Ged
October 10th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Your points are VERY well taken Mike. Of course, you are right on the money with this. I guess there really is no such thing as bad PR.
havingmysay
November 5th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
alyssa Says:
August 8th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
giada’s show is food porn. rachaels is birth control. Emeril’s and Paula’s are abstinence. Ina Garten is okay, but # 1-i keep thinking she’s gonna have a hert attack every show # 2-she’s all “ooh look at me i live in the hamptons and drive a BMW” Tyler Florence is Sexy. If Alton Brown had hair, it would be Donald Trump-esque. Sandra Lee, OMFG, don’t even get me started. Her food is shit. its all storebought shit thrown together in a pile. She is an alcoholic. its the only explanation for her continuous cocktails. Did u see all the beer at that one program, uh, i don’t remember.*translates as i don’t care* And that dude dating her? God her must be deaf, blind, and stupid. RachaelRay doesn’t shut the fuck up long enough to chew. I hope she chokes to death. Paula Deen, with all her theeeis and thhhhhat and owl for oil and beiiikitts for biscuits. Ugh. I agree with ALton Brown on the next food network star when he said,”Can we send them all home and start over?” How bout we put the in a car, drive it off a bridge, and we have to remember, tie them to Emeril, they’ll drown faster
*ROTFLMAO* that about sums it up for me, too! I thought I was the only one that thought that stuff! Sandra Lee is a drunk, so she only has time to add fresh herbs to store bought pot roast! Her “tablescapes” are ugly as he**! Paula Deen AND her boys are dorks and NO ONE in Georgia REALLY talks that stupid..I know, I live there! She is an embarrassment to us all! I LOVE Bobby Flay and Alton Brown. I like Rachel Ray..but she is a bit stupid at times. Giada thinks were are all stupid telling us “she is about to take a bite”..uh, we can see the food on the fork heading to your mouth..I think we can figure out that you are taking a bite! Also, her bony ass can’t be eatin all that food..or she is puking up right after the camera goes off! However, I hate the next food network star and iron chef..I want cooking shows..more Bobby and Tyler, PLEASE! Emeril..I won’t even get on him..UGH!
Hateher
November 15th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
I see I’m amongst friends! So relieved to know that I’m not the only one who sees through that cheap phony. Did you see her flop on the Oprah show?! It was all Oprah and her guest could do to not embarrass her and tell the truth about Giada’s horrible brie and chocolate disaster! I KNOW Oprah regretted having her on the show after seeing how bad of a cook she is.
Maria
November 23rd, 2007 at 6:09 am
HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I must admit how much pleasure I had watching Giada lose in the iron chef competition, and of course, reading all this dishing on that dim-wit diva wanna-be! She obviously has no real, TRUE talent! She made soooo many mistakes, lacked composure, then whined and cried like a spoiled brat when things didn’t go her way! Then, her feeble attempt to suck up to the judges by hugging them! HA! Talk about true colors coming out! She FLOPPED because she’s a LOOOOOSER. No outtakes here Giada! yeah, that’s right, no cutting and editing…like you MUST do on all of your ridiculously syrupy sweet food (porn) shows! PLEASE, spare us all from your disgusting attempt to try and entice us with your fake boobs, over-done accentuations, and phony blue-white horse-toothed smile! You ugly, ignorant horse-faced, hook-nosed self-righteous predjudice prima donna! Get the #@$! off the food network! I want to watch a COOKING show, not a slutty GLORY HOUND! Now, by your own admission, you didn’t want to get pregnant, and now that you are, (poor little soul will have that beak nose), you probably should go where you belong…OFF THE AIR, and BAREFOOT AND IN THE KITCHEN…Uh, your own kitchen, that is… and NOT on our kitchen TV!!!!
Mary
November 24th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
I heard some one say she is going to have a BABY last week on some show.
Mark
November 24th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Wow, what vitrol! Then again, I hate Emeril with the same sort of passion. Alton Brown is my hero– everyone else on that network, is at best, “meh.” Oh, and then there’s Bobby Flay, who I really want to smack around a bit.
Vonster
November 24th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Too lazy to read all the former posts so if someone pointed this out already I apologize.
Her Ginormous head always disturbed me. To quote a line from “I married an Axe Murderer.” Her head looks like an Orange on a tooth pick.
