Who is your favourite Celebrity Chef?

[sleepy sinner]

I am in love with Nigella in every conceivable way! Apart from being glamourous, sexy, cute, gorgeous and voluptuous, she just has so much passion for food and good ingredients and for making cooking easy. I love that everything she does just requires throwing a bunch of stuff in the oven or a blender, pretty much. I think she knows how to allow busy people to cook.

And oh my God she's beautiful!

Ok...your turn, I'm embarrassed now.

I made her Christmas cookie decorations (but just as cookies) with some improvisation and they were really noice.

[Static Split Screen]

I don't know any famous chefs, aside from the ones that guest judge on top chef :darn:

[Pulsewidth]

Rachael Ray.
I'd marry her just for the food.

[i]

I love Nigella too.

Pretty much all the celebrity chefs are pretty ace tho, by virtue of being a celebrity chef!

*BAM*!

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

Nigella Lawson's show is like Benny Hill. It is so full of sexual innuendo. It is there more to serve male titilation than for any culinary purpose.

[Jackal]

Bobby Flay is sexy.
Alton Brown is entertaining.

[elisabeth]

http://www.beyondgourmet.com/food/images/julia.jpg

This thread must not exist without her!
:heart:

[Peter]

Anthony Bourdain. Because he's a real cook, not just a pretty face they put on TV. Also because I got to drink with him at a dive bar last time he came to chicago on his book tour! He's awesome :D

[ok]

Rachael Ray.
I'd marry her just for the food.

*barf*

rachael ray is NOT a chef. god damn she sure is annoying, though. :oh:

[rogaine]

ew, i hate it when people say people "aren't chefs" because they're famous or have a tlak show. she is a chef, and she came from a family of chefs and restaurants! poopface.

anyway, i like that australian guy on take home chef! he's hot and has a sexy accent. mm. :crazy:

[Peter]

Rachel Ray is still horrible. I want to strangle that bitch.

I won't trust any chef who has manicured nails. Show me some fucking callouses and burns!

[sleepy sinner]

Nigella Lawson's show is like Benny Hill. It is so full of sexual innuendo. It is there more to serve male titilation than for any culinary purpose.

Actually, that depends on the person watching it. If men watch it purely for titillation, that's their problem. I personally watch it often and I don't think Nigella intentionally sells her body in a cheap way at all. She's merely a gorgeous woman with a powerful personality standing at a kitchen bench, and ER usually with kids, family and friends (whether actors or not) close at hand.
I watch it because actually, she is a chef, and her recipes do serve an obvious culinary purpose, being RECIPES :rolleyes:

[gangsta puffin]

i think nigella is vile. i have to agree with danny, which is actually pretty rare. she tries to make everything fucking sexual and it's lame, desperate and cheap.

and just for the record, i believe that rachel is NOT a chef, i'm pretty sure she didn't go to culinary school. when it comes down to technicalities i think that you can't just declare yourself a "chef," you have to be trained.

[ok]

and just for the record, i believe that rachel is NOT a chef, i'm pretty sure she didn't go to culinary school. when it comes down to technicalities i think that you can't just declare yourself a "chef," you have to be trained.

ding ding diiiiiing!

calling rachael ray a chef is akin to calling a [illicit] drug dealer a pharmacist.

[kendra]

omg Harold from Top Chef season one omg ;o

[Pulsewidth]

You're correct that she hasn't been trained as a chef, since according to Wikipedia:

"She later helped open Agata & Valentina, a New York City market. Moving back to upstate New York, Ray managed Mister Brown's Pub at The Sagamore, a famous hotel on Lake George. From there, she became a buyer and chef at Cowan & Lobel, a gourmet market in suburban Albany."

Her family also owned and managed several restaurants in NY and Massachusetts.

Still, i maintain that she a chef, even though she wasn't trained.
I think that she learned by picking up techniques, and from experience. As strange as it sounds, it's akin to being self-taught and working in the corresponding field.

[Peter]

The #1 Reason I Don't Take Rachel Ray Seriously:

She posted for FHM. No. I'm not joking.

http://i3log.com/uploads/rachael-ray-picture_ray.JPG

[Pulsewidth]

I'll forgive her for that, since those pictures aren't too bad and since it's mostly for publicity and reaching out to the male audience.
What interests me more is this:

http://www.piecechicago.com/pix/rn-rr-bc.jpg

[Peter]

She did a spot on one of her TV shows that highlighted celebrity restaurants, that one was taken at a pizzeria in chicago called Piece which is owned by Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick - billy showed up to make a "cameo" as it were.

It's really good pizza, and they brew their own beer which is DELICIOUS.

