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I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan..!. . .The highest paid 'celebrity chef' is. . .
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: August 12, 2008 08:32AM
. . .Rachel Ray (no surprise - even though she isn't officially a chef since she has no formal training). . .18 million. . .wow. . .her lucky husband. . .!


Ten Top-Earning Celebrity Chefs

. . .She began winning audiences with catch phrases like "EVOO" (for extra-virgin olive oil) on her first Food Network show, 30 Minute Meals, in 2001. Today, she has four Food Network programs, including Tasty Travels and $40 a Day. Her nationally syndicated, Oprah-backed talk show, Rachael Ray, is averaging 2.6 million viewers this season, and her Every Day With Rachael Ray magazine has 1.5 million readers. She endorses Dunkin' Donuts too--all to the tune of $18 million a year. . .

the MISSING LINK to what's cookin'. . .


Here are the Top 10:

1. Rachael Ray ($18 million)

2. Wolfgang Puck ($16 million)

3. Gordon Ramsay ($7.5 million)

4. Nobuyuki Matsuhisa ($5 million)

5. Alain Ducasse ($5 million)

6. Paula Deen ($4.5 million)

7. Mario Batali ($3 million)

8. Tom Colicchio ($2 million)

9. Bobby Flay ($1.5 million)

10. Anthony Bourdain ($1.5 million)


the MISSING LINK to concise top ten list. . .


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Re: I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan..!. . .The highest paid 'celebrity chef' is. . .
Posted by: mattkime
Date: August 12, 2008 08:41AM
YUMMO!


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Re: I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan..!. . .The highest paid 'celebrity chef' is. . .
Posted by: bazookaman
Date: August 12, 2008 08:44AM
what about emeril?


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Re: I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan..!. . .The highest paid 'celebrity chef' is. . .
Posted by: freescotland
Date: August 12, 2008 09:38AM
Nigella, where art thou?
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Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: August 12, 2008 09:48AM
. . .they canceled Emeril show. . .I think because it was too expensive. . .he is now on the Planet Green channel. . .


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Re: I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan..!. . .The highest paid 'celebrity chef' is. . .
Posted by: MacMagus
Date: August 12, 2008 10:00AM
I don't think that Rachael Ray belongs on that list. She's a 'tv personality," not a chef.



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Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: August 12, 2008 10:03AM
. . .hmm. . .I didn't know that Mario Batali has no formal cooking training either. . .


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Re: I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan..!. . .The highest paid 'celebrity chef' is. . .
Posted by: billb
Date: August 12, 2008 10:20AM
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MacMagus
I don't think that Rachael Ray belongs on that list. She's a 'tv personality," not a chef.

The category is "celebrity (TV) chef", not chef or professional cook.
There are quite a few celebrity chefs who are not "professional" chefs.

It's TV, it's not real.
Neither are the reality shows. It's TV.
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Posted by: Black Landlord
Date: August 12, 2008 10:24AM
Not sure how some of those folks are able to live of those salaries.
1.5m? Probably goes home and eats dog food.
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Re: I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan..!. . .The highest paid 'celebrity chef' is. . .
Posted by: MacMagus
Date: August 12, 2008 10:32AM
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billb
The category is "celebrity (TV) chef", not chef or professional cook.

There are quite a few celebrity chefs who are not "professional" chefs.

No, there aren't. A chef is a professional cook. By definition.

She became famous for shows about EATING, not for cooking. Demonstrating 30-minute recipes on tv when someone else hands you the recipe and talking points does not qualify. Featuring a cooking segment on a variety/talk show does not qualify. If you're not a professional cook then you're not a chef.

I have nothing against her. I enjoy most of her shows. But she's not a chef.
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Posted by: billb
Date: August 12, 2008 11:02AM
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MacMagus
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billb
The category is "celebrity (TV) chef", not chef or professional cook.

There are quite a few celebrity chefs who are not "professional" chefs.

