Celebrity chef A 2012 paper published in the "BMJ" found that recipes in top-selling books by television chefs (Nigella Lawson, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jamie Oliver and Lorraine Pascale) were less healthy than supermarket ready meals. Neither ready meals nor the chefs' recipes met national or international recommendations for a balanced diet. Celebrity chef A celebrity chef is a kitchen chef who has become famous and well known. Today celebrity chefs often become celebrities by presenting cookery advice and demonstrations via mass media, especially television. Several chefs have been credited with being the first celebrity chef, among them historically Bartolomeo Scappi and Marie-Antoine Carême.
Fabio Viviani (chef) Kitchen Academy blog, and upcoming events. In 2014 Viviani launched a free bi-weekly E-Magazine titled Fabio's Magazine, with recipes, wine blogs, lifestyle and health-related articles, and other content. Viviani's first appearance on television was as a contestant on the fifth season of reality TV show "Top Chef" on the Bravo network. He came in fourth place, and was voted ""Top Chef" Fan Favorite" by viewers. Viviani returned to the show in 2010 to compete on "". In 2012, he was one of four "Top Chef" alumni whose lives were followed on the Bravo reality show "Life After Top Chef", which