Giada De Laurentiis Maps 6:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Routine as Giadzy Pushes Into Retail

3 articles · Updated · Business Insider · Jul 20

55-year-old Giada De Laurentiis said her home days in Los Angeles run from a 6:30 a.m. wake-up to an 11 p.m. bedtime, built around strict structure when travel is not disrupting it.
10 a.m. marks the start of Zoom calls centered on Giadzy, which began as a direct-to-consumer importer of Italian goods and is now shifting into retail, a move she said feels like building a new business.
12,000 daily steps, an hour of yoga five days a week, and 10 minutes of Transcendental Meditation anchor her routine, while breakfast stays fixed and lunch is usually light and mostly vegetarian.
Southern California store visits, twice-monthly restaurant trips to Las Vegas, Chicago or Scottsdale, and weekly shoots for Giadzy, restaurants or brand partners fill the afternoon before she aims to be home by 4:30 p.m.
Five nights a week, she cooks dinner for her family and said she does not use AI for recipes, framing home cooking as both decompression and a counterweight to a work schedule split across startup, restaurants and media.