Nick DiGiovanni

Nicholas Channing DiGiovanni (born May 19, 1996) is an American chef and Internet personality who has set multiple food-related Guinness world records.^[2][3][4]

Nick DiGiovanni
DiGiovanni in 2024
Born	Nicholas Channing DiGiovanni (1996-05-19) May 19, 1996 (age 28) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.[1]
Education	Harvard University
Occupations	Chef Internet personality
YouTube information
Channels	NickDiGiovanni
Years active	2019–present
Subscribers	25 million
Views	12 billion
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 1,000,000 subscribers 10,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: March 29th, 2025
Website	nickdigiovanni.com

Early life

Nick DiGiovanni was born on May 19th, 1996, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Chris and Sudie DiGiovanni (née Naimi).^[5] He is of Italian, Persian, German, and British descent.^[6][7] He is the oldest of four brothers. He became interested in cooking at a young age by watching his grandmother and great-grandmother cook meals for the family.^[8]

DiGiovanni graduated from Milton Academy in 2014. He attended Harvard University, where he created his own concentration called "Food and Climate".^[9]

Career

During his senior year of college, DiGiovanni attended a casting call for season 10 of MasterChef.^[10] He was selected to compete on the show and finished in third place overall.^[10] To film the show, DiGiovanni reportedly left in the middle of the semester at Harvard without informing his professors. He returned the next season as a mentor for finalists.^[11] After completing MasterChef and graduating from Harvard, DiGiovanni began to post cooking videos on YouTube.^[12]

In 2021, DiGiovanni was included in the Rhode Island 30 Under 30 list for Food and Drink.^[13] The same year, DiGiovanni won YouTube's Streamy Award for Food, an award recognizing the world's top food creator of the year.^[14] 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.^[15]

In 2022, he partnered with Chipotle to donate 20,000,000 pounds (9,100,000 kg) of food.^[16] He was a Webby Award recipient in 2022.^[17]

In 2024, he returned as a guest judge and mentor on the 14th season of MasterChef.^[18]

Guinness records

In November 2021, DiGiovanni, with Lynn “Lynja” Yamada Davis, broke the Guinness World Record for the largest-ever cake pop, which weighed 97 pounds 8.52 ounces (44.240 kg).^{[19][20][21][22]} In June 2022, he broke another Guinness World Record for the largest-ever chicken nugget, which weighed 20.96 kg (46.2 lb).^[23] In August, he visited the most fast food restaurants in 24 hours (69 restaurants).^[24] 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 exactly one minute. On the same day, he constructed the world's largest sushi roll, which measured at 2.15 metres (7 ft 1 in) in diameter.^[25] In November, he and Nigel Ng created the largest fortune cookie at 1.47 kg (3.2 lb)^[26] and made the largest donation of turkey in 24 hours (64,463.44 kg (142,117.6 lb) - roughly 7,620 turkeys).^[27] On May 11, 2023,^[28] 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.^[29]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2021	11th Streamy Awards	Food	Won	[30]
2022	12th Streamy Awards		Nominated	[31]
2023	13th Streamy Awards		Won	[32]

Filmography

List of television appearances

Year	Title	Role
2019	MasterChef	Contestant (Placed 3rd)
2021	MasterChef	Mentor
2021	The Drew Barrymore Show	Self
2022	Live with Kelly and Ryan
2022	Selena + Chef
2024	MasterChef	Guest Judge

Bibliography

Year	Title	Publisher
2023	Knife Drop: Creative Recipes Anyone Can Cook ISBN 978-0744076776	DK/PRH (New York)