Feast on New England favorites like Browned Butter Lobster Rolls and Garlic Butter Steak Tips, enjoy decadent pasta dishes like Smoky Mezcal Rigatoni and Sungold Spaghetti, and recreate fan favorites like his Viral Pasta Chips and Dino Nuggets. Yes, he’s drop dead gorgeous, and the first one or two times the knife hits the chopping board in one of his reels we take a short gasp, but after that, we feel more blasé than entertained.

Building on a foundation of staple recipes such as basic pasta dough and homemade butter, Nick shares a mouthwatering selection of his most-loved recipes. Nick DiGiovanni makes me believe that I could actually make a lot of these delicious looking recipes.DiGiovanni is a force to be reckoned with and truly unique in his field as he blends culinary excellence with a personable TV presence and a loyal social following of over 22 million people.

In addition to all of that flavorful, tender meat you get, you’re also left with perfect chicken broth bones, that delicious skin that you can utilize in so many ways, and even that flavorful juice that sits in the bottom of most rotisserie chicken bags,” he says. In his debut cookbook, Nick DiGiovanni gives you the tools to become fearless in the kitchen and to create delicious meals.

Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect from this book, but now that I’ve read it, I can see why Gordon Ramsay was willing to put his name on it and supply a foreword.

Compost’ takes on a new meaning in Nick’s cookie recipe, the accompanying photo showing a single cookie bearing hand emerging from a bed of pretzels, chips and smarties AKA pantry ‘compost’.And of course, Nick had to include some “collab” recipes from his famous friends like Andrew Zimmern, Robert Irvine, Joanne Chang, Lynja, and more. Containing over 100 recipes, Nick urges young cooks to have a go, be fearless and build their tool kit of recipes and techniques from homemade staples up. Since first appearing on MasterChef five years ago, DiGiovanni has leaned on the celebrity chef as a trusted adviser.