Nadia G
{{short description|Canadian chef}}
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| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Nadia Giosia (born May 12, 1980),[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.{{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|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 and Bite This with Nadia G, both of which aired on Food Network Canada and the 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|date=6 August 2015 |access-date=2016-05-10}}
Personal life
Giosia was born in Montreal, Quebec to a family of Italian immigrants. She grew up in St. Leonard, 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 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. The show ran for three seasons.{{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."
== ''Bite This with Nadia G'' ==
{{main|Bite This with Nadia G}}
Bite This with Nadia G premiered in 2013 on the Cooking Channel and ran for one season.{{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}} 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}}{{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 in Los Angeles, Peg Leg Porker and Hattie B's Hot Chicken in Nashville, and The Cecil in 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 series 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 and Benjamin Sargent on the "Battle Holiday Gingerbread" episode of Iron Chef America, representing the Cooking Channel against a team of Food Network stars including Masaharu Morimoto, Robert Irvine, and 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.{{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.{{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 show 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 band The Menstruators. Founded in 2013, the band features Robin Feldman on guitar, Alejandra Robles Luna on drums, and Ken Christianson on bass and vocals.{{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).|date=March 2023}} The Menstruators play at dive bars around Los Angeles, including several sets at 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, and featured sets from Mexican garage punk band Le Butcherettes, Los Angeles band Slutever, and Giosia's own band; the Menstruators. The event also included a stand-up comedy set by 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|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!
Sick Kitchens is a home improvement show in which Giosa renovates kitchens.{{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.{{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".
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://bitchinlifestyle.tv/}}
- [https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/nadia-gs-bitchin-kitchen Cooking Channel show profile]
- {{IMDb name|4214331}}
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Category:Canadian women performance artists
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