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Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has certainly been busy, because between writing books and recording podcasts, she has also launched a kid-centric cooking show on Netflix called 'Waffles + Mochi.'
The show aims to introduce kids to the joys of culinary craft by demonstrating recipes using everyday ingredients, and it also features renowned chefs and celebrities. 'Waffles + Mochi' is available on streaming sites since March 2021.
We know Selena Gomez is a talented actress and a pop star, but she has decided to branch out. During the pandemic she, like so many others, became closely acquainted with her kitchen. And, also like so many others, she realized she wasn't so talented at cooking...
The show features two puppets, Waffles and Mochi, and Mrs. Obama as a supermarket owner. It chronicles their journey to becoming chefs, using a magical flying shopping cart to take them on global ingredient missions to restaurants, farms, and homes around the world.
So, Gomez decided to launch a cooking show in which she prepares meals in her home with the help of celebrity master chefs, essentially learning to cook right alongside viewers.
The show, appropriately titled 'Selena + Chef,' aired on HBO Max and has been renewed for a second season. In each episode, she tries a new cuisine, and chefs share insider tips and tricks from smoking ovens to missing ingredients.
The show features Schumer's husband, Chris Fischer, who happens to be a James Beard Award-winning chef specializing in farm-to-table cuisine. Needless to say, Fischer does most of the cooking and Schumer does most of the funny commentary.
While in lockdown during the pandemic, the comedian took the opportunity to brush up on her kitchen skills with Food Network's 'Amy Schumer Learns to Cook.'
In its third, the show was renamed to 'Martha & Snoop's Potluck Party Challenge' and pitted the two, each with a celebrity guest assistant, against one another in cooking challenges.
Not only does Snoop Dogg have a cooking show, but he shares the kitchen with unlikely colleague Martha Stewart. He started co-hosting 'Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party' in 2016.
The show has a distinctly homey feeling as it is self-filmed by its stars and shares a peek into the couple's home life. The first season was a hit, so it was renewed for a second.
In 2015, the 'Saved by the Bell' and 'Beverly Hills, 90210' alum launched her culinary show 'Dinner at Tiffani's' on the Cooking Channel, which ran for three seasons.
The show featured the actress preparing dinner for a different group of celebrity friends each episode, and included stars like Lance Bass, Elizabeth Berkley, and Seth Green.
Keeping to her brand, Yearwood cooks Southern-inspired meals for her family and (occasionally famous) friends. The show won her a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Culinary Program in 2013.
Ayesha Curry, actress and wife to NBA star Steph Curry, is also a self-taught chef. After starting out on YouTube, in 2016 she landed the Food Network show 'Ayesha's Homemade Kitchen.'
The series showcases Bertinelli's self-taught cooking skills using her family-influenced recipes as she make delectable dishes.
The legendary country singer and wife of Garth Brooks has been the host of 'Trisha's Southern Kitchen' on Food Network since 2012.
In 2009, the Olympic gold medalist figure skater began hosting the Food Network series 'What Would Brian Boitano Make?'—a title which was a play on the 'South Park' song 'What Would Brian Boitano Do?'
Though she gained fame for her roles in 'One Day at a Time' and 'Hot in Cleveland,' the actress has also hosted Food Network's 'Valerie's Home Cooking' since 2015.
In its second season it was renamed 'Ayesha's Home Kitchen,' and though it was canceled after that, Curry has also hosted 'The Great American Baking Show,' as well as 'Family Food Fight,' and she's written cookbooks and put out her own line of cookware and kitchen accessories.
The show, which ran for two seasons, showed the self-taught cook making several of his own recipes in his San Francisco home before entertaining friends.
Sources: (CTV News) (News Break) (Best Life Online)
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In 2012, the British supermodel began hosting a cooking show, 'Well Dunn with Jourdan Dunn,' which ran for two seasons on Jay-Z's now-defunct YouTube channel Life + Times. She would often be joined by model friends like Cara Delevingne.
The country music superstar introduced another side to the world in 2018, when she landed a Food Network series of her own, 'Martina's Table,' in which she cooks up recipes inspired by her Midwestern upbringing.
In 2015, the 'Everybody Loves Raymond' star began hosting a Food Network series called 'Patricia Heaton Parties' in which she would prepare recipes for specific themed parties. The show, which ran for two seasons, earned her an Outstanding Culinary Program Daytime Emmy.
The actress, and Hilary Duff's older sister, started hosting 'The Real Girl's Kitchen' on the Cooking Channel in 2014. Though it only ran for two seasons, it features plenty of recipes inspired by Duff's experiences in New York City and Los Angeles.
The 'Younger' star and her husband, Italian chef Gabriele Corcos, were the stars of the Cooking Channel's show 'Extra Virgin' from 2011 to 2017.
Though she's well known as a legal commentator on her eponymous current affairs program on HLN, Nancy Grace has also hosted the webseries 'Cooking with Nancy Grace' on the same network's website since 2015.
The 'Beverly Hills, 90210' alum and her husband Dean McDermott have hosted three Cooking Channel specials, each dedicated to recipes and party planning for things like a backyard party, Thanksgiving, and a spring picnic.
From 2015 to 2017, the TV star and twin sister to Tamera Mowry hosted a Cooking Channel show of her own called 'Tia Mowry at Home.'
Though members of the famous Smollett family are known for their acting and musical abilities, the former 'Empire' star and his five siblings (including 'Lovecraft Country' star Jurnee Smollett) teamed up in 2016 for the Food Network series 'Smollett Eats,' in which they gathered to prepare family-style meals together.
Paris Hilton's new show 'Cooking With Paris' can be seen on Netflix, and it looks like Hilton is totally owning her ditzy persona. However, it seems to be a more authentic and relatable version of her than we've seen before. The trailer shows her cooking in full red carpet glam with a diamond spatula, accidentally sprinkling the food with feathers falling from her outfit. She's certainly not pretending she's a top chef so there will be plenty of mistakes, but hopefully no food poisoning... She is joined in the kitchen by celebrity guests like Kim Kardashian, Demi Lovato, and in one episode, her mom and sister.
Though celebrities usually become famous for shining in one particular arena of talent, there is one arena that unites us all: food. We all need it to survive, so it's natural that we've picked up a few skills and perhaps even some passion for it over the years.
That is certainly true of the stars who have gone so far as to host their own cooking shows, despite already claiming fame in another industry. These brave celebrities have their own intentions with each of their cooking shows—some want to share their favorite recipes, some want to learn how to cook, and others simply wish to entertain.
Click through to see the other stars who surprisingly have their own cooking shows.
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Though celebrities usually become famous for shining in one particular arena of talent, there is one arena that unites us all: food. We all need it to survive, so it's natural that we've picked up a few skills and perhaps even some passion for it over the years.
That is certainly true of the stars who have gone so far as to host their own cooking shows, despite already claiming fame in another industry. These brave celebrities have their own intentions with each of their cooking shows—some want to share their favorite recipes, some want to learn how to cook, and others simply wish to entertain.
Click through to see the other stars who surprisingly have their own cooking shows.