Do not adjust your computer screen - you really are looking at one of the most handsome men in the world today. This should be the photo that gives hope to anybody who considers themselves to be something of an ugly duckling during their school years. Everything that Clooney could get wrong in this picture, he got wrong. His hairstyle seems to be two different things at once - neither of which are working for him - and he looks like he borrowed the glasses from his mother. We can be fairly sure that girls at Clooney's school weren't as interested in him as they are now!
We all know how this story ended for Clooney. He shot to fame as a gorgeous doctor in E.R., got picked up by Hollywood to make movies, and even ended up wearing the famous Batman outfit once - although that film didn't quite turn out the way he wanted to. These days he's as busy behind the camera as he is in front of it, and is the suave, sophisticated face of the 'Oceans' series of movies.
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.