Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis arrives during the VIP grand opening of Giada, the first Giada De Laurentiis restaurant, on Monday, June 2, 2014, in the Cromwell. Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis is giving locals a 20 percent discount off their breakfast and lunch checks at her restaurant Giada in the Cromwell through the end of March in advance of its first-anniversary celebrations in June.