Her name is the only reason she has a show. She has connections period the end.
Terry D
November 24th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
I am a chef and I can tell you, she can’t cook. No self respecting chef puts together store bought chicken broth and store bought tortellini and calls it a recipe. She did that. What a joke. I think this is what happend. One day,while watching the Food Network, she decided to go to culinary school so her family could use there connections and get her a cooking show. I heard her say that when she went to culinary school she wanted to quit almost immediately because it was too hard. Her mom made her stay. She seems very lazy to me.
Several things really bother me about her. First of all, she is a terrible cook. Boring, lazy recipes that make Rachael Ray look like Julia Child. She never even mixes things properly. She just lazily tosses with a spoon while cocking her head to the side trying to look cute.
Her over and actually mispronunciation of Italian words. She aleays say PANCHITTA for example. With very short vowels. Italians use long vowel sounds, PANCEHHHHTAH.(i don’t know how to spell what I mean)Also, she prounces them like that and even corrects her family members pronunciation when they are on her show. If she were my sister I would tell her “shut up, I’m Italian too”.
I am so sick of her boobs on my tv screen. Her gross saggy boobs. If she could really cook she wouldn’t need to have them hanging out like that. Ever notice her disgusting man hands? Look at her thick fat fingers. Grosses me out when I see them touch the food.
One of the sweetest things ever was watching her lose on Iron Chef. Did anyone notice that SHE COULDN”T BOIL WATER!!!!!!!! Awesome! She was crying and crying about how her water wouldn’t boil. What a loser. What a spoiled brat. She spent the whole show making lousy ravioli that should have taken 10 minutes to make. She didn’t even make the pasta for the ravioli. Then she covers them with cookies. What? She also forgot to put her cranberries on the dish which was the secret ingredient. Bobby had to remind her. She had a lot of nerve wearing a chef’s coat. Racael Ray is annoying on her show but by all accounts is a very sweet person. She doesn’t call herself a chef. It was great to see her and Mario win.
Banana Lee Fishbones
November 25th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
I feel compelled to show you this from TVgasm:
http://www.tvgasm.com/archives/food_network/001570.php
Enjoy.
Ged
November 25th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Banana,
That is awesome! Thanks for pointing me at that cause, you know, I can’t stand to actually watch her show. It is just TOO funny, you made my week, thanks!
Cricket
January 28th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Glad to see how much sense some people have –seeing just how fake and offensive Giada is. Have I got news for you guys: I got a personal email from Food Network with them stating they are “rethinking” this program in total – due to millions of complaints from all FN viewers who now refuse to tune in and watch this phony whore boil water and call it cooking, cut up common bread, drench it in oil and into the oven (wow, how hard is that???) and lean over at every chance to show off more cleavage which doesn’t belong on a cooking show in the first place.
Do you know Food Network ORDERED her to wear a simple cotton BLOUSE, buttoned up on these shows? She refused saying the program was to be about “sex”. Did you know she did a dominatrix/S&M bunch of photos last summer for Esquire magazine? She wore a white negligee and was drenched in what looked like blood. This is sexy?
Did you know in an interview with Redbook (I cancelled my subscription) she said: “I have never sat down to eat a plate of food in my life.” She has eating problems to keep what she thinks is some gorgeous figure – she has no figure, straight up and down, except for the huge head, humongous hands, hook nose and shark teeth. We didn’t mention the unwashed hair either. “Spee-gee-tee”, “ccccccccreeeemy”, “ccccccrunchy”, “bean-cheat-tee”…. infantile and phony. “Dig in guys!” “Just like that!!!” Talks down to her own family, keeps her old-man husband on a short leash, and tells viewers to “remember when shopping for blueberries, look for the blue color.” DUH. This is instructional programming for cooks?? LMFAO!! I’ll stick to Ina Garten, Paula, Emeril, Tyler, etc. – the real professionals. Hopefully FN will dump the Everyday Tramp show; it really is what the public wants.
fiona
January 29th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Wow I was amazed when my husband told me “she is not a chef” even if she has the education of a chef, her food is not good, reminds me of the kids at school when they are asked to make a necklace out of pasta, really! other than that the fact that she makes those noises and the low cut tops add more to me not liking how she is. She looks like a slut because she has no respect.
