--- title: Nicole Kidman Has No Time for This TV Chef's Sub-Par Pizza description: On an episode of 'Ellen,' Kidman and DeGeneres cook with Giada De Laurentiis — with mediocre results, according to an honest Kidman. canonical: https://time.com/4774584/nicole-kidman-ellen-giada-pizza/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-10T19:11:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:31.839Z og:title: Nicole Kidman Has No Time for This TV Chef's 'Tough' Pizza og:description: Watch Kidman share her honest critique of Giada De Laurentiis's cooking og:url: https://time.com/4774584/nicole-kidman-ellen-giada-pizza/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nicole Kidman Has No Time for This TV Chef's 'Tough' Pizza twitter:description: Watch Kidman share her honest critique of Giada De Laurentiis's cooking twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Nicole Kidman Has Zero Time for Giada De Laurentiis's 'Tough' Pizza on _Ellen_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 10, 2017 7:11 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 10, 2017 7:11 PM UTC Oscar-winning [_Big Little Lies_](http://time.com/4721757/nicole-kidman-big-little-lies-finale-celeste/) actor Nicole Kidman doesn’t have much tolerance for the stress of cooking. And she certainly doesn’t have time for the dirty jokes and evidently unsatisfactory pizza-like concoction of Food Network star [Giada De Laurentiis](http://time.com/3483888/the-truth-about-home-cooking/). The two women joined host [Ellen DeGeneres](http://time.com/4768947/ellen-degeneres-on-trump/) on her show for a cooking lesson — although Kidman had a less-than-savory critique of De Laurentiis’s special spring flatbread. “It’s a little tough,” she told the food celebrity after trying — and struggling — to take a bite of the clementine-and-fennel-topped focaccia, which DeGeneres also had a hard time chewing. “I know you’re not meant to criticize, but it’s a little tough,” Kidman added. (In her defense, De Laurentiis pointed out that the pre-baked flatbread they were chowing down on had been sitting out for hours in preparation for filming.) Earlier in the lesson, De Laurentiis tried to get DeGeneres and Kidman to mold arancini, the fried balls of risotto. “Nicole, have you made meatballs or anything?” De Laurentiis joked about Kidman’s unknown level of culinary expertise. Kidman’s response: some Oscar-worthy side-eye. “This is a family-friendly show,” Kidman said. Later, she noted that she didn’t find cooking to be a particularly enjoyable pastime. “Isn’t it meant to be relaxing, sort of? That’s what my problem is when I cook. I get anxious and anxiety.” Watch the trio attempt to became masters of the kitchen despite it all, above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4774584/nicole-kidman-ellen-giada-pizza/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4774584/nicole-kidman-ellen-giada-pizza/"},"headline":"Nicole Kidman Has Zero Time for Giada De Laurentiis's 'Tough' Pizza on Ellen","datePublished":"2017-05-10T19:11:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:31.839Z","description":"On an episode of 'Ellen,' Kidman and DeGeneres cook with Giada De Laurentiis — with mediocre results, according to an honest Kidman.","url":"https://time.com/4774584/nicole-kidman-ellen-giada-pizza/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4774584/nicole-kidman-ellen-giada-pizza/","name":"Nicole Kidman Has Zero Time for Giada De Laurentiis's 'Tough' Pizza on Ellen"}}]}] ```