You didn't really think we'd go all the way through this list without mentioning Pamela Anderson, did you? We've seen a couple of "Baywatch" stars in this list already, but without Pamela and her co-star David Hasselhoff, it's doubtful the show would have ever attained the following and success that it did.
A fixture in glossy magazines and a favorite of the paparazzi, Pamela was everywhere in the 1990s, as famous for her relationships with bad boy rock stars as anything she did on television or in film. Although she's visibly older now, she's still strikingly beautiful. You could perhaps also credit her with accidentally creating the trend of celebrity sex tapes when her honeymoon video with Motley Crue's Tommy Lee was stolen and appeared on the internet. The star of "Barb Wire" isn't seen quite as much in recent years, but she's strongly interested in animal rights issues and has campaigned on behalf of PETA.
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.