12 Celebrities Who’ve Had Their Personal Cooking Exhibits

Cooking reveals aren’t only for skilled cooks — there are a ton of celebrities who’ve taken their cooking abilities to TV too! Through the years, numerous stars have turned their ardour for the culinary arts into an entire new profession by launching their very personal cooking reveals. Whether or not they had been sharing their favourite dishes, making an attempt a novel recipe or studying one thing new from their favourite chef, these celebs proved that they knew what they had been doing each on set and within the kitchen!

Discover out what these stars cooked up…

Meghan Markle simply premiered her eight-episode way of life present, With Love, Meghan, during which she shares her love of cooking, crafting, and gardening. The present is a return to Meghan’s ardour for creativity, which she used to show on her weblog, The Tig, earlier than getting married to Prince Harry. When brainstorming concepts for her new present, Meghan shared that she didn’t need it to be a “stand and stir” format — however one thing that was extra communal.

“It feels as if we’re simply spending time collectively, which is what it ended up being,” she informed Folks of the crew’s presence on the present. “I’d make a recipe and say, ‘Everybody do that,’ and there are specific dishes the place you simply watch everybody flock in. I’d say, ‘We’ve run out of spoons!’ It ended up feeling so communal, and that’s the spirit of the present.”

In 2020, Selena Gomez launched her cooking present Selena + Chef, the place she teamed up with knowledgeable chef each episode for a cooking lesson and tackled a brand new kind of delicacies. She shared recipes and ideas and tips for the kitchen — and donated $10,000 to the charity of the chef’s selection each episode. After 4 seasons, she introduced a Meals Community spinoff titled Selena + Restaurant, which adopted the actress as she tried to create an unique dish worthy of being on a restaurant menu.

“Season one I used to be a whole catastrophe and to not say I nonetheless don’t have my moments however I’ve come a great distance,” she informed Folks, including that she now charges her cooking abilities a “5 out of 10.”

In 2022, Hailey Bieber introduced her cooking present, What’s in My Kitchen?, a derivative to her well-liked YouTube collection, Who’s In My Lavatory? Impressed by her love of meals and making an attempt out totally different recipes, Hailey shared a few of her favourite dishes and introduced alongside her favourite individuals, together with her mother and BFF Kendall Jenner.

“What’s In My Kitchen? was a pure spinoff to Who’s In My Lavatory? as a result of our viewers was prepared for us to cease consuming within the lavatory!” Hailey stated earlier than the present’s launch. “I’ve liked cooking and sharing meals with associates on my social channels for years, and I can’t wait to deliver this expertise to the followers.”

In the course of the pandemic, Amy Schumer launched a cooking present alongside her skilled chef husband, Chris Fischer. Filmed proper of their residence, Amy Schumer Learns To Prepare dinner lined every thing from the fundamentals, like poaching an egg, to recreating the couple’s favourite frozen meals from scratch.

“Chris got here up with the title and that’s precisely what the present is. For me, it was nerve wracking. Every thing wasn’t in my management, which was slightly triggering. I used to be slightly defensive at first, however as soon as I spotted it was simply us being ourselves I trusted that we had been doing the most effective we might. And he’s the most effective prepare dinner I ever tasted…. which sounds disgusting,” Amy jokingly informed Fatherly.

Florence Pugh additionally created her personal cooking present throughout the early days of pandemic, posting Cooking With Flo movies on YouTube. Her love of cooking stems from her life rising up with dad and mom who’re each cooks. Her father Clinton even owns a number of eating places in England. As Florence has continued to publish cooking content material, she says there have been “actual conversations” about turning the collection right into a full present. However regardless of the place she shares her cooking content material, she needs viewers to realize it’s not about perfection.

“I at all times like making a number of errors as a result of to me that’s the place the most effective meals and cooking comes from,” she stated on the Pleased Unhappy Confused podcast.

Paris Hilton as soon as had her personal quick lived Netflix cooking present, Cooking With Paris, impressed by her time spent at residence throughout the pandemic. Trying again Paris says she shared a video making lasagna on YouTube and after it went viral, she started to get presents for a full present. She partnered up with Netflix and invited a few of her most well-known associates to prepare dinner in her kitchen, together with Kim Kardashian and Demi Lovato.

“Cooking with Paris was impressed by simply being at residence throughout the pandemic. It was probably the most I’ve ever been at residence in my life…I by no means actually would’ve thought I might have a cooking present, however I had the most effective time doing it. It’s a lot enjoyable, and I’m very pleased with the present. I had the most effective time doing it,” Paris informed Mashed.

