Which celebrity chefs are also 'real' chefs?

[thekunk07]

wd-50 borders on inedible IME.

blue ginger has been fantastic for years.

 

[ChicagoRon]

+1 Ming is def. the real deal.

Same w/ Daniel Boloud, Paul Prudhomme (although he is a specialist), Hubert Keller, Gale Gand (pastry, but she's a bad-ass)


On the "not, but I still love them" list are

Martin Yan
Justin Wilson

 

[username79]

Originally Posted by Roikins

No, she's inspiration. I heard Wilks wants it for Xmas.

Proceeds go to newly adopted chicken.

 

[Roikins]

What about Fred Savage?

He's a celebrity... I guess he helped out in the kitchen for a few of the final nights at the most recent LudoBites in LA.

 

[countdemoney]

Achatz has been very open about the kinds of decisions that chefs need to make re: their craft vs their career.

He's not a true celebrity chef (no tv show), but I expect he will be at some point. Running the kitchen is a young persons game.

 

[tonylumpkin]

Originally Posted by pruppert

Pretty much spot on. Not sure about Alton Brown, since you never get to really see him cook anymore, to my knowledge.

Alton Brown was/is actually a cinematographer, which accounts to a large extent for the look of his show.

 

[ChicagoRon]

Originally Posted by tonylumpkin

Alton Brown was/is actually a pretty bad cinematographer, which accounts to a large extent for the look of his show.
FTFY I like the show, by the way, but the view from inside the oven, etc. is pretty hack-y cinematography.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by countdemoney

Achatz has been very open about the kinds of decisions that chefs need to make re: their craft vs their career.

He's not a true celebrity chef (no tv show), but I expect he will be at some point. Running the kitchen is a young persons game.

I really don't see Achatz doing that. Following in the footsteps of Keller, maybe, by opening up a few more restaurants. But I don't see him doing the typical celebrity chef stuff. I could also see him being this generation's Girardet, working in his own kitchen until he dies.

 

[underwearer]

yeah about Alton Brown. I like his show but after seeing the homebrew episode I realize he just reads a script and, at least in some cases, has no clue what he's doing.

 

[Korben]

Originally Posted by underwearer

yeah about Alton Brown. I like his show but after seeing the homebrew episode I realize he just reads a script and, at least in some cases, has no clue what he's doing.

Yeah That episode made me question him. I think brewing was stepping way out of his comfort zone.

I was watching and I he started boiling his grain

=

 

[Roikins]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

I really don't see Achatz doing that. Following in the footsteps of Keller, maybe, by opening up a few more restaurants. But I don't see him doing the typical celebrity chef stuff. I could also see him being this generation's Girardet, working in his own kitchen until he dies.

Unless his Tobey Maguire movie comes out and he goes all Hollywood, only cooking for special events, snorting truffle oil off tons of chicks, and then getting lots of plastic surgery.

 

[underwearer]

to his credit that was awesome he did that show. Really, there's nothing wrong with his method, but its definitely not the best way to do things. I know people that dump ice into thier wort and never had a problem but to me thats a huge risk not worth ruining 5 gallons of beer over.

Watching him do the play by play on Iron Chef he definitely knows his stuff though Im just nick picking.

Originally Posted by Korben

Yeah That episode made me question him. I think brewing was stepping way out of his comfort zone.

I was watching and I he started boiling his grain

=

 

[LA Guy]

Originally Posted by Manton

Flay does not strike me as a jerk on TV. Maybe I am the only one.

I think that your years in Washington desensitized you.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Martin Yan is an interesting case. He's a fantastic cook, really a great home cook, and has a great television personality, but when the cameras are off, he has no personality at all.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by iammatt

Martin Yan is an interesting case. He's a fantastic cook, really a great home cook, and has a great television personality, but when the cameras are off, he has no personality at all.

So... like me?