# Nadia G
> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nadia_G
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nadia_G.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_G
> Source revision: 1353761062
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
{{short description|Canadian chef}}
{{Update|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox chef
| name = Nadia G
| image = Nadia Giosia, 2016 (cropped).jpg
| caption = {{small|Nadia G}}
| birth_name = Nadia Giosia[[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nadia-G/9684485652 Nadia G]. Facebook. Retrieved on 2011-11-16.] better known by the stage name '''Nadia G''', is a Canadian musician and [celebrity chef](/source/celebrity_chef).[{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Riot Grill serves up a renegade feast |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-riot-grill-20150806-story.html |access-date=2016-05-12 |website=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|date= 6 August 2015}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/arts/television/nadia-g-of-bitchin-kitchen-on-cooking-channel.html|title=Nadia G of 'Bitchin' Kitchen' on Cooking Channel|last=Anderson|first=John|date=2011-06-24|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-05-12}}] She is known for hosting the television series ''[Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen](/source/Nadia_G's_Bitchin'_Kitchen)'' and ''[Bite This with Nadia G](/source/Bite_This_with_Nadia_G),'' both of which aired on [Food Network Canada](/source/Food_Network_(Canadian_TV_channel)) and the [Cooking Channel](/source/Cooking_Channel). Giosia also created the 2015 music festival Riot Grill and plays in a punk rock band called The Menstruators.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-riot-grill-20150806-story.html|title=Riot Grill serves up a renegade feast|last=Times|first=Los Angeles|website=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|date=6 August 2015 |access-date=2016-05-10}}]
== Personal life ==
Giosia was born in [Montreal, Quebec](/source/Montreal) to a family of Italian immigrants. She grew up in [St. Leonard, Quebec](/source/St._Leonard%2C_Quebec).[{{Cite news|last=Anderson|first=John|date=2011-06-24|title=Nadia G of 'Bitchin' Kitchen' on Cooking Channel|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/arts/television/nadia-g-of-bitchin-kitchen-on-cooking-channel.html|access-date=2016-05-11|issn=0362-4331}}] Giosia has no professional training as a chef and is mostly self-taught with recipes developed from family tradition. Giosia credits her interest in fusing comedy and cooking to her upbringing, saying, "I grew up in a large Italian family where all of our best conversations happened in the kitchen. We would always be having a laugh and food would be the centerpiece."[{{Cite web|url=http://www.lamag.com/digestblog/qa-bitchin-kitchens-nadia-g/|title=Q&A: Bitchin' Kitchen's Nadia G - Los Angeles Magazine|date=2014-07-14|website=Los Angeles Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-10}}]
Giosia lives in Los Angeles, California.[{{Cite web |date=2014-07-14 |title=Q&A: Bitchin' Kitchen's Nadia G - Los Angeles Magazine |url=http://www.lamag.com/digestblog/qa-bitchin-kitchens-nadia-g/ |access-date=2016-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Magazine |language=en-US}}]
== Career ==
=== Television ===
==== ''Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen'' ====
{{main|Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen}}
Giosia began her entertainment career with [sketch comedy](/source/sketch_comedy) in the late 1990s and early 2000s.[{{Cite web |last=Buck |first=Stephanie |date=25 April 2012 |title=Bitchin' Kitchen: How a Web Chef Cooked Up a Hit TV Show |url=http://mashable.com/2012/04/25/bitchin-kitchen-nadia-g/ |access-date=2016-05-11 |website=Mashable}}] ''Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen'' began as part of a comedy sketch series Giosia worked on in Montreal in 2005.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/BitchinKitchen/videos/10153063504551724/|title=Vintage Bitchin' Kitchen Comedy Sketch - Bitchin' Kitchen {{!}} Facebook|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=2016-05-10}}] The sketch evolved into a web series which was produced by Giosia and her business partner, producer and director Josh Dorsey.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/1744671/bitchin-kitchens-hilarious-recipe-web-success|title=Bitchin' Kitchen's Hilarious Recipe for Web Success|date=2011-04-05|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-12}}][{{Cite web|url=http://b360media.com/about/|title=B360 Media {{!}} About|website=b360media.com|access-date=2016-05-11}}] The YouTube web series was picked up by Food Network Canada in 2010, and then the Cooking Channel in 2011.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/nadia-gs-bitchin-kitchen/cooking-bitchin-kitchen.html|title=Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen Videos : Cooking Channel|website=www.cookingchanneltv.com|access-date=2016-05-11}}]