She continued, “It was simply loads of enjoyable, simply to have all my associates coming over and simply having a lot enjoyable with the style, as a result of I needed it to be a really trendy cooking present. As a result of I’ve by no means actually seen that and sort of blended in comedy within the cooking present, which simply very distinctive.”

Pamela Anderson is on the point of launch her new plant-based cooking present, Pamela’s Cooking With Love, which follows up her cookbook, I Love You: Recipes from the Coronary heart. Trying again, Pamela says she’s been wanting to do that for years however nobody was on the time.

“I needed to do a vegan cooking present a very long time in the past, and I introduced it to the U.S. like 30 years in the past they usually had been like ‘What are you speaking about? No one needs to listen to about plant-based cooking!’ However I’ve at all times been an everlasting sort of homemaker,” Pamela informed Canadian Flavour Community.

She continued, “This has at all times been my dream to have a cooking present. All the time, at all times, at all times. [My son] Brandon got here to me and stated, ‘Mother, your dream goes to come back true.’ And now we’re on a community in Canada, which is even higher as a result of I’m so insistent on doing Canadian tasks and dealing with Canadian manufacturing corporations.”

Tia Mowry hosted her personal cooking present, Tia Mowry at Dwelling, on the Cooking Channel from 2015 to 2017. Whereas the present is now not on the air, Tia nonetheless shares cooking and way of life content material on her YouTube channel.

“I need to encourage mothers to get again within the kitchen. I need to present mothers that not solely is it nice to have your children eat wholesome meals versus McDonald’s, but it surely’s nice to deliver the household again collectively,” she informed Essence.

She continued, “Rising up, that was when my household would speak about how our day was, what was troubling us, who bullied us in school. It was like a remedy session for the household. So I need to encourage mothers to not be intimidated by the kitchen and see that we will put together these wholesome meals and in addition deliver the household dynamic again. Life is tough sufficient. If we will come collectively and simply snort and joke and cry with a number of drinks going across the desk and with nice meals, why not?”

Ayesha Curry has been sharing her love of cooking for over a decade — regardless of not having any formal coaching as a chef. After initially posting cooking movies on YouTube, she hosted her personal present, Ayesha’s Dwelling Kitchen, on Meals Community from 2016 to 2018. She’s since revealed two cookbooks and has turn out to be concerned in lots of food-related ventures, together with a restaurant in Los Angeles.

“That’s sort of why I began on this journey of being within the culinary and way of life world,” Ayesha informed Buzzfeed. “As a result of I really feel like I may also help individuals maintain their household relationships alive and produce individuals collectively via meals. Who would not need to try this?”

Earlier than their break up, Tori Spelling and her ex-husband Dean McDermott hosted three cooking specials on the Cooking Channel: Yard Dinner Occasion, Thanksgiving with Tori & Dean, and Spring Picnic with Tori & Dean. She’s since shared cooking content material on her digital present, Tori Tried and True, and even took half in MasterChef: Movie star Household Showdown.

In 2021, Michelle Obama hosted a youngsters’s cooking present known as Waffles + Mochi. Michelle teamed up with celeb cooks in addition to some lovable puppets to assist train youngsters about cooking and vitamin. On the time, Michelle stated she needed to make the present “enjoyable and academic” whereas additionally making “an impression on starvation” by elevating funds for youngsters in want.

“Waffles + Mochi, all the idea is enjoyable. It’s approachable, it’s an journey, it’s thrilling, it’s humorous. Extra importantly, it’s one thing that I might watch even when no children had been round,” Michelle informed Folks. “And it received me again into the area of children and wholesome consuming and introducing them to greens… what we talked about for eight years within the White Home.”

Patricia Heaton briefly hosted her personal Meals Community cooking collection known as Patricia Heaton Events between 2015 and 2016. Throughout every episode, she cooks meals for events with a particular theme. Whereas the present solely aired for 2 seasons, it did take residence a Daytime Emmy Award for Excellent Culinary Program. Trying again, Patricia admits it was a “actually arduous” job.

“I used to be by no means so exhausted till I completed these cooking reveals,” she stated on The Rachael Ray Present. “I’m used to working with a script and I memorize my traces after which I say them…To speak about meals and to ‘prepare dinner out loud,’ I imply it was arduous! However it was actually enjoyable.”