I thank you for telling us your own opinion!
fiona
January 29th, 2008 at 11:18 am
I don’t want to be rude but when I am in the kitchen I am always afraid to burn myself, that’s why bare skin is on good in the kitchen.Also I knew a girl in high school who used to wear low cut tops and one day I asked her why and she said “to compensate the ugly face I have”, even though I thought she was kind a cute, that tells a lot about her self-esteem and giada knows that this compensate her bad dishes…sorry but she mixes everything. I prefer barefoot contessa dn rachel. It is so not decent to just show big boobs like that while we know food network is a family programm.
Mr. PB
April 30th, 2008 at 5:32 am
Wow, I’m a huge FN fan, and have been saying these same things for the past 3-4 years! A friend of mine and I watch it all the time, and everytime that bobble headed beeeeeyatch comes on, the channel automatically gets changed. I never had an opinion about her until about 4 years ago when she was making a dish that her mother used to make. She made the comment, “I hope it’s as good as my mother’s”. Then when she tasted it, she looked at the camera with that huge shit eating grin and said, “it’s BETTER than my mother’s”. It would have been funny to see her mom (who is more attractive than she is) come on the set and bitch slap her. I know some Italian Americans, and all who have watched her show say her food is anything but everyday Italian. What, adding hazelnuts, nutella, parmesan cheese, or parsley makes it Italian? I’ve seen better, more authentic Italian food at Fazoli’s.
Then there was the Next Food Network Star disaster. There would have been NO WAY I would go on that show, because one criticism about my cooking from her, and I would go off. She is a fake boob, shit eating grin, bobbleheaded snob, and the only reason she has the show that she does is because of her last name. I was laughing my ass off when she had her “moootz-ah-rella spa-git-teee” ass handed to her, stupid wench couldn’t even boil water. Then she started whining… Granddaddy Dino couldn’t get her out of that one, could he? And don’t get me started on her abnormally large head. I can only imagine being in the delivery room when her mom gave birth to her, I’m sure she was screaming at the top of her lungs, “EPISIOTOMY, EPISIOTOMY!!!!”
And, to finish my rant, everything she makes is crunchy, chewy, nutty, etc. Then she makes the snobby comments, “it’s perfect”, and “my friends are gonna love it”. The friends that she serves her food to all look miserable, and then she has to tell everyone what she did with the food, and then instructs them on how to serve themselves. She may as well put them in high chairs and spoon feed everyone. Condescending wench. I can see why her metrosexual husband isn’t on her shows that much, he probably doesn’t want people to see how miserable he is.
robinator
October 24th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
A Giada quote from the back page of this week’s People magazine.
“Wipes. People come over and I hand them a wipe and say, ‘Wipe down!’ It’s all about getting rid of bacteria.”
I hate Giada.
Toni Hollister
December 9th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Sent the note below to the food network before I saw your site. Thanks for confirming that we’re not the only ones…
Love your network and programs. Great for the whole family…with exception of the low cut tops of many of the 25-45 year old primetime women. I couldn’t imagine that our family would be the only one with this comment. Bending over a cook stove with a free show of their cleavage is not pleasing or appetizing…unless trying to use the “free show” to attract a different viewing audience. No, we’re not fanatics and have never expressed comments to any network before – just disappointed that we again, had to ask our 14 year old daughter to turn the channel because that’s not role model behavior for young girls. If boobs exposure brings up ratings, guess you can’t argue…however, if ratings are falling, try pulling up the tops and see if that helps. Thank you.
Jonathan Devens
December 28th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
First of all, she shows a bit of cleavage; Her breasts are not hanging on the counter.
And might I add, they are incredible.
If your 14 year old daughter can’t deal with that degree of cleavage, you might want to put her in private (catholic) school. In addition, is your 14 year old daughter even noticing Giada’s cleavage? If so, forget the grandkids.
I’m a 43 year old guy- I love her. She’s pretty, exciting, energetic…. and I hear she cooks, too.
I love Ina, too- but she’s… ok, I’ll be nicer than you guys.
If you don’t like the damn show, don’t watch it!
