Laura Vitale
Laura Vitale is the Italian-American home cook behind Laura in the Kitchen, a cookbook author and the host of Amazon Live’s Pass the Plate.
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- From
- Naples, Italy; later moved to the United States at age 12.
- Based in
- New Jersey.
- Work
- Self-taught home cook, video creator, cookbook author and television host.
- First episode
- Bruschetta with Tomato & Basil, January 17, 2010.
- Television breakthrough
- Simply Laura premiered on Cooking Channel in September 2014.
Mini bio
A kitchen connection.
Laura grew up cooking with her grandmother in Naples. After moving to the United States at 12, she kept that connection alive through family recipes and worked in her father’s pizzeria. Cooking her nonna’s food helped her feel at home in a new country.
Starting again online.
When her father’s restaurants closed, Laura needed a new outlet for cooking. Her husband, Joe, built a studio kitchen in their basement and encouraged her to make videos. Laura in the Kitchen began in January 2010 with tomato-and-basil bruschetta. Joe handled filming, editing and production.
From the basement to television.
The cooking videos led to Simply Laura, which debuted on Cooking Channel in September 2014 and ran for two seasons. Her first cookbook, Laura in the Kitchen, followed in October 2015. At My Italian Table, published in February 2024 with Rachel Holtzman, gathers 100 Italian family favorites.
Another seat at the table.
In September 2026, Laura introduced Pass the Plate, a series filmed in her own home for Amazon Live. Its meals finish with friends and family around the table, carrying the family cooking at the heart of her videos into a new show.
Creditschronological, newest first
Online cooking
- 2010–presentLaura in the KitchenCreator and host; Joe Vitale produces the show
Television
- 2026Pass the PlateHost, Amazon Live
- 2026TODAY: Lightened-up favoritesGuest cook
- 2014–2016Simply LauraHost, Cooking Channel; two seasons
Cookbooks
- 2024At My Italian Table: Family Recipes from My Cucina to YoursAuthor, with Rachel Holtzman
- 2015Laura in the Kitchen: Favorite Italian-American Recipes Made EasyAuthor
Awards
Quotes
I wanted to bring back the cooking shows we grew up loving.Laura Vitale, Pass the Plate announcement on YouTube
Trivia
- Potato gnocchi was the first food she remembered making as a child. Her grandfather built a little stool from crates so she could stand beside her grandmother.
- Her first Laura in the Kitchen episode was tomato-and-basil bruschetta, uploaded on January 17, 2010.
- For At My Italian Table, she spent hours on the phone with her nonna learning family cooking secrets, including using mashed potatoes in focaccia Barese.
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