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Food Network Loves Giada’s Boobs
Published on: May 13, 2009 – 12:23 am by Jillian Madison 
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What’s going on with the Food Network’s growing obsession with Giada’s boobs? It used to be you’d tune into an episode of Giada At Home and catch one or two subtly placed cleavage shots. But these days, the woman’s boobs are constantly bouncing around in our faces like two freshly plated scoops of MAS-CAR-PONN-EEHHH. And most of the time, the camera man doesn’t even make an effort to hide the fact that he’s zooming in right on her chest! It’s total boobsploitation.
The following shots are from this weekend’s episode of Giada At Home, where she and her husband hosted a fake poker party and Giada awkwardly forced people to put their plates down on their own SPECIFIC END TABLES. Giada has several signature moves that she executes on each episode, to maximize the amount of visible boobage. These are, namely:
1. The “I need something out of the drawer”
2. The “Oh, let me just reach across the counter”
3. The “I’m putting a plate together for you”
4. The “I’m pretending I have no idea the camera man is zoomed in on my breasts” PART ONE
5. The “I’m pretending I have no idea the camera man is zoomed in on my breasts” PART TWO
I understand she is a relatively attractive woman with (gasp) nice boobs, but come on. The blatant exploitation is a bit much. If they keep traveling down this path, they’re going to have to change the name of the show to “Giada’s Boobs: Watch ‘Em Move.”
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I’ve said it all along – Giada’s boobs wear more make up than a street corner of hookers. Its actually quite funny, the gyrations the camera operator goes through to get those close ups.
It is kind of funny how obvious they are, but it is also annoying. Pretty soon some parental board is going to force her show to be PG 13.
she’s still freakin’ HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Two of the main reasons she is so successful. And don’t mean ‘warm’ personality or cooking skills.
She does have nice funbags. I’ll give that to her.
Oh My God! After I saw this particular episode, I emailed this pretentious, bossy faux chef at her website asking her why she felt compelled to display her cleavage on every damn show. It is gross. I don’t like seeing her giggly bits flopping around the kitchen and I despise her fake gigantic smile and constant mugging for the camera. The show is supposed to be about cooking Italian-American foods, not how low Giada’s necklines can go without the FCC getting involved. She needs to save those intimate shots for her husband because I am not in the least bit interested in her mammary glands. The gratuitous boob shots are ridiculous in the context of this show and I would think that old animal mouth would put a stop to it but apparently she is an attention whore with little to no culinary creativity so she has to resort to sex to keep her show on the air. What’s next on the Food Network, Cooking with Tyler Florence’s crotch or Baking with Guy Fieri’s butt crack?
SO…Why watch this show. Why not waych some other chef? If you are that easily offended, you do have a choice to simply change the channel.
yeah ann go kill yourself and turn the channel.
Well obviously you’ve given Guy’s butt crack and Tyler’s Crotch a little more consideration than the rest of us. Those are covered up, but your imagination seems to be undressing them instead of paying attention to what they are cooking. Much like the rest of us drool over Giada. Let’s face it, “Sex sells”!
I second every darn word!! She is like a street walker w/ that diplay and her ’smile’ reminds me of Grandpa Munster – the straight too large slash mouth. Ugly!
her recipes are good not to mention a couple of other things!!!!!!!!!!!!! her name should be “ticket” cause she’s got “fine” written all over her!!!!!!!!!!!
They need to change her background music to “bow-chicka-bow-wow.”
Honestly. Haven’t her boobs had enough air time already? No woman in America would dress this way and be taken seriously — unless she were offering something for $20.00.
Agreed!
Anyone else notice how this show is shot with whatever filter they use to make a soft, kind of glowing effect? I feel like I’m watching a soap opera instead of a cooking show. This plus the boob factor really does distract the viewers away from what the show is supposed to be about, which is the food.
I’m not a fan of Giada just because I don’t trust a skinny cook. If she had a little more plump to her, I might pay more attention. I do love her boobs though.
then order take-out, if you don’t trust her cooking!! but with a body like hers i’d settle for toast/butter and a tall glass of HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw this episode and I thought it might have been a repeat from when she was pregnant. Either that, or it was shortly thereafter she had the baby. Maybe she was breastfeeding and that can explain the size of the tatas.
But they should have covered her up a bit.
if you don’t like it, change the damn channel!! it’s within you’re power, idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*sigh*
This is what happens when skinny gals let their looks go to their heads. They think they can pull off anything! Obviously GiGi’s top is a bit snug so the twins have no where to go but out. I’ve noticed her at other times wearing clothes that belonged on a 13 year old. (Check recent post about Giada’s noticeable pit stains, her gray hoodie fits like a glove – no wonder she’s sweating)
Hey Daria, I noticed the filter thing too, wonder if that’s in her contract. That soft effect makes everything look better, maybe they should use it on Bobby and Guy!