No, there aren't. A chef is a professional cook. By definition.

She became famous for shows about EATING, not for cooking. Demonstrating 30-minute recipes on tv when someone else hands you the recipe and talking points does not qualify. Featuring a cooking segment on a variety/talk show does not qualify. If you're not a professional cook then you're not a chef.

I have nothing against her. I enjoy most of her shows. But she's not a chef.




One more time.
<<chef>>
<<celebrity chef>>

they are not the same.


TV is not real.



Rachel Ray (and many others) do not belong on a <chef> or <professional chef> list.
The OP made that distinction with quotes.
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Posted by: MacMagus
Date: August 12, 2008 11:55AM
Whether you put "celebrity" in front of it or not, that doesn't matter.

It's improper use of the word "chef."

The others on that list are actual chefs. She is not. The people who made the list don't care, but the general public should not eat that offal just because someone's serving it.

Have some appreciation for language.
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Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: August 12, 2008 12:03PM
. . .just an FYI but the description says that Mario Batali has no formal cooking training as well. . . and I thought I saw a Chefography of Paula Deen. . .and I think she learned to cook herself (don't quote me on this though). . .


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Posted by: RAMd®d
Date: August 12, 2008 12:28PM
It's improper use of the word "chef."

I agree.

There are chefs that are celebrities, and there are those that are not.

There are celebrities that are chefs, and those that are not. Ray is in the latter of these categories.

It may be a small matter to most, but I think it diminishes the title to include Ray (and Batli) in any category whose title includes the word "chef". Except maybe with the suffix "Pretend" or "Almost".

Celebrity Cook- I'd buy that for a dollar.

Ok, I admit if Ray had big tits, I'd declare MacMagus a raving loon.

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Re: I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan..!. . .The highest paid 'celebrity chef' is. . .
Posted by: MacMagus
Date: August 12, 2008 12:46PM
Newt, Paula Deen began her career as a caterer, owned her own restaurant and published a few cook books before her show was picked up. Mario Batali has been working in kitchens since his late teens and became popular from his time as chef at the Four Seasons.

Both are professional cooks AND celebrities.
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Posted by: decocritter
Date: August 12, 2008 12:55PM
Who knew, Velveeta, Spam, canned chili, canned soup, and those other 1950's housewife shortcut recipes she borrows and spins could get her so far.


Paula Deen's restaurant is terrible. My mother cooks better in her sleep.
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Posted by: norse
Date: August 12, 2008 01:06PM
Where's Yan Can Cook?
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Re: I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan..!. . .The highest paid 'celebrity chef' is. . .
Posted by: billb
Date: August 12, 2008 01:32PM
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MacMagus
Whether you put "celebrity" in front of it or not, that doesn't matter.

.


There's no difference between <car> and <smashed car>> then, by your definition.


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MacMagus
It's improper use of the word "chef."

It's Hollywood
They coined the phrase. It has stuck. That's the context.
I'd prefer <entertainer>, but one could argue the validity of that, too. :-)
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Re: I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan..!. . .The highest paid 'celebrity chef' is. . .
Posted by: MacMagus
Date: August 12, 2008 01:37PM
> There's no difference between <car> and <smashed car>> then, by your definition.

Did you flunk your SAT's?

"smashed car" is to "car" as Rachael Ray is to...

a. chef
b. celebrity

(Hint: the answer isn't "chef.")
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Re: I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan..!. . .The highest paid 'celebrity chef' is. . .
Posted by: Lux Interior
Date: August 12, 2008 02:35PM
She is a promoter of terroristic attire.
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Posted by: decocritter
Date: August 12, 2008 02:52PM
Oh that is right Lux......THE terrorist SCÅRF.......
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Cheffin'
Posted by: miK.
Date: August 12, 2008 10:33PM
My favorite celebrity chef:



RIP Isaac!
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Date: August 13, 2008 10:17AM
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