Giada De Laurentiis Shares Highlights from ‘Dream Trip’ with Daughter Jade and Boyfriend Shane Farley

Mar. 15, 2025

Giada De Laurentiis takes a photo with her daughter Jade and boyfriend Shane Farley.Photo:Giada DeLaurentiis/Instagram

Giada De Laurentiis, Daughter Jade and Boyfriend Shane Farley

Giada DeLaurentiis/Instagram

Giada De Laurentiisis spending Thanksgiving week abroad — and is fully loving it.

Days after sharing with PEOPLE that she wouldcelebrate the holiday in Japanwith her daughterJade Marie De Laurentiis Thompsonand her boyfriendShane Farley, the celebrity chef, 54, showed off highlights from their travels thus far on Instagram.

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In the second photo, Jade smiles from ear to ear as she poses in front of a food shop while holding a desert-filled skewer.

De Laurentiis included a video of herself using a cup to collect water from a dragon fountain and a clip of large koi fishes swimming in a pond.

Giada De Laurentiis' daughter Jade in Japn.Giada DeLaurentiis/Instagram

Giada De Laurentiis, Daughter Jade

“Dream trip has begun!! 🇯🇵,” she captioned the post.

TheSuper Italian: More Than 110 Indulgent Recipes Using Italy’s Healthiest Foodsauthor explained in her conversation with PEOPLE that her international travels have been a long time coming.

“I’ve been talking about it for five years. I think Jade’s like, ‘Let’s just do it so I can stop hearing about it.’ Anyway, yes, we’re going to go to Tokyo and Kyoto and do a little excursion in Japan,” De Laurentiis told PEOPLE.

Giada De Laurentiis in Japan.Giada DeLaurentiis/Instagram

Giada De Laurentiis

While she said she was “thrilled” to be going on what she believes will be a “very inspirational” trip, her family had a hilarious different reaction.

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“My family’s like, ‘What? You can’t leave,’ because I’m usually the cook at Thanksgiving, so I think they’re freaking out a little bit. But I am so excited," said De Laurentiis.

source: people.com