Nicholas Channing "Nick" DiGiovanni[citation needed] (born: May 19, 1996), is an American YouTuber, chef, social media influencer, and reality television personality. He is mainly known for being one of the finalists in season 10 of MasterChef and for his cooking videos on YouTube and TikTok. He is known for his cooking video series on YouTube.
Personal life[]
Nick DiGiovanni was born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, to Chris and Susan DiGiovanni (neé Naimi).[1] He is of Italian, German, English and Iranian (Persian) descent.[2] He has three younger brothers named Cam, Pete, and Will, all three of which have appeared in his videos.[3] He had a yellow Labrador Retriever named Leo,[4] And he had also had a pet hamster named Pesto, who was a Campbell's dwarf hamster[5], that passed away in 2022. He currently has a Pomsky named Pepper.[6]
Content[]
Nick mainly posts shorts of quick recipes. The majority of his content consists of shorts, while he occasionally uploads longer videos of more complex recipes. These longer videos often feature recipes that are more on the unconventional and/or expensive side. He has also made videos about catching live seafood like lobsters with Bayashi TV and scallops.[7]
There is a running gag in Nick's videos where his cameraman Manny does something weird, leading him to either fire him or do something such as slapping his hand. He also occasionally brings special guests in his videos, such as former professional basketball player Shaquille O'Neal[8] and actor Brian Baumgartner, who is famously known for his role as Kevin Malone in the NBC sitcom, The Office.[9]
Trivia[]
- Nick's favorite food is rotisserie chicken.
- His favorite movie ever is Ratatouille.[12]
- He went to Harvard for college by miracle, where he studied environmental science and took every food-related class he could take.[13]
- He is lactose intolerant.[14]
- He owns a Tesla automobile and an Elon Musk flamethrower.
- He was a finalist in the TV show MasterChef where he got 3rd place.
- He ties Whitney Miller for being the show's youngest finalist at age 22.
- He is the fourth Italian-American finalist.
- He is the first ever contestant from Rhode Island.
- He is the first ever finalist to be eliminated during the finale.
- He was once called "Juan" by a JetBlue airplane television during a video. This led people to make jokes about "Juan" in the comment sections.[15]
- He owns a premium cooking salt company called Osmo.
- He started a food scented candle company called Flambé Candles.
- He has a cookbook called Knife Drop for sale on Amazon.[16]
- He has been spotted in videos and photos wearing various Snoopy shirts and using a Snoopy mug.
- He can speak Mandarin Chinese.[17]
- He understands Italian but cannot speak it.[18]
- He hates flying and has stated that he would prefer an 8-hour road trip to a one-hour flight.[19]
- He drives a Tesla model 3.[20]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/shapur-naimi-obituary?id=2248723
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JamFT_fdApQ
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah8mRZPk6sE?si=qYluvvT2-wvqS3Is
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsBBdAjCR6Q?si=I_HNnaxJfB1Ds55y
- ↑ https://x.com/NickDiGiovanni/status/1444777480301150211
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/nick.digiovanni/p/CVN3JV_F1IJ/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L_g-nIMHqh4?si=bJ-0Rc-kQcXP_DHO
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMSDUPx-qZI?si=MJHqVi0pwgyMU8EA
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqdXCEZC_Ng?si=06FuHf7f08SphSOr
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD6Du1nUvN0
- ↑ https://youtu.be/DuW_Jj_Hsa8?si=jrao5f7PlQYLhjTv
- ↑ https://youtu.be/UYi6_M9RinY?si=_b64ZU9HqhDD8Cu2
- ↑ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PpZ0_C_4Ua0
- ↑ https://youtu.be/D1_tN-gO9lc?si=I719QCQHFq4Ed9t4
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFpS1WetihU
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KIVStNXfuZk?si=2SKpesnNMcUhNdTJ
- ↑ https://youtu.be/ah8mRZPk6sE?si=XrCqGm3MyYnH7Z1B
- ↑ https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ljEQMrWtLceN7IYMAyaGx?si=d8kVaOauS4qIMSfAqKokoA
- ↑ https://youtu.be/nZXbg6GTxAQ?si=YeM8yqV9HttycHbC
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CPdVsNoF4DX/?img_index=1&igsh=MTNwZWdlbjNzdW44cA==