cooking pan of food with big flames - Asmr / Getty Images On the surface, celebrity chefs appear to lead charmed lives. Many of them travel the world to explore new cuisines, host fun cooking shows, ...

Television chefs go back a long way. In the U.S., it all started when the legendary James Beard hosted a 15-minute program called "I Love to Eat" back in 1946. Over the subsequent decades, other shows ...