In addition to Giosia's character, the show featured Panagiotis Koussioulas as Panos the Meat and Fishmonger; Ben Shaouli as the Spice Agent Yeheskel Mizrahi; and Bart Rochon as Hans, the "scantily clad food correspondent."[{{Cite web |title=Nadia G on Her New Show 'Bite This' and Why She Says Her 'Bra Don't Fit No More' - The Seattle Lesbian |url=http://theseattlelesbian.com/nadia-g-on-her-new-show-bite-this-and-why-she-says-her-bra-dont-fit-no-more/ |access-date=2016-05-12 |website=theseattlelesbian.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2016-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331155129/http://theseattlelesbian.com/nadia-g-on-her-new-show-bite-this-and-why-she-says-her-bra-dont-fit-no-more/ |url-status=dead }}] The show featured a 13-city tour of the United States where Giosia "tortured" chefs during in-kitchen interviews by looking up information from their social media so she could "hold it over their heads in the kitchen".[{{Cite web|url=http://theseattlelesbian.com/nadia-g-on-her-new-show-bite-this-and-why-she-says-her-bra-dont-fit-no-more/|title=Nadia G on Her New Show 'Bite This' and Why She Says Her 'Bra Don't Fit No More' - The Seattle Lesbian|website=theseattlelesbian.com|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-11|archive-date=2016-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331155129/http://theseattlelesbian.com/nadia-g-on-her-new-show-bite-this-and-why-she-says-her-bra-dont-fit-no-more/|url-status=dead}}][{{Cite web |last1=Toce |first1=Sarah |date=2014-07-15 |title=Nadia G Wants You to 'Bite This' and Tells You Why Her 'Bra Don't Fit No More' |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nadia-g-wants-you-to-bite_b_5585386 |access-date=2020-10-28 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}] Some of the restaurants in the series included Badmaash and [Father's Office](/source/Father's_Office) in Los Angeles, Peg Leg Porker and [Hattie B's Hot Chicken](/source/Hattie_B's_Hot_Chicken) in [Nashville](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee), and The Cecil in [Harlem](/source/Harlem).[{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/SW1yxu-pqiaQA|title=Bite This with Nadia G.|website=YouTube|access-date=2016-05-11}}]
==== Other television appearances ====
On July 12, 2011, Giosia appeared on the American [Travel Channel](/source/Travel_Channel) series ''[Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern](/source/Bizarre_Foods_with_Andrew_Zimmern)'' episode "Montreal".[{{Cite web |title=Montreal Travel Guide - Bizarre Foods - TravelChannel.com |url=http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/bizarre-foods/travel-guides/montreal-travel-guide |access-date=2016-05-11 |website=Travel Channel}}] On December 2, 2012, she appeared alongside [Michael Symon](/source/Michael_Symon) and Benjamin Sargent on the "Battle Holiday Gingerbread" episode of ''[Iron Chef America](/source/Iron_Chef_America),'' representing the Cooking Channel against a team of Food Network stars including [Masaharu Morimoto](/source/Masaharu_Morimoto), [Robert Irvine](/source/Robert_Irvine), and [Ted Allen](/source/Ted_Allen).[{{Cite web |title=Holiday Battle : Iron Chef America : Food Network |url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/iron-chef-america/11-series/holiday-battle.html |access-date=2016-05-11 |website=www.foodnetwork.com}}] On April 7, 2013, she appeared on season three of ''[Chopped All-Stars](/source/Chopped_All-Stars)''.[{{cite web |date= |title=Chopped All-Stars, Season 3: Meet the Chefs : Shows |url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/chopped-all-stars-season-3-meet-the-chefs/pictures/page-4.html |accessdate=2013-12-18 |publisher=Food Network}}] In October 2014, Giosia was one of 16 celebrity participants in Food Network's ''[Cutthroat Kitchen Superstar Sabotage Tournament](/source/Cutthroat_Kitchen)''.[{{cite web |date= |title=Meet the All-Star Chefs on Cutthroat Kitchen: Superstar Sabotage |url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/cutthroat-kitchen/meet-the-all-star-chefs-on-cutthroat-kitchen-superstar-sabotage.html |accessdate=2016-03-09 |website=Foodnetwork.com}}] In 2020, Giosia competed on [the CW](/source/the_CW) show ''[Fridge Wars](/source/Fridge_Wars)'', where she competed against chef Rodney Bowers.[{{Cite web |date=2020-09-05 |title=Nadia G. Vs. Rodney Bowers - Fridge Wars |url=https://cwdetroit.cbslocal.com/2020/09/05/nadia-g-vs-rodney-bowers-fridge-wars/ |access-date=2021-03-31 |language=en-US}}]
