Can you remember these celebrity chefs from classic TV?

Let's see if you have the recipe for success.

Sometimes "TV dinner" does not mean a slab of Salisbury steak in an aluminum tray. The television has taught us how to prepare dinner for decades, thanks to celebrity chefs. They make culinary techniques seem easy.

Chefs have been showing us skills on the small screen since the very beginning of the medium. Many of them have become household names, thanks to their long-running PBS shows, cookbooks and grocery brands. Let's see how well you remember these top chefs — and a couple fictional characters.
  1. Her 1963 show 'The French Chef' was one of the earliest cooking shows in TV history.
    Image: The Everett Collection
  2. He may not have been a real chef, but this Muppet perhaps got kids into European cousine.
    Image: The Everett Collection
  3. The pioneering chef on the right hosted an NBC series called 'I Love to Eat' way back in 1946. Today, there's a restaurant award named in his honor.
    Image: The Everett Collection
  4. She launched herself into fame in 1986 with her "Holiday Entertaining" special.
    Image: The Everett Collection
  5. Beginning in 1982, his cooking show proved that he 'Can Cook.'
    Image: AP Photo / Jeff Chiu
  6. This French chef, who once worked for Howard Johnson's restaurants, became a fixture on PBS.
    Image: The Everett Collection
  7. Art Ginsburg was better known by this nickname in his many TV segments.
    Image: The Everett Collection
  8. Betty White played this fictional TV baker and "Happy Homemaker" on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show.'
  9. This Austrian became a household name in the '80s thanks to his trendy L.A. eateries and appearances on morning shows.
    Image: The Everett Collection
  10. He popularized Cajun cuisine and had a line of grocery products.
    Image: AP Photo / Will Yurman
  11. Friedman Erhardt popped up in commercials for years. He was best known by this name.
  12. Through her show '…Cooks' on PBS in the 1960s, this pioneer helped popularize Chinese food in the American home.
    Image: WGBH-TV

Can you remember these celebrity chefs from classic TV?

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40 Comments

AnnaRentzVandenhazel 24 months ago
Missed a couple I wasn't familiar with, but oh well...

And where's Chef Brockett from Mister Rogers? I loved that character!
EllisClevenger 39 months ago
You got 10 out of 12
You breeze right through that! We bet you're an ace in the kitchen, too.
Missed #6 and #7
Heidiv58 47 months ago
You forgot Graham Kerr, the Galloping Gourmet!



Rickey 54 months ago
You got 10 out of 12
You breeze right through that! We bet you're an ace in the kitchen, too.
AllisonWunderland 58 months ago
Obviously I was watching Lost in Space, Mr. Ed, My Three Sons, Dennis the Menace instead! Lol
JeffTanner 58 months ago
''You got 11 out of 12'' -------------You breezed right through that! We bet you're an ace in the kitchen, too.
EmBee 58 months ago
How could you POSSIBLY leave out Graham Kerr, "The Galloping Gourmet"?
SheriHeffner 59 months ago
7 out of 12. I remember Wok With Yan and The French Chef, and Paul Prudhomme and Chef Tell the best.
DiscoDave 59 months ago
9/12. Not bad considering i only knew 4 for sure.
CarrieMcCourt 59 months ago
12/12 Had to guess on the last question
MrBill 59 months ago
10/12; not too bad considering I never watch cooking shows.
Allison 59 months ago
11/12 got the muppet one wrong
SheriHeffner Allison 59 months ago
I never could understand a single word he said . Just Ork Ork Ork.
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