It could be worse…could be Ina Garten’s boobs….
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
oh my word, that just made my day…I’m actually waiting on a video to load on Ina’s site, and decided to check out the “hot Italian lady on the Food Network” my friends were talking about.
giada is just beautiful in every way, when she cooks, when she is with her husband and her son walking down a beach, come on guys, be sincere, she is a very talented lady and chef..congrats giada, keep showing off your books, molto bella
@Maria
Um..Giada has a daughter, not a son.
A daughter with the same name as her (Giada is “Jade” in Italian) and the same forehead as hers…but not a son.
Hey, I’d watch Cooking with Tyler Florence’s crotch ;)
For the sake of equal time, let the male eye candy do something now and then. :D
At last. I thought you were going a little soft on Ms. Thing. I’m convinced she actually believes she’s accomplished all this without any help from her famous parents, the stylist makeover (especially the dye job and unibrow waxing…check those old pics), the boob job or the soft porn filter on the camera.
Tsk, Tsk Miseenplace, mustn’t make AB jealous now…
I can’t rag on Giada too much because unlike the majority of FN cooks, her stuff is actually pretty good and I’ve gotten good results out of everything I’ve made, even the stuff that doesn’t sound like it would be all that tasty (e.g., the chocolate/brie/basil sandwich on sourdough. Quite good actually, once you get the right balance of basil, cheese, and chocolate).
That said, she needs to tuck the girls in every now and then. They’ve been working overtime since the baby was born. But that probably says something about the network itself, that the sole young and attractive woman on the network has to have a quite literal food porn show as the gimmick, complete with gratuitous tit shots instead of letting her food speak for itself.
All you chicks are jealous of those perfect tata’s!!! If I were a camera person on her show I would be focusing on them too!
All of you, except Michael S, need to shut up and mind your own business! Your comments are just plain mean and hurtful.
Gee, and I bet some of you will only converse with a woman’s chest.
actually…the cameras do not “focus” on her chest. that only happens when you perv’s freeze a frame of video and post it on the web.
yes, children, she has breasts, and occasionally they are on display.
they only distract from the cooking if you’re distracted BY them.
i can’t believe the demographic of this website is so puritanical that this topic generates so much discussion. are you all Fox News fans too?
damn right!!!! gretchen carlson has a great pair of legs wouldn’t you agree, or are just jealous (or gay)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually, the cameras DO focus on her chest. And actually, the producers DO put her in skimpy tops.
I saw this particular episode over the weekend, and my friend and I were literally shocked by the blatant boob shots. The one of her opening the trinket box, especially. That is not a freeze framed shot made to look like the camreaman was being a perv. The camera man was really being a perv.
On orders from Food Network producers, I assume.
I honestly don’t have a problem with it. If you got ‘em show ‘em off!
It could have been worse. I’ve seen some crazy low necklines (although not on the Food Network…hahaha)
Sara…
i’m not sure where the anger comes from, but you’re so obviously unaware of how these shows are shot and produced.
you’re even even less aware of the network’s true involvement and motivation in things like this.
think what you want, but really…just stop watching if you’re so offended.
I’m not offended by her boobs. I’m offended by your pretentiousness. Not sure who you think you are, but you’re clearly no authority so stop acting as such.
sara,
and you’re an authority on…what, exactly?
Let me guess: Fernando is smack in the middle of FN’s new target demographic (and the reason we see even Rachael Ray’s “boobs” on blatant display these days).
Male, under 35, who think Guy Fietttttttti is the best thing since sliced bread.
I’d rather she cook and cover the girls up a bit more. And I’m a flaming liberal.
Rachael’s boobs, Giada’s boobs. Sign me up! As long as I don’t have to see Paula’s boobs, I’m good! Maybe Rachael and Giada are looking to bring their sexy back! Have ya seen the hubby’s?
I think Fernando has a big crush on Giada. Either that or Fernando is Giada.
I like booobs as much as the next guy, but its inappropriate. This is a cooking show, and I would like to be able to watch it with my kids without t and a in my face.
I think it’s funny that she acts all innocent about it. She claims, while wearing something low cut, that it’s all in peoples minds, She’s not doing anything on purpose. Yet she continues to do so. Just like she claims to be a French trained chef from a simple Italian family with no connections that could have helped her and that she had to work her way up from nothing.
@Teague, you hit it on the head. It’s not the boobs. It’s the pretentiousness and “above-it-all” attitude that she projects.
