De Laurentiis is the founder of the catering business GDL Foods. She is a three-time winner of the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle Host, and in 2012 was inducted into the Culinary Institute of America Hall of Fame. After graduating from Marymount High School in Los Angeles, De Laurentiis attended the University of California, earning her bachelor’s degree in social anthropology in 1996. On May 25, 2003, De Laurentiis married Todd Thompson, a fashion designer for Anthropologie. The two had been dating since July 1989. The couple’s only child, Jade Marie De Laurentiis-Thompson, was born on March 29, 2008. After returning to the United States, she became a professional chef working in several Los Angeles restaurants, notably the Wolfgang Puck-owned Spago. On this show, De Laurentiis travels to a featured locale (such as Seattle, South Beach, San Francisco, Napa, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming) and visits her favorite local culinary destinations.
