The Truth About Ina Garten's Relationship With Giada De Laurentiis
Ina Garten and Giada De Laurentiis are established celebrity chefs in the culinary space who are known for their vibrant cooking styles and unmatched expertise. As far as the latter is concerned, Garten is a huge source of inspiration for her. According to CheatSheet, De Laurentiis looks up to Garten's cooking style and refers to her recipes often.
In fact, De Laurentiis once revealed that her most preferred cake recipe is one created by Garten herself. She's such a big fan, in fact, that she uses said recipe to make her birthday cake each year without fail. De Laurentiis said, "I have the same chocolate cake every year. Ina uses a cherry liqueur in the frosting that is just freaking phenomenal and actually seeps into the cake itself." Sounds rather tempting, eh?
Plus, the two get along well and have shared common experiences in the past. They have also appeared on TV together and have delighted their fans with their easygoing rapport. Here's a peek inside their bond.
Ina Garten and Giada De Laurentiis love to collaborate
Per Food Network, Ina Garten and Giada De Laurentiis have collaborated in the past to cook delicious food together. (We wouldn't expect anything less, after all.) Impressively enough, Garten was aware of De Laurentiis' love for desserts. Garten told De Laurentiis, "I pegged you as somebody who loves chocolate...so I picked chocolate cake." The duo ended up baking a decadent, flourless cake together that has us wishing we could skip past dinner and go straight to dessert.
Additionally, per The Travel, the two master chefs have worked with each other more than once. Believe it or not, they are really entertaining together and fun to watch as they tackle challenging recipes as a team. Also, as highlighted by The Chalkboard Mag, when De Laurentiis was asked to recommend cookbooks for her fans, one of the titles that the chose was Ina Garten's legendary book, "Cooking for Jeffrey."
What's clear is that the two chefs have immense respect for each other and always have fun whenever they collaborate in the kitchen. Isn't that sweet?