Celebrity chef

We’ve all been there. After a long shift and what seems like endless hours of mixing cocktails and smiling across the bar you crash on the couch and catch another episode of your favorite chef-bartender-server-becomes-celebrity-host and yearn for your own lights-camera-action moment. The Food Reality Television Series category is huge and these days. So herein lies the question—how do you get from behind the bar to in front of the camera?

When chef Marco Pierre White, famously recognized as the original celebrity chef, released his cookbook and memoir White Heat twenty five years ago, he became a cultural icon. The photographs in the book, shot by the late Bob Carlos Clarke, helped to solidify the young man’s status as a the decade’s ultimate enfant terrible, featuring rowdy kitchen shenanigans and shirtless studio portraits in lieu of the chef’s most famous dishes.

When chef Marco Pierre White, famously recognized as the original celebrity chef, released his cookbook and memoir White Heat twenty five years ago, he became a cultural icon. The photographs in the book, shot by the late Bob Carlos Clarke, helped to solidify the young man’s status as a the decade’s ultimate enfant terrible, featuring rowdy kitchen shenanigans and shirtless studio portraits in lieu of the chef’s most famous dishes.

Catherine Zeta-Jones in No Reservations (2007)

Celebrity chef, author and media personality Lorna Maseko is still making waves in the food industry and in Los Angelos.

Martha Stewart fans, get your autograph cookbooks ready—the lifestyle guru is headlining the annual MetroCooking DC Show for the first time on Saturday, November 16. In addition to staging a cooking demo, Stewart will sign copies of her newest book, Martha’s Stewart’s Cookie Perfection, a compilation of 100-plus recipes that mix updated classics (hello, potato-chip

On your next trip to ottawa, book a table at the newly reopened Coconut Lagoon and, chances are, you might see some famous faces, like former Ottawa mayor Jim Watson or PM Justin Trudeau. Or stop in to the newer Thali for some casual fare served in small portions and enjoy the buzz. Thali means “plate” in English, referring to the circular platter with a beautiful array of dishes.

This March, SBS On Demand – in partnership with the Melbourne International Film Festival – is serving up a feast of films all about food and the global foodie culture, with documentaries about slow food, the perfect soufflé, celebrity chefs and their fans.

This rhubarb tart recipe from Curtis Stone's Maude Restaurant has a yummy tart taste that's perfectly matched with sweet and spicy honey cinnamon ice cream.