While Dave Wilcox is a 7x Pro Bowl selectee and 2x All-Pro First Team roster member in eleven seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, defensive end Ndamukong Suh has already surpassed the linebackers personal accolades in just ten seasons in the NFL. Yes, Ndamukong has struggled with his temper throughout the course of his pro-football career, but he's also an instant game-changer when he's on the field. In five seasons at the University of Nebraska, Suh racked up a total of 215 total tackles, 24 sacks, and four interceptions finishing fourth in the Heisman race in 2009.
The following year, Suh was selected 2nd overall in the 2010 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. While being as dominant as he's been, Suh has played for a multitude of teams including the Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Rams, and currently the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In 2010, Suh was named Defensive Rookie of the Year and he's also raked in seven Pro Bowl selections and three All-Pro First Team honors. Currently, at the age of 32, we don't see Suh slowing down anytime soon. He destroys offensive lines with ease and keeps quarterbacks with their head on a swivel. We'll be hearing his name a lot more as time moves forward.
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.