According to her family, she had been living out a lifelong dream of visiting the waterfall when the tragic accident occurred.

On March 23, 2025, tragedy struck Gianna Buzzetta, an executive pastry chef who worked at the Jeune et Jolie restaurant in Carlsbad.

Gianna Buzzetta, 26, was hit by the falling debris on March 23 as she was checking out the Makaleha Falls waterfall in Kauai with boyfriend Connor Quinton, who was described as her “soon-to-be ...

Executive pastry chef for California-based restaurant Jeune et Jolie, Gianna Buzzetta, recently died on March 24, 2025, following an incident at the Makaleha Falls Trail in Hawaii the previous day.

An acclaimed pastry chef was killed by a boulder during a picturesque hike on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, officials said. Gianna Buzzetta, a 26-year-old from California, was hit by a falling ...

Gianna Buzzetta, a 26-year-old Southern California pastry chef, died after being struck by a tumbling boulder at Makaleha ...

A beloved celebrity chef was tragically killed in a freak accident while hiking in Hawaii with her boyfriend. Gianna Buzzetta ...

Gianna Buzzetta, who was just 26 years old, died while on vacation in Hawaii. A Carlsbad restaurant is holding a fundraiser to help with funeral expenses.

Gianna Buzzetta was hiking with her boyfriend when the accident took place on Sunday, March 23 Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (KGTV) — Gianna Buzzetta, a 26-year-old rising culinary star and executive pastry chef at the Michelin-starred Jeune et Jolie restaurant in Carlsbad, California, died last ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Gianna Buzzetta wasn’t a rising star in the culinary world, she was at the top of the game. At 26, she was helping to win Michelin stars for Carlsbad’s Jeune ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. — A fundraiser is being held Monday night at Jeune et Jolie in Carlsbad to honor Gianna Buzzetta, a talented 26-year-old pastry chef who lost her life last month in a freak ...