Giada de Laurentiis recently remembered crying after reading the derogatory comments that chef Mario Batali wrote about her in a foreword for her first cookbook.
The chef, cookbook author and Food Network, born in Italy, faced moderator Samah Dada on her YouTube show On the menu on July 29th. In a clip from the episode Divided on Tiktok On August 11, de Laurentiis Dada said that she had a story about a person who “shouldn't talk” about, but “went”. This person was Batali, with whom de Laurentiis worked at the beginning of her culinary career in the food network.
De Laurentiis explained that she asked Batali to write her first cookbook a foreword. Everyday life ItalianAt that time, it was “a legend in Italian area” that was debut in 2005 when Batali made Batali. She said his “seal of approval” would have been “big” for her and she was happy when he agreed to write it.
“When I read it, I cried because I realized:” Oh, he basically says that I got where I got, and I had a little bit of success that I had because I had big breasts and that if he had breasts, he was much further, “remembered de Laurentiis.” Because I was a joke like a joke? How, for him it was like a little joke. “
De Laurentiis said she had called her editor “in tears” and knew that she couldn't use what Batali supposedly wrote in the intro of her book. Your editor said you would rewrite his foreword and send it to him for approval.
“So we wrote it again, but I will never forget that,” she said. “Basically, that's a lot of people: sweet girl with big breasts, so watch her.”
The final version of de Laurentiis' foreword flatters the author and focuses on her talents in the art of Italian cuisine.
“It turns out that Giada is smart, Italian-speaking and family-oriented, the three characteristics that my grandma hoped to marry in a girl.
Batali did not comment on de Laurentiis about what he wrote.
Batali is a famous American cook known for his Italian cooking style. Previously, he had several restaurants all over the world and was a co-moderator from ABCS The chewing From 2011 to 2017. In 2017, Batali was accused of sexual misconduct by several women In an article on the food website Esser. After the allegations, Batali resigned from his restaurant empire and was asked by ABC to take vacation from the talk show.
De Laurentiis appeared in 2018 The Podcast Eater Upsell And explained that she was not surprised to find out about the allegations against Batali. “I had no precise experience with him, but it's not a big shock,” she said at the time.
“Anyone who has ever hung up with Mario knows that he is a very charismatic person,” she continued. “We drink too much and sometimes … I do not legitimize it. I know that I have gone through my own problems in this business. I think a woman in a shop goes through things. It's just sad, you know? It's time, but it's also sad. It is a combination, and I think we all feel both.”