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Nick DiGiovanni
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Nicholas Channing DiGiovanni
May 19, 1996 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
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| Known for | YouTube, Cooking |
| Height | 1.905 m (6 ft 3 in) |
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| Years active | 2019–present |
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| Subscribers | 13.2 million |
| Total views | 7.08billion |
| Subscriber and view counts updated as of December 10, 2023. | |
Nicholas Channing DiGiovanni (born May 19, 1996) is an American celebrity chef, internet personality, and entertainer. As of March 2023, DiGiovanni has over 25 million followers across his social media accounts, including YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.
Early life
DiGiovanni was born on May 19, 1996, in Barrington, Rhode Island, to Chris and Susan DiGiovanni (née Naimi). He is of Persian, Italian, German, and British descent. He is the oldest of four brothers. He developed a passion for food at a young age by watching his grandmother and great-grandmother cook meals for the family.
Education
DiGiovanni attended high school at Milton Academy, where he graduated cum laude. He served as co-head of the Milton Academy Community Service program.
After graduating from high school, DiGiovanni went to Harvard University in Massachusetts. At Harvard, DiGiovanni created his own concentration called "Food and Climate". As part of his coursework, he attended lectures taught by Massimo Bottura, Grant Achatz and José Andrés.
For his senior year, DiGiovanni analyzed data on carbon emissions in 36 international restaurants from Singapore to San Francisco. His thesis was advised by American author and journalist Michael Pollan.
DiGiovanni got accepted to attend Harvard Business School through the 2+2 deferral program. In January 2023, he let Harvard know he was not planning to matriculate.
Career
Television
During his senior year of college, DiGiovanni attended a casting call for season 10 of MasterChef. He was selected to compete on the show and finished in third place. To film the show, DiGiovanni reportedly left in the middle of the term at Harvard without informing his professors. He returned the next season as a mentor for finalists.
Philanthropy
DiGiovanni is the Lead Ambassador for The Farmlink Project. Additionally, in 2021, DiGiovanni participated in the #TeamSeas campaign founded by YouTuber MrBeast, which raised $30 million to clean up 30 million pounds (14 million kilograms) of trash in the ocean. In 2022, he partnered with Chipotle to donate 20 million pounds of food.
Accolades
DiGiovanni has been featured in several publications, including Today, Good Morning America, and Harper's Bazaar. In 2021, DiGiovanni was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Food and Drink. The same year, DiGiovanni won YouTube's Streamy Award for Food, an award recognizing the world's top food creator of the year. He was a Webby Award recipient in 2022.
In November 2021, DiGiovanni (with Lynja) broke the Guinness World Record for the largest ever cake pop, which weighed 97 pounds 8.52 ounces (44.240 kg).
In June 2022, he broke another Guinness World Record for the largest ever chicken nugget, which weighed 20.96 kg (46.2 lb). In August, he visited the most fast food restaurants in 24 hours (69 restaurants). In October, he beat Gordon Ramsay's record for the fastest time to fillet a 10 lb (4.5 kg) fish by five seconds; completing it in 1 minute exactly. On the same day he constructed the world's largest sushi roll, which measured at 2.15 metres (7 ft 1 in) in diameter. In November, he created the largest fortune cookie at 1.47 kg (3.2 lb) and made the largest donation of turkey in 24 hours (64,463.44 kg (142,117.6 lb) - roughly 7,620 turkeys).
On May 11, 2023, DiGiovanni, alongside Ramsay, broke the Guinness World Record for the largest Beef Wellington, which weighed 25.76 kg (56.8 lb). This was his ninth Guinness World Record and was broken in partnership with celebrity chefs Ramsay, Max the Meat Guy, Guga Foods and The Golden Balance.
On June 13, 2023, DiGiovanni released his debut cookbook, Knife Drop. It debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers list and remained on the list for five consecutive weeks.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2021 | 11th Streamy Awards | Food | Won | |
| 2022 | 12th Streamy Awards | Food | Nominated | |
| 2023 | 13th Streamy Awards | Food | Won |
