31. Donna Karan & Gabby Karan De Felice

31. Donna Karan & Gabby Karan De Felice

You may not immediately recognize the name, but Donna Karen is essentially the 'DK' in 'DKNY'. She is an American fashion designer who created the Donna Karan New York label. She is now 69 years old, meaning her only child, daughter Gabby Karan de Felice, is all grown up. Donna Karan had Gabby with ex-husband Mark Karan, who she divorced in the late-70s.

This is one famous mother and daughter who don't have identical careers. Gabby Karan de Felice owns the restaurant, Tuttu il Giorno, with her husband Gianpaolo de Felice. There is one in Tribeca and one in Southampton - both are wildly successful. Though she didn't pursue fashion like her mom, nobody can deny how similar the two women look. They're practically the same person! We guess it's no surprise that they also have the same dress sense.

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Did You Know...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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