Celebrity Chefs

Ferran Adrià Acosta was born in L'Hospitalet de LIobregat in 1962.

Food & Wine’s ‘Best Chef,’ winner of two James Beard Foundation Awards and food advocate, Hugh Acheson brings a fresh perspective to how we grow, cook, and shop for food.

A veteran of the British Royal Navy, Robert learned to cook for a huge number of people under intense pressure, an experience that served him well when he moved to…

Eitan Bernath is a chef, entertainer, author, TV personality, and entrepreneur

Chef Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge reservation, is the founder of the company The Sioux Chef.

Chef Ludo Lefebvre is one of the most influential chefs in Los Angeles dining, pioneering and revolutionizing the culinary industry.

Buddy Valastro is the Cake Boss, a bestselling author and the celebrity baker of several hit tv shows. Known for his affability and family-first message, Buddy is an audience favorite…

Tom Colicchio spent his childhood immersed in food, cooking with his mother and grandmother. It was his father, however, who suggested that he make a career of it.

Emmy-nominated Padma Lakshmi is internationally known as a food expert, model, actress and bestselling author, and activist. Lakshmi serves as host and an executive producer of Bravo’s Emmy award-winning Top Chef,…

Few American chefs, much less female chefs, can boast leading Michelin-starred restaurants abroad. Chef Alexandra Guarnaschelli can, having embarked on a culinary journey that saw her working in some of…

Priya Krishna is a food writer who contributes regularly to the New York Times, and the author of the best-selling cookbook Indian-ish, which she wrote with her mother. Her YouTube videos teaching…

Marcus Samuelsson is the acclaimed chef behind many restaurants worldwide including Red Rooster Harlem, Red Rooster Shoreditch, and Marcus B&P. Samuelsson was the youngest person to ever receive a three-star…

Named “Sexiest Chef Alive” by People magazine, Rocco DiSpirito’s ability to offset classical European techniques with unconventional, vivid flavor has earned him scores of accolades, including “America’s Best New Chef” by Food and…

Kristen Kish was born in South Korea and adopted into a family in Kentwood, MI.  She showed an affinity for cooking at a young age.   Her mother suggested she go to culinary school…

Emmy and James Beard Award winner Ted Allen is the host of “Chopped” and “Chopped Junior,”

Michael Mina’s story is one of two decades of influence, passion and achievement.

New York City chef and restaurateur behind numerous award-winning establishments including Locanda Verde, The Dutch, Joe's Pub, Lafayette, Bar Primi, Little Park and Evening Bar Trained under legendary chefs Valentino…

Aarón Sánchez is an award-winning chef, TV personality, cookbook author and philanthropist.

Known to millions as “The Korean Vegan,” Joanne Molinaro began her blog of the same name in 2016 after adopting a plant-based diet.

In 2012, Amirah Kassem left behind a career in fashion to pursue her love of baking. In just seven years, her high-concept bakery, Flour Shop, has exploded into a highly…

Cat Cora is a world-renowned chef, author, restaurateur, contributing editor, television host and personality, actress, avid philanthropist, health and fitness expert, lifestyle entrepreneur and proud mother of six.

Monti Carlo a Chef, Motivational Speaker, and a Food Network Personality.

Eddie Jackson is a former NFL player-turned-celebrity chef, Food Network Personality, food truck owner, and personal trainer.

Each of these words can be used to describe Hawa Hassan. Not only has she authored a cookbook, walked on runways across the world, established her own condiment company, and…

From her beginnings in a shared kitchen to a food truck to 3 locations and pandemic grand openings, Pinky Cole is building an empire as the owner and visionary of…

A Santa Fe, New Mexico based chef, author, Native foods historian and photographer Lois Ellen Frank was born in New York City and raised on Long Island, New York with…

One of the highest-selling female artists in Country music history, and now a two-time New York Times Bestselling cookbook author, Trisha Yearwood has a habit of surpassing expectations. Case in…

Roy Choi is widely known as the godfather of the food truck movement thanks to his success with the much-celebrated Kogi Truck. At a time when chefs and food trucks…

Kelly Choi is a multiple Emmy Award–winning journalist, producer, and TV host and contributing editor to Eat This, Not That! The former host of Top Chef Masters, she is also…

Brian Wendel has had a longtime interest in nutrition and health. In the summer of 2008, having read The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, he realized that the scientific…

Eric Ripert is the chef and co-owner of the New York restaurant Le Bernardin. The celebrated restaurant has held three stars from the Michelin Guide since its inception in 2005,…

Those three words define Mary Ann Esposito and the signature cooking style that has made her one of America's most loved television chefs. As the creator and host of the…

Alice Waters is a chef, author, food activist, and the founder and owner of Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley, California. She has been a champion of local sustainable agriculture for…

Ming Tsai's love of cooking was forged in his early years. Ming was raised in Dayton, Ohio, where he spent hours cooking alongside his mother and father at Mandarin Kitchen,…

B. Smith is an iconic restaurateur, author, and pioneering transcultural lifestyle expert who merges cultures through a shared appreciation for style. She has been heralded by The New York Times…

Rachael Ray is a New York Times best-selling author of more than twenty cookbooks, including “Week in a Day,” “My Year in Meals” and “The Book of Burger.” Her latest…

Ali Larter portrayed fictional model Allegra Coleman in a 1996 Esquire magazine hoax and took on guest roles on several television shows in the 1990s. She made her film debut…

Chef Emeril Lagasse’s passion for food was ignited as a young boy growing up in the small town of Fall River, Massachusetts, where he spent time in the kitchen with…

Jon Haggins, a motivational speaker who inspires people to get up and go, that anything is possible

Bob Greene is an exercise physiologist and certified personal trainer specializing in fitness, metabolism, and weight loss. He's been a frequent guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show and appeared on…

Duff Goldman is a chef, artist, entrepreneur and TV personality. Duff’s first major foray into television was on the hit Food Network show Ace of Cakes, which took place in…

Joel Fuhrman, M.D. is a family physician, New York Times best-selling author and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. Dr. Fuhrman is…

Cheryl Forberg, RD, is a James Beard award-winning chef and a New York Times bestselling author. In 2011 she was named as one of America’s 100 Most Influential People in…

Why have thousands of customers from around the world chosen to get the Johnny Cupcakes' logos tattooed on themselves? And how does Johnny get hundreds of people to camp outside…

Jane E. Brody is the Personal Health columnist for The New York Times. She joined The Times as a specialist in medicine and biology in 1965 after completing degrees in…