Even in the modern world, where 'Drag Race' seems like the most obvious way to fame as a drag artist, there are other ways to make it. Pabllo Vittar, born as Phabullo Rodrigues da Silva, is living proof. She'd made a couple of appearances on Brazilian television in 2014 before recording a music video the following year, which quietly racked up over one million views over a four-month period and began to spread awareness of her act.
The success of the music video saw her picked up by a record company, and eventually led on to the release of her first album in 2017. By that point she was a major name, with the video to her first 'official' release netting 320 million YouTube views. That put her on the international map, and got her noticed by Charli XCX, who duetted with her on 'I Got It.' When she was nominated at the Latin Grammy Awards in 2018, she became the first drag act in history to receive a Grammy nomination.
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.