Michael Mizanin, better known by his ring name, The Miz, has had one of the most unique rises to prominence in WWE history. Michael made his first on-TV appearance as a cast member on MTV's The Real World: Back to New York in 2001. Later, Mike entered the WWE competition television show, Tough Enough, in its fourth season. The Miz finished runner up but was able to join the brand's developmental subsidiaries. Years later, The Miz was drafted into the ECW branch of the WWE in 2007. Since then, he's become one of the most dominant presences in the modern day era of the WWE.
The Miz has won a total of eight WWE Intercontinental Championships, two WWE United States Championships, all the while earning the WWE Championship belt and defending it against John Cena in Wrestlemania XXVII main event where he surprisingly ended up being the victor. Wrestling fans might not like The Miz for his antics but, he continues to win and work hard. Oh yeah, he's currently the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champion alongside Shane McMahon, he's unstoppable.
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.