If she would just admit that the lip gloss, the unibrow waxing and the closeup boob shots are a big part of her popularity and be done with it. Just don’t pretend that she’s merely an accomplished chef who got here *without* help from a famous family, cleavage shots or a teeth bleaching.
Nigella bases her TV persona on sex appeal too, but it’s never bugged me because she ADMITS it, OWNS it and LAUGHS at it all.
Love your boobs Giada. Ignore the haters.
I don’t think FN shows ENOUGH of her boobs! The show is EXCELLENT on mute!!!
Food Network is to Cooking what MTV is to Music…
Giada looks amazing and anyone who has posted a negative comment about her is just jealous! Not only is Giada beautiful and fashionable, but she also is an amazing cook- I have never replicated a recipe of hers that I have not loved :)
Well, I guess you told us off.
And she walks on water.
Might be true if everything about her was GENUINE, not store bought.
Not everyone who makes fun of Piranah De Lauentis is a “jealous hater.” The woman is a hack. She couldn’t even beat freaking Rachel Ray in an Iron Chef Challenge which bolsters the assertion that her boobs are the main attraction on her show and not her food.
Hey, Valerie! If you really want to learn to cook REAL italian food by a REAL italian lady, watch and get the cookbooks from Lidia Matticchio Bastianich. She and her recipes are the genuine article. And if it makes you feel better, she has big boobs too, but she keeps them under wraps because a real lady does that. (Hoochies don’t).
Byrdie-Giada has said that she finds Lidia (and Mario) boring.
Don’t understand why anyone would consider this woman an expert on italian food.
http://www.lastfreeman.com/is_good_yes/2008/01/giada-geometry.html
The video is funny also.
Sounds like she’s a diva, Teague. I gotta be honest: when I picture an “expert” on italian food, I picture some little old italian grandma who grows her own veggies and herbs in her little garden, walks very slowly to and from the local markets everyday to get the freshest of everything, and then spends the day cooking without the need of a cookbook, measuring spoon, or an electic appliance. At the end of the day she has created a meal to die for, and without a tv camera or endorsement contract in sight! Now THAT’S italian!!
Wow, I’ve been watching this show for years and never realized it was a cooking show.
I find this criticism a little silly. It’s not like she’s being trashy or inappropriate. Giada is a very pretty woman with a lot of natural sex appeal and a really nice pair of boobs. And she cooks to boot! More power to her.
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I wanna suck ‘em!
Jiggly DeLaurentis
Byrdie: EXCELLENT call on lydia. now THERE’S an authentic italian who exploits NOTHING to show that she’s an amazing chef. She’s not a looker, I’ll even admit that, but it’s a COOKING show, who cares if her jugs are hanging out or not?? But notice, she’s NOT on the food network, coincidence?
And maybe the camera men are focusing on her boobs to draw attention away from her ABNORMALLY SIZED HEAD.
And no, I’m not jealous. My tits are naturally amazing, us german/scots know how to shake em too.
CubbieGirl: That’s a REAL knee-slapper “ABNORMALLY SIZED HEAD”….you know it sister! As far as Lydia goes, she is the genuine article, the real deal. Food and family. And her life’s story is an inspiration. No fame and fortune, but war and detention camp. Truly amazing.
Considering the herd of pigs they usually hire I don’t think GD & FN shows enough of the rack.
Release the hostages baby!
Giada recipes are great I am Italian and I have tryed Giada recipes great. Stop being jealous. She is a great chef and because you can’t cook or look as good, so you make terrible remarks about someone you no nothing about. Get over Giada great looks and cooking ability.
I think she’s got the bow-chicka-wow-wow music going on in the background already.
Her boobs don’t bother me as much as everything else about her; especially the way she has to describe everything with excrutiating detail. “The goldness of the crust with the tartness of the lemon with the freshness of the basil with the saltiness of the lemon with the earthiness of the mushroom” kinda crap. Just shut up already!
And Deen is my first name – I’m no Paula Deen fan, either.
We are not amused. At least take the time to get to KNOW us before you judge.
Hi, I’m Anti and this is my sister Pasti. We know all the gals hate us because we’re beautiful. NOT because we’re attached to a simple-minded bobble head who thinks bikinis, eye-gasms and cameras down her throat are relevant to cooking. It wasn’t OUR idea to roll around in tomato sauce in a white dress that nearly suffocated poor Pasti, but watchagonnado?
We’re not real sure what political leaning has to do with it though…
On a side note, we can’t stand Giada either but, living under her nose all these years, we were terrified that we would never get enough sunlight to grow. Pasti and I are eternally grateful to low cut blouses. Love the site. That is all.
