This one might before a lot of our times when it comes to relevancy however, Jerry Kramer has a very interesting history with the fame of football that isn't as fairytale happy and exposes the brutal reality of what the game of football can do to a person's body. During his college football days at the University of Idaho, Gerald Louis Kramer was a two-way player that also excelled at track-and-field. The hardened offensive lineman declared himself for the NFL Draft in 1958 and was picked 39th overall in the fourth round of the draft by the Green Bay Packers.
Kramer would go on to spend his entire career in a Packers uniform and became famous as the lead blocker and innovating member of the sweep block that still used in today's game. Throughout his eleven-season career, Kramer was a 5x NFL Champion (1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967) and 2x Super Bowl Champion with the Packers (Super Bowl I & II). Kramer also suffered through 22 surgeries throughout his eleven seasons in the NFL. It also took until 2018 for Kramer to inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame. Fortunately, he's where he belongs with the rest of the NFL legends today.
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.