Andy McAulay
January 24th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Someone is clearly jealous…
Giada the ____ sucker
April 3rd, 2009 at 7:17 pm
So nice to see so many people feel the same way about Giada and her slutty self, she has to have her tits hanging out to sell herself, her stupid square smile, her narrow shoulders and enormous head are enough to make a person gag, let alone make any of her recipes. She is a sell out, low life whore. She is mostly selling to the male audience and that’s why she acts like she is climaxing when she tries her food. I have no respect for her and I think she should get off of Food Network. Rachel Ray never had to lower herself by showing tits or ass and look at where she is now. Giada is dirt…
Ali Brown
April 19th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Has anyone ever noticed when she eats, she like sticks the food in her mouth without touching her lips to it, so she doesn’t risk ruining her lipstick? It just seems so fake and god, just eat the damn food already! She is so phony and far too into her looks.
If you caught the episode where she and Alton were cooking togther, I believe it was a Thanksgivign special…man, she was bossin him around like crazy and he did not seem happy about it.
Rhonda Weaver Warren
April 20th, 2009 at 11:44 am
YOU CAN’T TRUST A SKINNY COOK!
Giada, Aida, Sandra Lee…do they eat their own cooking? If so, not a lot of it! I trust Barefoot Contessa and Paula Dean. Has anyone ever wondered if Sanda Lee is an alcoholic? She is creating some pretty serious hard liquor drinks with EVERY meal. Kids birthday party: “And here is the brandy drink to serve to all the parents” so they can tipsily drive their children home in the ‘ol minivan. Aida is just too skinny, too young and too pretty to even be taken seriously on cooking questions.
Larry
July 12th, 2009 at 6:29 am
All of you Giada detractors and Paula Dean lovers must be dumb shit Southern pork fat eaters. Paula is so over the top phony with her low brow southern accent it makes me gag. It is no secret; the Mediterranean diet is healthy and nutritious. What Paula and southerns cook is not; that is why there is so much obesity in the South. As for Giada’s Italian pronunciations, she speaks the language she was born with, came to the US when she was 8. Fat Bitch Paula on the other hand is the phony; works hard to speak over the top dumb ass Southern ignorance
Larry from Illinois
August 31st, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Hello to all:
I am here to “defend” both Giada and Rachael.
#1. I envy these two women who are making nice money on the Food Network.
#2. They and all the people on the Food Network are first-and-foremost, ENTERTAINERS! That is there job. To entertain you while they present some sort of food during the 22 minutes that they are on the air. (The rest of the 8 minutes are commercials and introduction/end credits).
#3. For all the people who complain about Rachael talking all the time, you can NOT be a person who has “dead air” (meaning no talking with just the camera on them chopping up onions, shallots, green peppers, mushrooms, and etc.) You must be able to keep talking constantly with something to say for 22 minutes. Rachael has a greater store of stories to tell because she talks more about her family and her work as a food demonstrator, Howard Johnson’s fountain girl, her grandfather Emanuel who made many of the foods that she grew up with, and, her doggie pets, and more. Giada seems to choose to elaborate on her foods and Italian style of making them. BUT, they both MUST talk for 22 minutes.
#4. To compare these two women by physical features is grossly unfair. First off, making fun of their appearance is very childish. Yes, Giada must be proud of her figure and Rachael knows her own features and has openly mentioned that she wished she were more endowed. However, for all, (and I am not a doctor) each woman’s physical features are in relation to their personal body style. They are not there to be swim suit models or Hollywood glamour stars, or magazine models (although Rachael’s past posing for FHM was most cute a few years back when she was in her 30s. Now, both these women are entering their 40s age group. So, take a look in the mirror if we are all over 40 and if not, be glad, for now, that you are not yet turning 40 and entering a “second age.”
#5. I congratulate both their husbands, Todd and John, for being so attractive to both Giada and Rachael that these two women would marry them. You guys are LUCKY men. Treat these women with respect and love and let nothing cause you to separate. It is very lonely when you are in your 60s to find someone to be with for the remainder of our life. I can attest to that! So, cherish each other and be happy together.
Best Wishes to both Giada and Rachael and keep on entertaining us.
Larry from Illinois
Kate
January 7th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Giada and Rachel, OMG, I am so glad there are others like myself that they both make my skin crawl. “Rach” for talking so much and so fast and her EVOO, gag me. What was Ophrah thinking when she helped her get her own talk show. I would have to have a 105 degree temp and couldn’t move to reach the remote to watch her. And there is Giada, can she possibly show anymore cleavage? It turns my stomach, she is cooking for God’s sake who wants to look at her boobs? Not I! Her head is bigger than her body, all but her boobs that is….Food Network please have the girl cover herself it is a family network for heavens sake!!
