"From clean eating to food hacks for those getting fit, celebrity chefs have penetrated the public consciousness when we think about food on a mass scale: looking at celebrity chefs demonstrates how food is caught up in so many aspects of contemporary politics, from the #MeToo movement to Brexit. Situated on the cusp of food studies and media studies, Joanne Hollows uses an interdisciplinary approach to understand the impact of celebrity chefs in how we think about food, and how we feed ourselves and others. Hollows explores the role of celebrity chefs in both the restaurant industry and media industries, and shows how digital media have enabled the emergence of new types of food personality through blogs, YouTube and Instagram. Starting with an overview and history of celebrity chefs, Hollows outlines the key trajectories in scholarship on celebrity chefs to date and then moves on to explore the impact of celebrity chefs on discussions around gendered labour and foodwork, food activism and ethical consumption and culinary travelogues. Drawing on over 15 years of research, Hollows identifies those chefs who have had crossover appeal in the UK and USA, including Ella Woodward, Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, Nigella Lawson and Joe Wicks and uses case studies to identify the surprising impact of celebrity chefs on contemporary culinary culture"--

"We have been asking the world's best chefs a personal question: "What do you cook for the people you love?" Their answers and their personal recipes are the basis for a unique series of international cookbooks that raise money and awareness to fight poverty and hunger. Now, over one hundred of the world's finest cooks, chefs, bakers and food artisans drawn from the Australian, New Zealand, South African and British editions, are joining forces to create one extraordinary book, for one very special cause. Featuring chefs, cooks and food heroes from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Great Britain, Made With Love is not only a joyous culinary celebration of cuisine from around the world but will also provide funds to help improve the lives of those who are in need of food and who need to be freed from poverty."

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