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

Actually, that depends on the person watching it. If men watch it purely for titillation, that's their problem. I personally watch it often and I don't think Nigella intentionally sells her body in a cheap way at all. She's merely a gorgeous woman with a powerful personality standing at a kitchen bench, and ER usually with kids, family and friends (whether actors or not) close at hand.
I watch it because actually, she is a chef, and her recipes do serve an obvious culinary purpose, being RECIPES :rolleyes:

Wrong.

The intent of the show is not dependent on who watches it. It is an excuse for titilation disguised as a "cookery" show.

I'm surprised you are so fond of such sexist material. Interesting.

[Drunkenmaster]

Anthony Bourdain is awesome. I love his show. I also like Giada DeLaurentis for more aesthetic reasons.

[the trickster]

i must say im a big fan of jamie oliver, more for his delivery rather than what he actually cooks. he's entertaining. rachel ray, from what i saw of her whilst on oprah IS annoying as fuck.

[gangsta puffin]

I'll forgive her for that, since those pictures aren't too bad and since it's mostly for publicity and reaching out to the male audience.
What interests me more is this:

http://www.piecechicago.com/pix/rn-rr-bc.jpg

you don't say

[gangsta puffin]

oh and giada > nigella

[Intern Kate]

Alton Brown is entertaining.

i love him!

[gangsta puffin]

omg me too. i'm a sucker for geeks.

[Pulsewidth]

you don't say

:O I didn't catch that when i wrote it.

[gangsta puffin]

The #1 Reason I Don't Take Rachel Ray Seriously:

She posted for FHM. No. I'm not joking.

http://i3log.com/uploads/rachael-ray-picture_ray.JPG

i really fail to see how posing for a cute picture makes a person any less serious.

i think some of you are failing to get her gig. she's not out to be the iron chef, she just appreciates good food and makes it accessible for average people. she's more of a next generation martha stewart than a celebrity chef. except much, much less crazy than martha. i hope.
she's not my favourite person, i generally like her but she can get incredibly annoying. point is, i don't think she's trying to be anything she's not, so don't make it out like she is.

[Peter]

i really fail to see how posing for a cute picture makes a person any less serious.

i think some of you are failing to get her gig. she's not out to be the iron chef, she just appreciates good food and makes it accessible for average people. she's more of a next generation martha stewart than a celebrity chef. except much, much less crazy than martha. i hope.
she's not my favourite person, i generally like her but she can get incredibly annoying. point is, i don't think she's trying to be anything she's not, so don't make it out like she is.

I'll use any reason to not like someone. I dislike her because she's a hack and her food sucks and she's NOT A FUCKING CHEF.

[El Loto]

James Martin. He has this kind of shyness that is very endearing. He's just a normal lad from oop North too. I like Heston Blumenthal as well, he has a lot of interesting things to say about food. Nigel Slater is another good one although he mainly writes now.

[sleepy sinner]

i think nigella is vile. i have to agree with danny, which is actually pretty rare. she tries to make everything fucking sexual and it's lame, desperate and cheap.

Well....maybe we watched wildly different episodes or something but I haven't got that from the show at all! She's usually just cooking for a dinner party or something...the way the show is edited seems very family oriented to me *shrug*
I think she's beautiful naturally, not because she's overtly trying to sell it...can you tell me what you mean when she "tries to make everything sexual"? Like, particular acts or phrases she may have used? I'm really not getting it. As far as I remember she talks about food and ingredients most of the time...

[sleepy sinner]

i really fail to see how posing for a cute picture makes a person any less serious.

So you're defending this idiot posing in FHM but decrying Nigella for being overtly 'sexual'?
HELLO.

Besides, the picture is lame, not cute.

[kendra]

Giada was really annoying on the Today show this morning. That said, I love her name!

[Intern Kate]

yeah, she kind of irritates me. i don't loathe her or anything. i usually like the dishes she prepares.

[Henriette]

I'm not sure if either of these people are actually chefs, but I want my future son to marry a Giada Delaurentiis (sp?) clone, and I love Paula Deen.

[Henriette]

Oh shit, I'm behind the times.

[Intern Kate]

is Paula the southern lady?

[Henriette]

Yeah, and I just did some reading, and I guess Giada is a chef and Paula is cooler than I thought. Hi, by the way. :D

[Intern Kate]

i like Paula (if i'm thinking of the right person.) i feel more trusting of plumper cooks.

hi! i loved your Egypt photos. have you ever gotten your photography published or anything?

[Henriette]

Oh man, no! My pictures are terrible, trust me. Ted took most of the structure-type pictures (of the ones posted, I'm pretty sure he took all of them, though we debate a few) and I took the people pictures. Anyway, of maybe 100 pictures, only about 10 come out ok, and even then - the color is always off, there's a sun spot, etc.

Anyway, Paula Deen is the lady on the show "Paula's Home Cooking". She makes really unhealthy food (drenched in butter, deep-fried, etc.). She seems like she'd be fun to eat dinner with, or have some tea or something with. Yeah, you have to wonder about a skinny cook. You're in Scotland?

