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Beyoncé
- Queen Bey doesn't really cook.
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Beyoncé
- "I don't really cook, but I’m a really good taste tester," she admitted to the New York Times.
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Beyoncé
- Her mother, Tina Knowles, confirmed her daughter's lack of skills in the kitchen. She said, "Cooking is the one thing she hasn't gotten into."
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Sofia Vergara
- The 'Modern Family' star told ABC news that she doesn't cook.
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Sofia Vergara
- Though she does get arepas shipped from Colombia. "I always have them in my refrigerator and when I really want to feed myself I go for them." she said.
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Jennifer Lawrence
- The actress said in an interview that she didn't have many talents, including being unable to cook.
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Jennifer Lawrence
- "I don’t have many talents: I’m not a good cook, I can’t clean, and I can’t sew," Lawrence confessed.
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Tyra Banks
- Banks wasn't much of a fan of cooking until she became a mother.
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Tyra Banks
- Because of her busy life, she used to eat out all the time and just eat ready-made meals at home.
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Tyra Banks
- But she eventually enrolled in a cooking school to learn how to cook for her child.
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Penelope Cruz
- The actress said she looks like a better cook on movies than she really is in real life. She even took lessons!
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Penelope Cruz
- But in those lessons she learned how to cut vegetables fast, rather than actual cooking.
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Eva Mendes
- A few years ago, Mendes confessed that she couldn't cook.
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Eva Mendes
- And she did find it a bit embarrassing to have meals delivered to her home three times a week. We wonder if things have changed since then.
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Jada Pinkett Smith
- Jada confessed in an interview that she can't cook.
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Jada Pinkett Smith
- And apparently it runs in the family. She said, "It’s genetic. My grandmother can’t cook, my mother can’t cook."
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Amal Clooney
- Amal Clooney might be able to do lots of things, but cooking isn't one of them.
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Ashley Graham
- The model is also not very fond of cooking.
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Ashley Graham
- Apparently there is only one dish she can cook: kale pesto pasta.
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Jessica Simpson - Jessica Simpson showed the world how bad she was in the kitchen in the show 'Newlyweds.'
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Robert De Niro
- Chef Nobu Matsuhisa said his business partner, Hollywood star Robert DeNiro, can act, but doesn't cook.
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Keira Knightley
- Back in 2009, the actress admitted to being a disaster in the kitchen. Reportedly, she said "I am not the best cook in the world. I have tried, but I really am hopeless."
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Keira Knightley
- Fast forward a few years and she started to learn how to become a better cook...with her mom.
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Priyanka Chopra
- The Indian actress is also not very fond of cooking.
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Priyanka Chopra
- "I can’t cook. I can eat!" Chopra said in an interview.
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Jackie Christie
- The 'Basketball Wives LA' star doesn't really cook. Though maybe it's because somebody else does it for her.
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Jackie Christie
- “Doug cooks, he does everything; he’s Mr. Mom,” she told ESPN.
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See also - Common cooking mistakes and how to fix them
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These celebrities can't cook to save their lives
These stars are disasters in the kitchen
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How are your cooking skills? Are you more of a chef or do you struggle cooking a hard boiled egg? Either way, you're not alone. While there are many celebs who love to cook (some even wrote cookbooks), there are many others who fall on the other side of the spectrum. Yes, there are many stars who can't cook—at all.
Browse through the gallery and find out which celebs prefer to stay away from the kitchen.
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