… Anti and Pasta – sisters hummmm??
The “tatas” don’t bother me so much but the HUGE mouthful of teeth do!!! Also, why can’t she just say “risotto” and not “r-r-r-eee-zottto”? Or marscapone, instead of “mahs-cah-ponay”. All her accent crap through all that enamel is what really gets my brain throbbing.
I read somewhere on here that Giada had a huge smile. I didn’t know that Giada had a head….but I did hear some sounds coming from up that way…must have been distracted by something else.
What about her head full of teeth? And her bobblehead?
I’m glad I’m not the only one that’s noticed her boob shots.
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@Cameron: She pronounces those words that way because that is the CORRECT pronunciation. Learn Italian, and you’ll understand. I bet you’re a monolingual, English speaker from the U.S.
I don’t get it… she has boobs, so what? Do you expect her to wear a turtle-neck 24-7 because they’re too distracting?? Believe it or not, normal women wear tops that show off their assets.
Should we get on Anne Burrell because she wears shirts so tight they display her belly fat and distract you?
The fact is, busty women can wear almost ANYTHING and they look busty. It’s a fact of life. As a ‘busty’ woman myself, I can’t tell you how annoying it is when people focus on it. I can wear a low top if I want to, and so can Giada. God, lighten up everyone.
@ Memoria:
I’ve taken Italian for almost 10 years now, and lived in Soveria for about 3… spoken it informally since I was born. Giada DOES NOT PRONOUNCE ITALIAN WORDS CORRECTLY!!
I can’t tell you how annoying it is to hear people say that. Mozzarella is not pronounced “m-ah-t-zarella”, spaghetti “spigitty”. Italian vowels are never pronounced like that in Italy. NEVER. An O in Italian is pronounced ‘oh’ not ‘ahh’.
God, it drives me crazy when American-Italians think she pronounces her Italian words correctly. It’s (quote from Food Network Star) “a disrespect to Italy”.
you call those boobs…
I just found your website and Thank God. I just cannot take Giada anymore. While I HAVE made some of her recipes and they are pretty good, I’ve had it with the ridiculous amount of cleavage showing , the telling us EVERYTHING she’s doing WHILE she’s doing it, the taking a bite of food off a fork with her 100 teeth biting down on the metal fork, and all the pronunciation bullshit. She is a joke.
I’m gonna keep searching for more of your stuff.
Thank You and keep up the good work!
hahhahahhahaaa ‘100 teeth’ – great stuff!
Cover up Giada.
What the hell is the problem? This chick is hot and her boobs are a nice bonus. Fine, I will find myself distracted by them sometimes and my attention won’t be as focused on the food, but I’m not complaining. Some of you have legitimate complaints but others sound like uptight prudes. It’s like you’re equating this show with some B movie that filled with gratuitous sex scenes.
P.S. Her boobs aren’t exactly enormous (which is in no way an insult) and she isn’t showing THAT much cleavage.
I love the rack shots- hey if she can people to watch- great- what we really need is a Paris Hilton or Pamela Anderson tape that gets leaked to the internet.
What the heck is all the fuss about? For crying out loud – get over it! Men (by and large) have a natural liking for cleavage. That’s just the way it is and I’m not about to apologise for that – and am certainly not going to complain when I see it! Why the hell should I?
But gee… can something be done about the totally unrelenting perkiness of that woman? She makes my fillings ache.
Ha ha! Reading all the negative comments against Giada is very amusing!
She is a doll! Seriously? I have C cup breasts, so I somewhat get why someone would be awkward if I wore the shirt she is wearing. She looks great, and the top is very tasteful. There is nothing wrong with it.
Just because you have a nice pair of breasts doesn’t mean you have to walk around wearing a turtle neck (slight exxageration, but I’m sure you get what I mean).
I would be offended if this was a pornographic cooking show, but this is definitely not even close.
The article is true and… rather funny. The comments though are largely quite sad.
Like it, don’t like it… but seriously, you people are having this kind of reaction over clothed boobs in the kitchen? All that sexual repression and closet homosexuality (yes, in the women too) and you find THIS distasteful and inappropriate rather than the reams of violence and the I’m-a-loud-semi-literate-idiot-on-tv-who-has-to-bully-anyone-that-disagrees-with-my-dumb-ass-view-of-the-world constantly being shoved down everyone’s throats in the media?
This is why psychiatry is a lucrative profession. Boobs = taboo?… that’s beyond retardation
Her boobs don’t offend me, but the neckline is seriously unnecessarily low!
I have enjoyed a lot of her recipes, so I definitely don’t HATE her. Heck I watch her show some times just to see how things get done and mostly enjoyed them.
