Who is the most popular celebrity chef?
It seems like you can’t turn around nowadays without bumping into some celebrity chef, we are all mad about cooking at the moment and the TV chef industry is thriving, but is there a king or queen bee among them? Let’s a take a look at some of the most popular ones from the UK:
Heston Blumenthal: Heston is best known for his gastronomic experimentation, as he is both a chef and scientist, which is a dangerous combination! The menus as his restaurant ‘The Fat Duck’ are usually full of weird and wonderful dishes and in the past few years he has really pushed his TV career ahead full steam and some of the dishes he has made for his celebrity guest on those shows have been incredible. While he might not be as well known and loved as the other people on this page, then in terms of ingenuity in the field of cooking, then he has to take the crown.
Jamie Oliver: Jamie is the lovable rascal, he has a certain lovable charm that makes him easy to watch, and he always has such passion for what he is doing that I think he wins most people over in the end. His latest foray into the US has been an unmitigated disaster though I think, but he is still a firm favorite in the UK and I don’t think that will have damaged his reputation too much.
Delia Smith: Delia to me, is the queen of cooking. She is known around the world as the person to trust when you need to cook something nice, and she has a wonderfully calm and controlled demeanor that puts you at ease as you watch her effortlessly make spectacular dishes.
Nigella Lawson: Nigella seems to have cornered the market for seductive cooking and I think her fans are mainly guys! She is a stunning woman and a great cook, and the two combine together to make a wonderfully entertaining cooking show.
So I think based on that above that clearly Delia is the most well known and loved celebrity chef, at least in the UK anyway. But TV is a fickle master and I am sure there will be new up and coming chefs that the public will fall in love with soon, and then Delia and all the others on that list will have to work extra hard if they want to keep their spots at the top.