The Richest Celebrity Chefs, Ranked by Net Worth

When it comes to food inspiration and influence, celebrity chefs seem to have us all drooling with anticipation for their next culinary creations. From Michelin Star restaurants to picture-perfect cookbooks and homecooked meals that soon become staples, many celebrity chefs have built delicious careers based on their near-perfect kitchen skills. As hungry consumers, we are given the opportunity to learn their tricks of the trade while forever expanding our knowledge of the differences between things like baking soda versus baking powder — and why the accuracy of measurements is not to be tampered with.

Whether they’ve built an empire all on their own or leaned on the credibility of popular food shows and their dedicated audiences, celeb chefs (and celebrities who have become known for their cooking) are building that cheddar and laughing all the way to the bank. So, who’s the richest of them all? We’ve rounded up a selection of some of the richest celeb chefs and celebrities who are well-known for their cooking, according to available online sources Celebrity Net Worth, Popular Net Worth and Wealthy Gorilla (note: all numbers are estimated and in US dollars).

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Marcus Samuelsson (Estimated net worth: $5 million)

Celeb chef Marcus Samuelsson has a plethora of credentials to list. The Ethiopian-born Swedish-American is a well-renowned restaurateur and television personality with multiple cookbooks, television appearances, restaurant openings and charity work under his culinary belt. The list of Samuelsson’s accomplishments is so long that we assume it could take up this entire article, which leaves us to wonder how he has only landed himself at the halfway mark financially. Some of his most recent work includes becoming the global brand advisor for Bon Appétit and producing a multi-authored cookbook called The Rise, which he has described as a means to share the Black experience in food history.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, he has an estimated net worth of about $5 million.

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Antoni Porowski (Estimated net worth: $8 million)

Known as the food and wine expert on Netflix’s Queer Eye, Antoni Porowski can also add cook, model, actor and author to his impressive resume.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Porowski would later move to New York City to pursue a career in acting while perfecting his cooking skills by relying on her grandmother’s techniques. He dabbled in television and film roles during the 2010s and worked in food service to cover his rent. He began as a busboy at a family-run Polish restaurant before working his way up in the restaurant industry as a waiter and sommelier, eventually managing the sushi restaurant BondSt. He landed his role on Queer Eye in 2017 and inked his cookbook deal by 2018, further solidifying himself as an expert and trusted foodie.

Celebrity Net Worth estimates his net worth at about $8 million.

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Laura Prepon (Estimated net worth: $12 million)

Orange Is the New Black star Laura Prepon has been acting since the ‘90s, but the actress also has a passion for food and health. In addition to co-writing a “lifestyle guide” titled The Stash Plan in 2018 alongside integrative nutritionist Elizabeth Troy, Prepon has established herself in the food space with a cookware line (called PrepOn Kitchen) and a series of cooking videos. Celebrity Net Worth estimates her net worth at about $12 million.

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Kristin Cavallari (Estimated net worth: $30 million)

While she may have originally hit our radar in the early-2000s as a cast member on Laguna Beach and The Hills, Kristin Cavallari has since gone on to star in her own reality show (Very Callavari), found a company (Uncommon James) and publish two cookbooks.

Created in a collaboration with chef Mike Kubiesa, Cavallari’s cookbooks are both New York Times bestsellers. Her first cookbook, True Roots, focuses on “recipes free of gluten, dairy and refined sugar,” while the follow-up, True Comfort, focuses on “cozy recipes” that are free of gluten and refined sugar.

Celebrity Net Worth estimates her fortune at about $30 million.

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Chrissy Teigen (Estimated net worth: $75 million)

Chrissy Teigen is mainly known for her modelling days, marriage to John Legend and controversial tweeting, but some may also consider her a celebrity chef.

Teigen’s foray into the food world began in 2015 when she was hired as a food stylist and panelist on Tyra Banks's daytime talk show, FABLife. In 2016, she released her first cookbook, Cravings: Recipes for All of the Food You Want to Eat, quickly becoming a New York Times bestseller and the second-best-selling cookbook of that year. In September 2018, she released her second book, titled Cravings: Hungry for More, which coincided with a line of cookware sold at Target. By 2019, she launched her YouTube channel, Cravings, featuring lifestyle content mainly consisting of food and family content. She released a third best-selling cookbook, Cravings: All Together, in late 2021.

Celebrity Net Worth estimates her net worth at about $75 million.

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Gwyneth Paltrow (Estimated net worth: $200 million)

The Oscar-winning actress has an acclaimed career for her work on screen, but she’s also become a staple in the wellness sphere (as CEO and founder of the lifestyle company, goop) and in the cooking and food world — as the author of four New York Times–bestselling cookbooks: My Father’s Daughter, It’s All Good, It’s All Easy and The Clean Plate: Eat, Reset, Heal.

Celebrity Net Worth estimates her net worth at about $200 million.

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Gordon Ramsay (Estimated net worth: $220 million)

He may seem like the scariest chef, but most know that Gordon Ramsay’s bark is worse than his bite. This bold Brit also has many credentials, including chef, restaurateur, television personality and writer.

He first came to fame in 1999 on the British television miniseries Boiling Point and quickly became one of the most influential chefs in the world.

No stranger to being blunt, fiery and leaning on profanity to get his point across, Ramsay had no problem securing additional television series, some of which include Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, Masterchef, Masterchef Junior, Hotel Hell and his latest series Next Level Chef.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Ramsay's fortune is an estimated $220 million.

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Martha Stewart (Estimated net worth: $400 million)

The one food queen to rule them all is, of course — Martha freaking Stewart! This badass babe had hooked audiences of all ages since her early beginnings in the ‘80s when she released her first cookbook, titled Entertaining. By 1990, she launched Martha Stewart Living magazine and started a television show by the same name in ‘93. As her career began to grow, Stewart founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, gaining increased success under her umbrella through multiple business ventures, publishing, broadcasting, merchandising and e-commerce. At age 81, Stewart is showing no signs of stopping, debuting a podcast entitled The Martha Stewart Podcast in the summer of 2022 with her dear friend Snoop Dogg appearing as her first guest on the show. Celebrity Net Worth estimates her net worth at about $400 million.

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Alan Wong (Estimated net worth: $1.1 billion)

Topping Wealthy Gorilla’s list of the richest celebrity chefs in the worth with a net worth that the outlet estimates at about $1.1 billion, Alan Wong is a chef, restaurateur and one of the co-founders of “Hawaii Regional Cuisine” — a style of Hawaiian fusion cooking — in the early 1990s.