They may be the ultimate foodies, but celebrity
chefs are more like us mere mortals than you would ever believe. You would probably never classify a well-known
chef as a picky eater, but even the most famous celebrity chefs have foods they just can't
stand and some of them are definitely not what you would expect. Truffles might be right up there at the top
of the list when it comes to classy foods, but truffle oil? Given that it's not made from real truffles,
not so much. Gordon Ramsay and Joe Bastianich both made
their feelings about truffle oil perfectly clear in one tense episode of MasterChef. When one contestant drizzled her dish in white
truffle oil, they didn't pull any punches. Bastianich walked over to her station and
threw the cylinder of truffle oil in the garbage after saying any restaurant who had it on
the menu wasn't worth it. Ramsay called it: "One of the most pungent, ridiculous ingredients
ever known to chef." They're not the only ones that refuse to have
anything to do with truffle oil. Alton Brown once told Grub Street: "Truffle oil sucks." And when Today asked Martha Stewart what was
on her naughty list, she had this to say: "Oh, I would never use truffle oil, oh never. It's bad. They've done many studies on truffle oil. It's synthetic, it's fake, it's horrible. It clings to your tastebuds, it's a hideous
thing." Anthony Bourdain was on the list of truffle
oil-haters, too, once calling it: "About as edible as Astroglide and made from
the same stuff." It's an old joke. The customer asks the server: "What's the
soup du jour?" And they respond: "The soup of the day." According to Gordon Ramsay, though, the soup
du jour isn't actually a laughing matter. It's one of the items on a restaurant's menu
that he absolutely wants nothing to do with. When Town & Country asked him what he recommended
never, ever ordering at a restaurant, he had this bit of wisdom to offer: "Ask what yesterday's soup du jour was before
today's special. It may be the case that it's the soup do month." The idea of getting something served up that's
been reheated and reused for days suddenly doesn't sound so good. The idea of "soup of the day" makes it sound
like it's going to be super fresh, but take it from Ramsay. You should probably follow in his footsteps
and opt for something else. Every so often, we hear something about our
favorite celebrity chefs that really serves to remind you that they live in an entirely
different world. Take Mary Berry. She's written more than 70 cookbooks and made
the world fall in love with her on the Great British Bake Off, but if you think that after
a long day of filming she might grab some takeout on the way home, you'd be mistaken. On James Martin's Christmas With Friends,
she remarked: "You won't believe this, but I haven't ever
had a takeaway." Berry has been vocal about her belief that
Britain, quote, "orders in and eats out" way too much, and should start making more home-cooked
meals. It's entirely possible she's the only person
in Britain who's never ordered out for a pizza, a curry, or even fish and chips. And according to The Telegraph, that's not
just a shame, it's a sign that she's missing out on an entire section of British cuisine
and culture. Store-bought mayonnaise is weird. It's shelf-stable, but it's filled with all
kinds of things that definitely aren't. Do you know who else thinks so? Rachael Ray. She said on The Rachael Ray Show: "We did not grow up with mayonnaise in my
house. You know… We just didn't have it around. It's weird to me. The consistency is weird to me." But she's fine with mayo and aioli as long
as she makes it fresh. And according to The Huffington Post, there's
a lot of people who can't stomach the idea of mayo. They chalked it up to a few reasons. It's an inanimate object that shouldn't wiggle,
but does, that whole "room temperature" thing, and it just looks like something that's going
to make us sick. Yum! Lentils are basically edible seeds, according
to Healthline. They're a part of the legume family, and extremely
nutritious. While they're packed full of vitamins, nutrients,
protein and iron that they're a perfect thing to add to a vegetarian diet, none of that
will ever convince Bobby Flay to put them on his menus. He told The New York Times: "Whenever I tell somebody I hate lentils,
they're shocked. There are a lot of lentil fans out there." And it's not just a personal hate. Flay dislikes lentils so much that when he
opened Bar Americain, he vetoed a beet and goat cheese salad, and it got the axe based
solely on the fact that it contained lentils. That's not to say you'll never get lentils
at one of his restaurants. When the boss is away, it turns out that the
chefs will, indeed, play. He stated: "When I go on vacation, they run specials
on lentils." Now you know how to tell if he's out of town. Carrots might seem like an odd thing to swear
off, but according to The New York Times, it's one thing that Alex Guarnaschelli wants
absolutely nothing to do with. She stated: "I will serve baby carrots. But once it gets over two inches long, I break
into a cold sweat." Why? Early in her career, she was a sous-chef at
an upscale Paris restaurant, julienne carrots were always on the menu. Like, always. Permanently. And that meant she was responsible for julienning
a lot of carrots. It's understandable how little carrots might
be something that she'd never want to see again. She said: "Now, I have a panic attack when I see shredded
carrot in a salad.'' It doesn't matter how much of a foodie you
are, everyone keeps a few frozen pizzas in their fridge for those nights where they just
can't. They're quick, they're easy, and if you happen
to have some extra cheese and toppings to throw on, they're usually not terrible. But Ted Allen says that he absolutely won't
eat a frozen pizza. He told Time: "People should not eat frozen pizza. Ever. It's terrible. All of it's awful, just packed with the lowest
quality ingredients, lousy sauces, and they're overpriced for what they are. It's not a good product. There's so much sodium, so many calories,
and artificial crap, and preservatives." "And it's not exactly pizza either, it's Almost
Pizza." "Come on, that's pizza!" "Nope, it's very nearly pizza, but not quite." But sometimes you just want something that
will cook itself in the time it'll take you to find something on Netflix. Allen has a suggestion, and it's pretty brilliant:
next time you order out for a pizza, order an extra one, individually wrap the slices,
and freeze them. If there's one thing that American cuisine
does right, it's breakfast. There are just so many options, from breakfast
sandwiches to yogurt parfaits to stacks of pancakes with a side of bacon. But there's one chef that refuses to eat any
of those things, and that's Ina Garten. She told Bon Appetit: "I've had the same thing for breakfast every
single day for ten years: coffee and McCann's quick-cooking Irish oatmeal with lots of salt. I don't want it to taste like wallpaper paste." That was in 2017, so by now, she's had well
over 4,000 cups of coffee and bowls of oatmeal. That's a lot of oats! At least they're good for you! The Barefoot Contessa might not have any doughnuts
hanging around her house, but for all the breakfast foods she doesn't eat, there's four
things that she says are always in her freezer: homemade stock, soup, vanilla Haagen-Dazs,
and Grey Goose vodka. Sounds like a party. Check out one of our newest videos right here! Plus, even more Mashed videos about celebrity
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