Nicholas Channing DiGiovanni, born on May 19, 1996, in Providence, Rhode Island, developed an early passion for cooking by observing his grandmother and great-grandmother. He graduated from Milton Academy in 2015 and later attended Harvard University, where he earned a degree in 2019 with a self-designed concentration in "Food and Climate." During his senior year at Harvard, DiGiovanni competed on season 10 of MasterChef, becoming the youngest-ever finalist and finishing in third place.