If you look past that dreadful excuse for a pencil mustache, you'll see Jimmy Fallon staring back at you, wearing a comedy mullet wig to make you laugh. OK, it's not a wig, it's his real hair - but again, this was very much the fashion of the times Fallon grew up in. Amazingly for someone with such a cheeky personality, Fallon once considered himself destined for the priesthood. His mind was still on the church at the time his yearbook photo was taken, but he'd soon change both his ways and his mind.
Like many of America's most prominent comedians, Fallon got his start on 'Saturday Night Live,' staying with the show for six whole years before branching out on his own. After trying his hand at acting in movies like 'Fever Pitch,' his first experience as a chat show host came in 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' back in 2009. He's chopped and changed shows a few times in the ten years which have come since, but the basic format remains the same - as does Fallon's popularity.
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.