You'd like to think that if you were willing to strap yourself into the cockpit of a rocket car and drive it at speeds of over 200kph around dangerous, winding tracks, you would receive adequate financial compensation for doing so. Fortunately for Formula 1 legend Fernando Alonso, you do.
Alonso is still active today as a veteran of the racing circuit but reached his peak whilst driving for the Renault team, where he won the World Championship twice in 2005 and 2006. Approaching the end of his career in F1, he's shown a desire to stay involved in racing, experimenting with both IndyCar and endurance racing in the past couple of years. His driving career has not been without controversy; his partnership with rookie driver Lewis Hamilton on the McClaren team in 2007 was intended to be a teacher-student relationship, but the ambitious Hamilton seemed more interested in racing against Alonso than learning from him, often leaving Alonso furious.
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.