Celebrity chef
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In its strictest sense, a celebrity chef is a someone who has become well-known for their cooking. In practical terms however the term grew in popularity during the 1990s, particularly in the United Kingdom. It accompanied an explosion in popularity of cookery programmes on television and cookery features in the printed press. The name celebrity chef is sometimes used in a slightly derogatory way - a celebrity chef who has "sold out" to the media being seen as somehow inferior to a traditional chef in a restaurant. Cantankerous multi-Michelin star winner Gordon Ramsay, for example, has made of point of saying that he is definitely not a celebrity chef, despite having appeared on documentaries and written several books. Others such as Gary Rhodes are perhaps more relaxed about the moniker, yet still have owned and operated several highly successful upmarket restaurants. Another well known celebrity chef is Antoine Careme who was the first chef known to this name.
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Some celebrity chefs
United Kingdom
- Raymond Blanc
- Ross Burden
- Fanny Cradock*
- Elizabeth David*
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall*
- Keith Floyd
- Ainsley Harriott
- Ken Hom
- Madhur Jaffrey*
- Graham Kerr (The Galloping Gourmet)
- Nigella Lawson*
- Nick Nairn
- Jamie Oliver
- Gordon Ramsay
- Gary Rhodes
- Nigel Slater*
- Delia Smith*
- Rick Stein
- Marco Pierre White
- Anthony Worrall-Thompson
* Television personality and/or food writer who did not spend significant time as a working chef.
See also: Ready, Steady, Cook, Can't Cook, Won't Cook
United States
- Mario Batali
- James Beard
- Alton Brown*
- Anthony Bourdain
- Scott Bryan
- Michael Chiarello
- Julia Child*
- Rocco Dispirito
- Todd English
- Bobby Flay
- Thomas Keller
- Emeril Lagasse
- Jacques Pepin
- Paul Prudhomme
- Wolfgang Puck
- Rachael Ray*
- Eric Ripert
- The Frugal Gourmet (Jeff Smith)
- Charlie Trotter
- Ming Tsai
- Alice Waters
- Martin Yan
- Udo Prambs
* Television personality who did not spend significant time as a working chef.
Japan
- Chen Kenichi
- Yutake Ishinabe
- Hiroyuki Sakai
- Masahiko Kobe
- Rokusaburo Michiba
- Koumei Nakamura
- Masaharu Morimoto