Food Network Stars' Biggest Feuds Through the Years

Sometimes the kitchen is too hot for more than one chef at a time, sparking feuds between Food Network mainstays. Giada De Laurentiis claimed in July 2025 that fellow TV chef Mario Batali made an inappropriate comment about her body while writing a foreword for her 2005 cookbook, Everyday Italian. “He’s really the main guy I had worked with. He’s a legend in the Italian space,” De Laurentiis said on the “On the Menu” YouTube show. “I felt like his stamp of approval would’ve been huge for me.” She added, “When I read [his passage], I cried because I realized, ‘Ah, he’s basically saying that I’v