Interested in booking a celebrity chef to make a personal appearance at your next event but can’t decide who to hire? You’re in luck! Celebrity Chef Network has cooked up a list of the top celebrity chefs available for hire right now making personal appearances at celebrity chef events:
Robert Irvine: At the top of our list of celebrity chefs for hire this week is Food Network star and restaurateur Robert Irvine. Earlier this month, Robert made an appearance at Northeastern University where he provided students with a live celebrity chef cooking demonstration and shared his healthy eating tips tailored to college students. Robert can incorporate all the unique ingredients that make up your event into a keynote speech or live demonstration that truly hits home with your specific audience at various celebrity chef events.
Michael Mina: Celebrity Chef Michael Mina is a global celebrity chef personality who was recently chosen to headline the Dali Museum’s Immersion Dinner Series in St. Petersburg, Florida. Michael’s cornucopia of critically acclaimed restaurants and farm-to-table markets stretch from St. Petersburg to Hawaii and Dubai. He even has a gastropub located inside the San Francisco 49ers new stadium! Michael is an ambitious culinary personality who will surely spice things up at your next trade show or corporate event.
Padma Lakshmi: This top celebrity chef is perhaps best recognized as the host of the Emmy Award-winning cooking competition series Top Chef on Bravo. Padma is a former successful model whose foray into the culinary industry has included bestselling cookbooks, signature products and many celebrity chef appearances as an event host and celebrity chef speaker. On October 28th, Padma will be appearing at the Maryland Live Casino for an intimate meet & greet with casino guests and fans.
Todd English: Celebrity Chef Todd English is a Boston-based chef who specializes in fine Italian fusion cuisine. Todd has hosted his own cooking show on PBS and was tapped by the James Beard Foundation in their annual list of Who’s Who in Food and Beverage in America. During the first week of October, Todd hosted a special luncheon for breast cancer survivors in partnership with the Susan G. Komen Maryland non-profit organization.
Devin Alexander: The mastermind behind the healthy weight-loss diet plans featured on NBC’s The Biggest Loser has just signed a new endorsement deal with Truvia. Celebrity Chef Devin will be partnering with the brand to create new recipes featuring Truvia Nectar, a low-calorie food and drink sweetener. Devin is one of the most well-known diet and healthy weight-loss chefs in the industry and makes regular celebrity chef appearances on news networks and talk show programs including NBC’s Today Show and Good Morning America on ABC.
Jeff Henderson: Jeff’s story from convicted felon to accomplished celebrity chef and Food Network personality is truly an inspiration to audiences of all ages, backgrounds and walks of life. He is a NY Times bestselling author and has grown his culinary career without any formal cooking instruction. Last month, he was in South Carolina sharing his motivational message with a group of students as part of EdVenture Children’s Museum’s Be A Boss: Youth Impact Tour.
Maneet Chauhan: What do you get when you mix Disney World and a top celebrity chef personality? Good eats and an unforgettable experience for all in attendance! Such was the case when celebrity chef Maneet Chauhan traveled to Orlando at the end of September for an official meet & greet during Epcot’s Annual International Food & Wine Festival. Maneet is a celebrated restauranteur specializing in Indian cuisine and is currently a featured judge on Food Network’s cooking competition series Chopped.
Chuck Hughes: Canadian celebrity chef, restaurateur and TV personality Chuck Hughes has just added another title to his already impressive resume of culinary feats. In September, Chuck announced an exciting new partnership as the newest ambassador of LG kitchen appliances. Together they have created an online series of cooking videos using LG appliances and Chuck will be appearing in additional print and TV ad campaigns for the brand into 2017.
Anthony Bourdain: The world’s favorite traveling foodie will be keeping it in the States for the next few months after embarking on his latest live tour at the beginning of October. Anthony’s unapologetic approach to food and foodie culture has been well documented on his Emmy Award-winning CNN series Parts Unknown. He is a trailblazer in the industry having taken his TV series outside the TV set kitchen to provide audiences with a unique perspective on the culture, preparation and deep-rooted traditions of the food we eat.
Ayesha Curry: After starting her own YouTube channel for cooking demonstrations back in 2014, the wife of NBA superstar Stephen Curry has been cooking up plans for a full on career in the culinary industry in 2016. Ayesha released her first cookbook at the end of September featuring recipes and intimate stories from time spent in her own family kitchen. This fall she also collaborated with chef Michael Mina on her own pop up restaurant called International Smoke at Mina’s Test Kitchen in San Francisco.
It can be challenging to decide who to hire for your celebrity chef events in the future. At Celebrity Chef Network, our team of celebrity chef booking agents can help your organization decide which celebrity chef personalities would be the best fit with your event theme, determine their celebrity chef fees/availability and execute a contract with the talent. Email us at booking@celebritychefnetwork.com or call (212)335-1377 to speak with a Celebrity Chef Network representative about booking celebrity chefs for your upcoming celebrity chef events.
