Cooking for Life

Chefs are no longer busy cooking in the kitchen, hidden from the public. Traditionally, they are the most highly paid persons in the food industry. Patrons go to restaurants because of the food, i.e. the chefs - not the owners. Nowadays, they are out and about - publishing cookbooks, having own TV shows and even on cooking roadshows.

So, what do I think of them? Can they cook? Maybe! or they are just trying to create sexual appeals to their audience, just like any actors and singers. That's why these chefs are now called the celebrity chefs.

Jamie Oliver - The naked chef (UK)

Young and energetic. Also mumuring in fast Essex accent. Cooks fast and always takes importance in healthy and fresh food. He likes to use lemons in his recipes.

Nigella Lawson - The domestic goddess (UK)

Simple and homely cooking. Oh yes, comfort food! Her recipes are easy to make, but not necessarily healthy eating. She likes to 'seduce' her audience. Most of her fans are men!

Gordon Ramsay - The Chef from Hell (UK)

Famed for his fouled mouth and cooking in shows such as Hell's Kitchen and the F Word. Don't really like his programmes personally.

Andreas Viestad - New Scandinanvian Cooking (Norway)

Cooking with fresh ingredients in beautiful Norweigian countryside. With his accented English, he explains the origins of every dishes and the history of the countryside he is in.

Tina Nordstrom - New Scandinavian Cooking (Sweden)
Again, cooking with the freshest ingredients; but this time is in the neighbouring country of Sweden. Since Sweden is the home of IKEA, it is not surprising that she always assembles her food preparation table and cooking stove.

Emmanuel Stroobant - Chef in Black (France)

The very innovative French chef based in Singapore. He travels to the street markets of South East Asia, learns the traditional street food cooking and recreates the food into East-West fusion food.

Michael Smith - Chef at Home/at Large (Canada)

The restaurant meals transformed into easy and simple home cooking. Gives a lot of cooking and shopping tips on food, of course!

Kylie Kwong - Simply Chinese (Australia)

This Australasian chef cooks traditional and fusioned Chinese food, using Chinese herbs and spices. She likes to use Szechuan pepper for seasoning.

Rob Rainford - With a License to Grill (US)

A rapper look-alike chef with BBQ recipes and lots of tips on marinades. Yummy and "Yeah Baby". When he cooks, he always says "Yeah Baby" as if he was in a porn film...lol

Bobby Chinn - Cafe Asia (US/UK/NZ)

Half Egyptian, half Chinese, he is famous for his nuanced fusion food. He travels to countries in Asia and also owns a restaurant named after himself in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Curtis Stone - Take Home Chef (Australia)

Another Australian chef. He goes around supermarkets in the USA and offers to cook dinner for the shoppers he picks up. Would you take him home and cook dinner for you? lol

Note: There are some other celebrity chefs not mentioned above as they dont cook in TV shows.