Friday Eye Candy: Celebrity Chef Edition

Because you asked for it, you naughty chef-loving foodies, you! My selections might not be to everybody's, um, taste (ba dum DUM), but so it goes. Add your own nominations in the comments.

Jamie Oliver. Seriously, this guy is just so adorable that he could whip together a plate of smoked eel farts and I'd be all oooooh, want me some of that.

Rocco DiSpirito. My guess is that Rocco is, in real life, probably something of an ass - I say this based on nothing other than having seen him on some short-lived reality show and a gut instinct about dark-haired pretty boys with cheeky smiles - but still. He's cute, and he cooks.

Gordon Ramsay. OK, so maybe he's not conventionally good-looking, but you gotta admit that he has a commanding presence. A fucking commanding presence. Put an upper-class British accent together with the world's most extreme potty mouth - and a face that, I would argue, is made all the more distinguished by the wrinkles than span it like a military planning map - and hands that seem to be permanently clutching the sharpest of knives, and you have a force to be reckoned with.

The Chairman's nephew, from Iron Chef America. Not a chef, I know. But he's hot and he does backflips in front of tables stacked with calf's livers, cheese, eel farts or whatever else he's forcing his stable of Iron Chefs to contend with and that? Is hot.

Anthony Bourdain. I love him. I love everything about his chain-smoking, hard-drinking, cursing (all of which, apparently, curbed since he's had kids) haute-cuisine cooking bas-cuisine loving bad-ass self.

I'm not entirely sure that I love this particular picture of him (SHUT UR EYEZ NOW IF U R SQUEMISH BOUT MEATS)...

... but I'll forgive him it because even though it's a touch disturbing, it's witty.

Who've I neglected? I thought about including Nigella Lawson, but then I realized that I only thought she was hot for like six minutes in the late nineties and that now I just find her camp. Mario Batali, with his red puffy face and sparse tufts of carrot-colored hair, looks too much like my newborn son in mid-tantrum (writ large, obvz) for comfortable inclusion here, and Rachael Ray is a tool of Satan, so. Any other suggestions?

Comments

[LauraJT77]

Jamie Oliver is so yummy! I want to eat him up like a warm crumpet!

[Lisa]

What? No Curtis Stone from The Take Home Chef? His accent alone is enought to drive me wild. YUM!

[Jean]

OK, what about Tyler Florence...so cute and sweet :) and I know he's not on there anymore but c'mon..Robert Irvine's guns are as big as my head.

[foodmomiac]

I think Curtis Stone looks like a drag queen! LOVE that meaty picture of Bourdain. I would follow that man to the ends of the world.
OH, and if you like bad boy chefs, how about Sam Mason? He has an online show, Dinner with the Band. He's really not bad looking.

[Katie Kat]

Okay, now I have to wash my eyeballs off with bleach... sigh. Anthony Bourdain naked is enough to get me on a diet!

But... Jamie Oliver is SO cute (especially with the little lisp)! And Curtis Stone can toss my salad any time...

[Sils]

I adore Jamie Oliver and I think he should be forced to stop with all that foals advertising and actually get naked.

[JennC]

Seconding Tyler Florence.

Also adding: Alton Brown. Because geeky is the new hot.

And Paula Deen's sons, Jaime and Bobby Deen. I'd like them both naked and slathered in butter with a side of greens.

[michelle]

Yummy Michael Chiarello (Napa Style & Food Network) is missing - that's ok I'll keep him all for myself

[Cobblestone]

ALTON!!!!! I'm oddly a sucker for an oversized watch on a man with good hands.

[Miss Britt]

Tom Colicchio

I can't help it. I know everyone hates him. But he gets that little twinkle in his eye when you can tell he's thinking "you're such a moron, but, yeah, OK."

[ashlee]

I could go for some Alton!

[Natalie]

Hello??? Bobby Flay?? Yes PLEASE. I'd throw down with him any day. I also second (or third or fourth) Tyler Florence...he certainly is the ultimate food hottie. Totally second Tom Colicchio from Top Chef. I like him a lot. And possibly Sam from season 2 of Top Chef (the cute one that didn't win!).

[Nic]

Alton and Michael Chiarello.

The Deen boys aren't too shabby, but being whipped by mama ain't exactly a ladypleaser.

[Kate]

I second (and third and fourth) Sam from Top Chef Season 2. Hot!!!! I was very happy that he was a guest Quickfire judge this season :-)

Bobby Flay is also tres cute, although getting a little smug in his selection committee role on The Next Food Network Star.

[jayme]

Mmmm... I second Michael Chiarello. Arrogant and pretentious as hell, but DELICIOUS.

[Amy]

What? No Alton Brown? He's my secret chef boyfriend.

[kristy]

The Deen boys are not whipped - and besides WHO CARES! They are yummy. And they put bacon on everything...

[Alex]

Thank you! Thank you! I can't believe you did it! This has totally made my day/week/month. GREAT job with the choices!

That said, you ARE missing the deliciously (har har) handsome Alton Brown as well as Bobby Flay. But all is forgiven because you thought of putting the Chairman in there - loves it!

[Erin]

Where are my Top Chef men?? Tom and Tall Guy!! Give me Tall Guy!

[Brandi]

I vote for Alton Brown, the Deen Boys, and yummy Tom Collichio too!

[cindy w]

Thank you so much for including Gordon Ramsay because I have such a huge crush on him, and I can't really figure out why.

Well, actually, I do know why: it's because he takes his shirt off on almost every episode of "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" on BBC (dude is BUILT), and because he wouldn't let the other chefs swear in front of his mum on Hell's Kitchen. Awww. And I just have a thing for blonde, blue-eyed Brits (case in point: I married one).

[missbanshee]

All hands off the Bourdain. The Bourdain is mine. He belongs to me. My love for the Bourdain knows no bounds.

That said, yes please to Alton. Damn I love an adorkable man. And an adorkable man who can cook me dinner? SWOON.

[missbanshee]

OH! And I second Tall Guy from Top Chef. I love you, Tall Guy!

[Carrie]

Definitely Bobby Flay and Tyler Florence!!!! HUBBA!

[rednexmama]

OK, so I tried commenting earlier but things were all wacky, so I couldn't call dibs on the Deen bros and Robert Irvine, so I'd like to enter my vote for the "willing to switch teams for" category. Namely, Giada deLaurentiis and Cat Cora. At the very least I want to go out drinking with those gals.