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In its strictest sense, a celebrity chef is a someone who has become well-known for his/her cooking. The first historical personality that fits this description is Martino da Como but in practical terms the term grew in popularity during the 1990s. 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.
For example, celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse has become famous for his restaurants, television shows, and media empire. Michelin star winner Gordon Ramsay, for example, has made a point of saying that he is definitely not a celebrity chef, despite having appeared on several television reality shows and written several books. Others such as Gary Rhodes are perhaps more relaxed about the title, yet still have owned and operated several highly successful upmarket restaurants. Many consider Antoine Carême (died 1833) to have been the first celebrity chef.
A number of celebrity cooks have been dubbed "TV chefs" without having earned the title within the Restaurant Industry, including: Rachael Ray, Sandra Lee, and Jeffrey Smith (AKA The Frugal Gourmet).
Celebrity chefs
United Kingdom
* Television personality and/or food writer who did not spend significant time as a working chef.
United States
* Television personality who did not spend significant time as a working chef.
Japan
Note: Except for Chen Kenichi, which is a Chinese name, the names appear in Western order (given name first), not East Asian order (family name first).
- Chen Kenichi
- Yutake Ishinabe
- Masahiko Kobe
- Rokusaburo Michiba
- Masaharu Morimoto
- Koumei Nakamura
- Hiroyuki Sakai
Australia
- Maggie Beer
- Vic Cherikoff
- Benjamin Christie
- Peter Evans
- Gabriel Gaté
- Bill Granger
- Iain Hewitson
- Kylie Kwong
- Maeve O'Meara
- Ian Parmenter
- Neil Perry
- Curtis Stone
- John Torode
- Tetsuya Wakuda
- Paul Wilson
- Tobie Puttock
- Beh Kim Un
- Peter Russell-Clarke
- Geoff Jansz
- James Valentine
Argentina
Peru
Brazil
New Zealand
Ireland
Italy
- Gualtiero Marchesi
- Fulvio Pierangelini
- Giancarlo Vissani
- Massimiliano Alajmo
- Carlo Cracco
- Massimo Bottura
- Moreno Cedroni
India
France
* Television personality and/or food writer who did not spend significant time as a working chef.
Spain
- Ferran Adrià
- Karlos Arguiñano
- José Andrés
- Juan María Arzak
- Santiago Santamaría
- Martín Berasategui
- Carme Ruscalleda
- Simone Ortega
- Sergi Arola
- José Antonio Rivera (Chef Rivera)
South Africa
Canada
- James Barber (The Urban Peasant)
- Bob Blumer
- Christine Cushing
- Rob Feenie
- Susur Lee
- Rob Rainford (License to Grill)
- Michael Smith
- Jean Soulard
- Stephen Yan
- Mark McEwan
- Carol Paradis
Poland
Sweden
Norway
* Television personality who did not spend significant time as a working chef.
Malaysia
- Redzuawan Ismail (Chef Wan)
- Zamzani Abdul Wahab (Chef Zam)
- Ismail Ahmad (Chef Mail)
- Florence Tan
- Chef Sabri Hassan
- Chef Beh Boon Wooi, Antonio
Germany
- Alfons Schuhbeck
- [Alexander Herrmann]
- [Andreas Carl Studer]
- [Tim Mälzer]
- Johann Lafer
- [Vincent Klink]
- [Horst Lichter]
- [Sarah Wiener]
- Alfred Biolek
- [Cornelia Poletto]
- [Kolja Kleeberg]
- [Lea Linster]