HOWEVER, what annoys me to no end is her INCREDIBLY FAKE smile!!! I have a big mouth too, and I always show some teeth when I laugh. Not THAT much teeth!! NO ONE smiles like that every minute and doesn’t make the face sore.
She’s cute and uppity, great! But seriously, She doesn’t need to try THAT hard. She cute enough as it is.
When she first had her show on FN, she used to tone down a lot more. That was when I truly enjoy watching her show. Now… it’s too painful to see that smile. I’m almost blinded every minute by her teeth.
Funny how all the negative comments are from women, jealous much? Don’t be mad cos yur husband likes the show she’s a beautiful woman don’t let your insecurity get the best of you
I’m LMFAO over the snide remarks about her cleavage!! Maybe if you all tried that trick at home your husbands might want to spend time with you in the kitchen?!
Our husbands enjoy spending time with us as it is – WE do not have to pick out tops with the entire intent to display the top portion of our chest all the time. She has the problem not us! I swear – she would take a sweatshirt and cut out a hole in the upper middle portion – attention whore as one wrote above – just that simple. You guys are too stpid to know you are being played.
Giada does have really nice boobs. I askd everyone here at the John R. Carlisle Institute and over half thought she had a really nice chest. Even the women thought so!
John R. Carlisle
Everywhere you go, women are on TV with low cut tops to show the off their boobs. What’s up with this? I am not a prude, but I’m a woman and I watch the food network for the food. Is it trying to attract more men or what?
I wonder if they have as much Botox as her forehead.
I’m a 21-year old straight female that has 2 kids with her boyfriend, and I think Giada is HOT! As soon as I lose the baby weight, I’m going to be dressing JUST like her! And I’ll probably get taken more seriously than I have been in my sweatpants and hoodie.
thank you, thank you!!!!!
For a wee gal, Giada is far from what I would call busty. At 5′3″ tall and with a slim frame, she is quite attractively composed imvho. As for her on-camera dress, why shouldn’t a 39 year old gal look cute?
As for the remark about not being able to “trust” her because she isn’t rotund like Paula is simply ridiculous.
Are they even real?
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In case you haven’t noticed, the only 2 woman that DON”T have their breasts falling out of their tops are Ina and Paula. Why do otherwise intelligent women allow the sleeze bags behind the cameras to dictate they wear these low cut tops?? Ladies you ALL have so much culinary talent, and are lovely, and camera savy. SOOOOOOOOOOOO…as GROWN women, just say NO to the little biddy men…and I guess some women who advise this type of wardrobing. It’s really kind of easy! I’m really interested in seeing the new programming coming up 5/31 about unknown cooks. Hope the young ladies in this new show are capable of showing off their culinary abilities, and not other things.
I think Giadia looks more like Aunt Raffi than her mother,same boobs,nose smile and height.I guess looking at aunt Raffi,this is giadia in her 50’s? Her sister Lou or what ever her nam eis looks like mother. guess it also helps being born into a rich family,never knowing what it is to suffer,must be nice.money,money money.
My tits are bigger and I can cook more than 5 variations on 2 dishes, can I have a food network job?
So much hate lol. I just don’t see the *gasp* in her choice of clothing. She is a beautiful woman who dresses stylishly. Have some of you been out in the world lately and have SEEN the way people dress these days?? If I have to see another porker in spandex I’m going to shoot myself. Then you have the people who think thongs are pants. And I am a normal, everyday woman, not some perfect hot bodied woman and not an obese woman.
Sheesh the woman isn’t showing her nips for heavens sake! I enjoy her show. I will say I am not a blind Giada fan though, I think the over emphasis on the italian words is a bit much, and her football field sized head and smile are a bit daunting. Overall, I don’t see what the fuss is about though.
The jealousy framed as offense is humor enough. If you are indeed still offended in this day and age by a beautiful woman not being completely covered up, perhaps you should go find that original puritan settlement that may be more to your liking.
By the way… Food Network, like all other TV is an “entertainment business”. Take a look at the range of shows they have and figure out which demographic they are after, in this case it is the prudish or jealous demographic, so feel free to write in, but they don’t care what you think, you aren’t who they want watching.
My wife likes the cooking and I like the hoo hoo’s. It is a perfect combination for quality time together. I just can’t always recall what she made…but I can describe her top with great detail.
Would you rather be watching Mario???
We love her but why all the boobage. It’s totally annoying & especially since she’s a new mother
To be honest, I do notice her chest, but her smile, eyes & voice are what really do it for me. I think she is beautiful, but not in an aloof sort of way, though.