Poor Calvin Harris. It looks like his mom cut his hair by putting a bowl on his head and then cutting around the edges of it. He doesn't seem to mind too much though - that's quite a sweet and satisfied smile he's wearing. Harris was a big lover of dance music even when he was at school, and worked part-time at a fish packing factory until he'd saved up enough money to buy himself his first set of decks. It might have been smelly, but it was all worth it in the end.
Harris is now one of the biggest name DJs in the world, having branched out from his native UK to perform internationally. Music stars like Rihanna queue up to collaborate with him. Now he's sorted his hair out, he's also one of the world's best-looking men, and can count Taylor Swift and Ellie Goulding among his ex-girlfriends. According to Forbes magazine, he's been the best-paid DJ in the world every year since 2013.
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.