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title: "Fast Casual: Food Network TV star launching fast casual concept?"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/2d61d117-adc2-41a5-a3e8-aa3ee5f3b74a
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-food-network-tv-star-launching-fast-casual-concept-2704546
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
published: 2017-10-09T14:09:14.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:10:27.002Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/045e7e721c0497b96aca73daaacb7f4a8201.jpg
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# Fast Casual: Food Network TV star launching fast casual concept?

**TL;DR:** Giada De Laurentiis is planning to launch a new fast casual pasta concept with a pop-up location in New York City. The location will feature various pasta dishes and gelato.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-10-09. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-food-network-tv-star-launching-fast-casual-concept-2704546).*

## Story

Giada De Laurentiis has been a popular television personality and chef on the Food Network for years. According to a recent article in Fast Casual, the celebrity chef is planning to launch a new fast casual pasta concept.

De Laurentiis will be testing out ideas at a pop-up location in New York City later in the month. The location will feature rigatoni with pork ragout, fusilli with lemon and pea alfredo, an arugula salad with pancetta and Parmesan and gelato.

"I've always wanted to do a fast casual pasta concept, and so in the vein of trying things, I thought it'd be fun since I'm in New York anyway [for NYC Food & Wine] to do a little pasta pop-up," she said.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- new york (location)
- fast casual concept (topic)
- pop-up location (topic)
- pasta concept (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-food-network-tv-star-launching-fast-casual-concept-2704546). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/2d61d117-adc2-41a5-a3e8-aa3ee5f3b74a).