WILLIAMS SONOMA ANNOUNCES BOOK TOUR WITH GIADA DE LAURENTIIS

Award-Winning Food Network Star and Best-Selling Cookbook Author
To Sign New GIADA'S ITALY Cookbook in Nine Stores Across the U.S.

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/giadasitalytour

Williams Sonoma, a member of the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. WSM portfolio of brands announced today a book tour with Giada De Laurentiis. The Emmy Award-Winning Food Network Star, and eight-time New York Times bestselling cookbook author will be making appearances in Williams Sonoma stores in cities across the U.S.

The book tour for Giada's Italy is timed with the launch of two new Giada products for Williams Sonoma, which currently carries an exclusive line of Giada's pasta, pasta sauces and pasta tools as well as a line of her signature seasonings and rubs. The new products will include an expansion into the dessert category with a Lemon Ricotta cookie mix that is also available gluten free.

The collaboration between Williams Sonoma and Giada De Laurentiis is focused on bringing authentic Italian flavor combinations to the kitchen which is also the theme of her latest cookbook title, Giada's Italy.

Customers interested in purchasing a book and meeting Giada can purchase tickets to reserve a spot at the event through the following links:

Saturday, March 31, 2018, from 1:00 to 3:00pm – Williams Sonoma South Coast Plaza – Costa Mesa, CA
Tickets: http://bit.ly/GIADAorangecounty

Monday, April 2, 2018, from 6:30 to 8:00pm – Williams Sonoma Short Hills – Short Hills, NJ
Tickets: http://bit.ly/GIADAshorthills

Wednesday, April 4, 2018, from 1:00 to 3:00pm – Williams Sonoma King of Prussia – King of Prussia, PA
Tickets: http://bit.ly/GIADAkingofprussia

Friday, April 6, 2018, from 6:00 to 8:00pm – Williams Sonoma The Gardens – Palm Beach, FL
Tickets: http://bit.ly/GIADAPalmBeach

Saturday, April 7, 2018, from 1:00 to 3:00pm – Williams Sonoma Highland Village – Houston, TX
Tickets: http://bit.ly/GIADAhouston

Sunday, April 8, 2018, from 1:00 to 3:00pm – Williams Sonoma Northpark Center – Dallas, TX
Tickets: http://bit.ly/GIADAdallas

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm – Williams Sonoma Mosaic – Fairfax, VA
Tickets: http://bit.ly/GIADAfairfax

Giada's food products and cookbooks will be available at all Williams Sonoma stores as well as online at www.williams-sonoma.com.

For more information on the book tour please visit: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/giadasitalytour

ABOUT WILLIAMS SONOMA

Since its founding by Chuck Williams in 1956, the Williams Sonoma brand has been bringing people together around food. A member of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. WSM portfolio of brands, Williams Sonoma is a leading specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home, providing world-class service and an engaging customer experience. Products include cookware, cooks' tools, cutlery, electrics, bakeware, food, tabletop and bar, outdoor, cookbooks, as well as furniture, lighting and decorative accessories. Each store offers cooking classes and tastings conducted by expert culinary staff. A comprehensive gift registry program for weddings and other special events is available in stores and online. On williams-sonoma.com and the Williams Sonoma blog, Taste, customers can find recipes, tips, and techniques that help them create delicious meals and wonderful memories. Williams Sonoma is also part of an active community on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+ and YouTube.

ABOUT GIADA DE LAURENTIIS

Giada De Laurentiis is the Emmy Award-winning star of Food Network's Giada Entertains, Giada in Italy, Giada at Home and Giada's Holiday Handbook; a judge on Food Network Star; a contributing correspondent for NBC's Today show; and the author of eight New York Times bestselling books. She attended the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris and worked at Wolfgang Puck's Spago restaurant before starting her own catering company, GDL Foods. Born in Rome, she grew up in Los Angeles, where she now lives with her daughter, Jade.

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