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

So you're defending this idiot posing in FHM but decrying Nigella for being overtly 'sexual'?
HELLO.
Posing in FHM does not make you an idiot.
Besides, the picture is lame, not cute.

Trying to pass your opinion off as fact again?

[Intern Kate]

Oh man, no! My pictures are terrible, trust me. Ted took most of the structure-type pictures (of the ones posted, I'm pretty sure he took all of them, though we debate a few) and I took the people pictures. Anyway, of maybe 100 pictures, only about 10 come out ok, and even then - the color is always off, there's a sun spot, etc.

Anyway, Paula Deen is the lady on the show "Paula's Home Cooking". She makes really unhealthy food (drenched in butter, deep-fried, etc.). She seems like she'd be fun to eat dinner with, or have some tea or something with. Yeah, you have to wonder about a skinny cook. You're in Scotland?

ah!, well, i've liked all the pictures - the perspective (i feel vague and pretentious using that word, kind of, so be it), of those you've posted before that you'd said you took. have you ever messed around in a dark room? that's a whole other aspect that can be fun.

yeah! Home Cooking. she makes all the fatty comforting foods. she does seem fun. and i like the family gatherings/parties she has; i could see where it'd be fun to share a meal/tea with her.

yeah! i'm in Scotland. it's very fun. expensive though.

[ramblingrose]

RUSTIE FUCKING LEE, BITCHES.

I hate Delia, I find her v patronising. I like Rick Stein but not his fodder (not keen on seafood), and I like Jamie Oliver's food (the fish pie is ACE) and respect his campaigning and that but I think he's a fat-tongued idiot and he really irks me, so I'm in a cleft stick rele.

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

RUSTIE FUCKING LEE, BITCHES.
STOP FUCKING LAUGHING!


Jamie Oliver is just a wannabe cunt. All that mockney shit. I have no respect for people who won't be themselves.

[Mary Alice]

right now I am in love with Rick Bayless. Fo' real. Maybe I'm just in a Mexican state of mind at the moment, but growing up with Greek food I've always always loved garlic, fresh vegetables, and unique ingredients and spices ...and Mexican food may have to be second only to Greek food in amazingness. He is very passionate about Mexican food and Mexican culture, loves how deeply intertwined they are, and it shows in his cookbooks. And he is big on making special occasions special with special food. It may take time to make mole or tamales or some of his recipes, but not having them everyday makes them more special and they taste better if you take the time to make them from scratch, get fresh ingredients, etc...

He owns three restaurants in Chicago, had a show on PBS, has been on Iron Chef, and put out TONS of cookbooks. Here is the one I just bought
http://www.amazon.com/Rick-Baylesss-Mexican-Kitchen-World-Class/dp/0684800063/sr=8-1/qid=1170865614/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-8784076-3959609?ie=UTF8&s=books

all though all the recipes in there seem hard and make me think "WHERE would I get the ingredients?" but I found simpler versions of some of the same dishes, I am going to work up to being a better cook and then try them. I have the cookbook as sort of an inspiration or something to work up to :D I want to learn how to make all the dishes in there eventually. I read the recipe and I can taste the Oaxacan black mole, with the chiles and the slightly burnt taste, and the little bit of chocolate and sugar! And his salsas, he has one for about every kind of chile. So yummy. He is an adventurous cook, I am an adventurous eater...I should learn how to cook like I want to eat so it's a good match for me.

Anyways about other chefs

Alton Brown - AWESOME. His show is entertaining, he seems like a great guy and a greaf chef.

Rachael Ray - I admit it, I think she's cute and I actually LIKE her perkiness and attitude. I like the food she cooks, never skimps on the spices, I could eat almost all of the food she cooks very happily.

Giada - I think she's annoying actually! All though drop dead gorgeous. I would gladly eat the food she makes though, it looks good.

Paula - again, I think watching her is annoying, but I love southern food and the food she cooks and I want to eat at her restaurant which isn't far from where I live. Henriette - you said you found out she's even cooler than she looks? How so? What did you find out? I think both Paula and Giada make great food I just don't like watching them.

[Henriette]

She had a problem with chronic agoraphobia (well, according to Wikipedia). I like people with multi-layered personalities like that (agoraphobe, Southern grace, etc.). You live close to her restaurant? I want to go someday.

[Mary Alice]

She had a problem with chronic agoraphobia (well, according to Wikipedia). I like people with multi-layered personalities like that (agoraphobe, Southern grace, etc.). You live close to her restaurant? I want to go someday.

cool. Yeah I live in North Florida, near the Georgia border. I live in a suburb of Jacksonville.

And her restaurant is in Savannah, Georgia, southern Georgia not very far from here.

[Drevpile]

Anthony Bourdain.


he is a genius.