Food Wants to Get Away with Giada

Food Network began production on someWeekend Getaways.

Half-hour weekly seriesGiada’s Weekend Getaways will premiere on the network Friday, Jan. 12 at 9:30 p.m. (EST/PST).

The series will follow chef Giada De Laurentiis(Everyday Italian) “across the country as she combines her passions for food and travel on a search for delicious vacation destinations for food lovers,” the Scripps Networks-owned service said in a prepared statement.

Locations that will be explored include: New York; Cape Cod, Mass.; Rhode Island; San Francisco; Napa, Calif.; Jackson Hole, Wyo.; Seattle; Austin, Texas; Santa Fe; N.M.; Charleston, S.C.; Miami/South Beach, Fla.; Cabo, Mexico; and the Bahamas.