DebDebs
January 10th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
I could not agree with you more. Her fake smile makes me want to hurl not cook! I loved when she was on Iron chef and they told her those cookies she puts on everything sucked on the dish, I laughed and laughed. I change the channel every time she comes on so she doesn’t get the ratings.
LaWanda
January 19th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Giada is an insult to my intelligence; can’t watch her and won’t watch her.
Courtney
February 1st, 2010 at 4:20 pm
I HATE Giada!!!! She’s so pretentious! I cannot stand the way she changes the entire rhythm of her speech to pronounce Italian words. Who does she think she’s fooling?!
rachel
February 1st, 2010 at 5:10 pm
I find myself wondering how almost all of the people hosting cooking shows these days were cast. Most of them are so grating and don’t have anything of real value to offer (Sandra Lee? WTF? Though I don’t mind her as much as some of the others, because at least her show is fun to laugh at) . . . Giada (I wouldn’t mind her *quite* as much if she’d ditch the preposterous over-pronunciation), Rachael (the worst, IMO), Paula (she scares me!), etc…
On the other hand, Alton Brown is great, I want more Nigella and I will always swear allegiance to Martha. She may not be the most pleasant person around, but her shows have always looked visually stunning (who wants to watch someone cook in mismatched pots in a blah kitchen? I can do that at home) and it’s always been about coming up with recipes and ideas of quality, not about some cutesy schtick.
Mike
April 2nd, 2010 at 10:00 am
I can’t for the life of me figure out where you’re coming from on this. I hate almost everyone, but I seriously love this woman. Everything I’ve cooked that I’ve watched her make has been outstanding. Her pleasant and laid back nature makes her a joy to watch. I don’t see any pretentiousness in her at all.
Greg
April 10th, 2010 at 1:24 am
Giada is pretentious and annoying to slouchy, unglamorous, dull housewives that are not just housewives, but also have to work a day job. They don’t have time for their appearance, and it shows – not just on them, but also their home. Giada is beautiful (even if a little too made up to really be in a kitchen with heat and oil), and she has a view of the ocean from where she cooks for the show. Hmmmmmm. Jealously can certainly bring out the hate. Plus, she’s on a super-saturated set where every single fruit and vegetable looks so perfectly colored it’s almost unreal. She’s unreal and worthless (although Sandra Lee is just as worthless), but I wouldn’t hate her. No reason to. In fact, I love beautiful people. (And the way she pronounces words isn’t pretentious – it’s not as if you can’t understand what she means. It’s just unnecessary.)
But since this entry is on hate, Rachel Ray is just the (second) worst Food Network – or any network, host. I guess I could follow my own logic and say I hate her because she makes me feel unattractive and incompetent – but as I’m a guy and as it’s hard to be more unattractive than Rachel, I guess jealousy has nothing to do with hate at all (so perhaps some of the people that hate Giada aren’t overweight, middle class and dumpy – although I’m sure most of them are overweight and don’t have time for their appearance because their juggling work and family).
If I can hate anyone else on Food Network, it would have to be Paula Deen (who’s even larger than Ray, and definitely an annoying smile – plus, if someone complains about Giada’s pronunciation, then you really have to go off on Deen who can hardly speak English – NOTHING is pronounced correctly), and Ina Garten (who’s even larger than Deen is). Gina Neely is also pretty disgusting and talks almost as much as Ray does (and pronounces as badly ad Deen does). But, by far the ugliest and most annoying is Anne Burrell. Just horrible!
