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.
The Cook and the Chef The Cook and the Chef The Cook and the Chef was an Australian television series featuring cook Maggie Beer and chef Simon Bryant. "The Cook and the Chef" was screened on ABC and was filmed in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. In July 2009, Maggie and Simon announced they had decided to end the series after four years. The finale aired on 16 September 2009 with "Party" as the theme of the episode. The Cook and the Chef - The Four Seasons (8 Disc Box Set) - 7 November 2007 The Cook and the Chef - The Complete Series 2