=== Music ===
Giosia is the lead singer of the punk [riot grrrl](/source/riot_grrrl) band The Menstruators.[{{Cite web |title=TheMenstruators |url=https://www.facebook.com/TheMenstruators/info/?tab=overview |access-date=2016-05-11 |website=www.facebook.com}}]{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([WP:NOTRS](/source/WP%3ANOTRS)).|date=March 2023}} The Menstruators play at dive bars around Los Angeles, including several sets at the [Viper Room](/source/The_Viper_Room).[{{Cite web |title=Nadia G on The Menstruators, Sick Kitchens and Partner Shaming - The Seattle Lesbian |url=http://theseattlelesbian.com/nadia-g-on-the-menstruators-sick-kitchens-and-partner-shaming/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510161535/http://theseattlelesbian.com/nadia-g-on-the-menstruators-sick-kitchens-and-partner-shaming/ |archive-date=2017-05-10 |access-date=2016-05-11 |website=theseattlelesbian.com |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/events/1687943441488551/|title=Nadia G & The Menstruators LIVE|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=2016-05-11}}] In April 2016, the band made a short comedic "rockumentary" which featured commentary from Giosia, band members, and fans.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/BitchinKitchen/videos/10153571089946724/|title=The Menstruators Story - Bitchin' Kitchen {{!}} Facebook|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=2016-05-11}}]
In 2015, Giosia created a female-fronted music, comedy, and food festival at the Regent Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The show was headlined by punk rock band [Babes in Toyland](/source/Babes_in_Toyland_(band)), and featured sets from Mexican garage punk band [Le Butcherettes](/source/Le_Butcherettes), Los Angeles band [Slutever](/source/Slutever), and Giosia's own band; the Menstruators. The event also included a stand-up comedy set by [Sara Schaefer](/source/Sara_Schaefer) and a food menu curated by Giosia.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-riot-grill-20150806-story.html|title=Riot Grill serves up a renegade feast|last=Times|first=Los Angeles|website=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|date=6 August 2015 |access-date=2016-05-11}}]
=== Web series ===
Giosia has also worked on a variety of web projects including ''Getting Irritated with Nadia G'', ''Creep Shaming with Nadia G'', and ''Sick Kitchens''.[{{Cite web |date=2016-03-08 |title=Bitchin' Kitchen Chef Nadia G Is Shaming Online Woman-Haters in a New Web Series - Los Angeles Magazine |url=http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/bitchin-kitchen-chef-nadia-g-is-shaming-online-woman-haters-in-a-new-web-series/ |access-date=2016-05-12 |website=Los Angeles Magazine |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |title=Nadia G Goes from Bitchin' to Creating Sick Kitchens |url=http://www.thedailymeal.com/nadia-g-sick-kitchens/13114 |access-date=2016-05-12 |website=The Daily Meal|date=31 January 2014 }}]
''Getting Irritated'', which began in September 2013, is a web series that features short rants by Giosia about a variety of topics.[{{Cite web|url=http://bitchinlifestyle.tv/videos/getting-irritated-with-nadia-g-2/|title=Bitchin' Kitchen|website=Bitchin' Kitchen|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-11}}] Similar to ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'''s [Mean Tweets](/source/Jimmy_Kimmel_Live!), the ''Creep Shaming'' series hosts celebrities who read offensive social media remarks from [internet trolls](/source/Troll_(slang)).[{{Cite web|url=http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/bitchin-kitchen-chef-nadia-g-is-shaming-online-woman-haters-in-a-new-web-series/|title=Bitchin' Kitchen Chef Nadia G Is Shaming Online Woman-Haters in a New Web Series - Los Angeles Magazine|date=2016-03-08|website=Los Angeles Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-11}}] In the series, Giosia interviews guests and presents a "Golden Douchebag Award" to one commenter each episode.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedailymeal.com/nadia-g-sick-kitchens/13114|title=Nadia G Goes from Bitchin' to Creating Sick Kitchens|website=The Daily Meal|date=31 January 2014 |access-date=2016-05-11}}] The show aired on ULive, a digital platform run by [Scripps Networks Interactive](/source/Scripps_Networks_Interactive).[{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/digital/news/scripps-free-ulive-internet-video-site-cuts-cable-tv-cord-1200691136/|title=Scripps Free Ulive Internet Video Site Cuts Cable TV Cord|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=2013-10-03|website=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-11}}] Giosa said that the show aimed to teach viewers that "bold [design] choices can be beautiful".