Pepita
May 2nd, 2010 at 8:01 pm
I think all the food network stars are fakes, that Paula Dean and her y’all this and y’all that and stuffing her southern cholesterol butter filled attitude down my throat all the time, butter butter butter and lots of salt and those big fat diamond rings, and Giada, what a phoney baloney with her perfect manicure and how she just loves all of her own cooking and just loves her environment and loves everything about herself, I’m not being mean, I’m telling it the way I see it and something about the woman just rubs me the wrong way and Rachel Ray when she first started out did anyone ever see her wash anything and her garbage bowl and Bobby Flay who comes off like he is the best of the best and none of us are better than him oh come on he seems so created and put together, they are all sooooooooo synthetic, as if the network purposely went looking for annoying people to bother us with and that other one with the “bam” Emeril and the audience going wild, he can’t be real, he must
have been created for the show, and the British guy who lisps and plays the part of the perfect Daddy, and Mario with the clogs, and the Barefoot Contessa, just thinking of anyone of them barefoot makes me nauseous, that is the phoniest channel in general and really gets me annoyed so I don’t watch it, oh and there is a British Lady who lives eats and bathes chocolate for breakfast lunch and dinner as if chocolate is in her bath and maybe she sleeps in it, enough already, that channel is beyond commercialized beyond phoney, beyond reality, fake fake fake and I refuse to put up with it and I change the channel, Paula Dean stop tasting all that whipped cream and all of them each and every one loves to compliment themselves and when they say that they “incorporate” this into that, I find it so silly and when they say “now we take OUR salt and OUR sugar and add OUR flour” what is the “our” business, sounds really silly and annoying
Bob
May 9th, 2010 at 6:53 am
I couldn’t have said it better myself. I too, never use the word “hate”, except when speaking of this wench. Quite possibly the most phony person on television. She is so pleased with her dishes and her breasts that I can’t stand more than 5 minutes of her show.
Kevin
May 10th, 2010 at 10:43 am
Her food is more American than Italian. And I HATE “nu-tell-lah”… it’s “nutella”!!!
BeBe
May 21st, 2010 at 6:52 pm
I think she should dress like a lady, not a tramp on tv. The poor sleeze has too many teeth in her mouth. Cook if you must lady, but put on some clothes.
Dianne
May 21st, 2010 at 6:53 pm
you f***ing ppl are retarted…a bunch of ugly ass haters who dont have nothin else in the world to do bt criticizing innocent, hardworking ppl who have made it to the top…all i have say is get use to it becaz they are so many ppl out there dat support her n i dont think she is goin nowhere…i bet all those who wrote sum lame comment are the ones dieing for attention caz they cud never dress nor look like Giada…GET A LIFE!!!!
tpasqual
May 26th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Giada’s stupid boobs make me sick. Cover them up, you idiot. Do you let those awful boobs stick out of your clothes to improve your ratings? Listen lady, your boobs are awful. So are you!
Jessie G.
May 26th, 2010 at 11:12 am
Giada has no talent! Her food is terrible. How long does it take to get her makeup on before the show? She’s got so much makeup on, that I wonder how her face doesn’t melt under the hot lights.
If she thinks she’s sexy, she better think again.Her show stinks!! Get her off the air!!! Please!!!!! And, how about her nasty boobs? They look awful, just like she does. She’s nothing but a phony.
Annie
July 13th, 2010 at 8:37 am
what annoys me most is Giada’s incessant use of the phrase “nice and crunchy”
at least 10 times in each episode, whether to describe walnuts on pasta, caramelized sugar on creme brulee, fried fish breading, croutons, bread crust, fruit, vegetables, panCHEEEHta, pretty much EVERYTHING
OK I REALIZE IT’S CRUNCHY BUT WHYYYYYY DO YOU HAVE TO SAY THE “NICE” PART!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!! WHYYYYYYYY it’s so overused and cliche and aoihtoi32jr ;oimau9r293@$#@
karen
July 14th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
I can’t believe I just found this site. Honestly..Giada makes me want to puke. Her piano keyboard phoney ass smile and squinty eyes…she thinks she’s great.
HATE HER GUTS!!
feemy
August 4th, 2010 at 11:28 am
The Food Network is a hollywood network. Do i hate Giada? NO, I do not know the woman and it gives me and others who have not met her the right to pass so much judgment. As for her smile, I have no problem with it, some have big smiles. It is very foolish to talk negatively about someones physical God given traits. Now, are her smiles phony? I don’t know, like i said I do not know her and do not know what is in her heart. I do notice that she shows too much cleavage but you have to realize in hollywood, sadly, IMAGE is all that matters and not much about the genuineness of the heart.
So to say you hate her is very strong especially when so many have never met her. The constant cleavage is very unnecessary especially for a cooking show but that is hollywood.
I did make one recipe from her show, it was the rosemary chicken burgers and I loved them and she has made things that i said “i will pass” and some that made me say “i have to make that”. Hate is a very strong word and try not to use it and remember NO ONE is perfect.
God Bless