By Hollie Bligh
After looking at the most followed food bloggers we've had a look to find the most followed chefs on Twitter (as true from date of publication) from around the world.
Jamie Oliver is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur, media personality who is known for his food-focused television shows, cookbooks and global campaign for better food education. He has inspired people to spend more time enjoying being in the kitchen and even start growing their own food. Known originally as The Naked Chef, he strives to improve unhealthy diets and poor cooking habits in the United Kingdom and internationally through promoting better food education for adults and children, particularly in schools.
Anthony Bourdain- 1,840,650
Anthony Bourdain is an American chef, author, and television personality. He travels the world seeking the authentic experiences and food that flavour the world's cultures. He is known for his 2000 book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. He also hosted, in 2005, the Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure programs Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and The Layover. Then in 2013 hosted Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. Though Bourdain is no longer officially employed as a chef, he maintains a relationship with Brasserie Les Halles in New York, where he was executive chef for many years.
Gordon Ramsay is a celebrity chef, restaurateur, and television personality. Ramsay is known for presenting TV programmes about competitive cookery and food, such as the British series Hell's Kitchen, The F Word, and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. He has also presented the American versions of Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, MasterChef, and Masterchef Junior. He is also a published author of a number of books, many of which have become bestsellers around the world, most notably his autobiography, Roasting in Hell’s Kitchen. Ramsay received an OBE (Order of the British Empire awarded by Queen Elizabeth II) in 2006 for services to the industry.
Rachael Ray- 1,288,068
Rachael Ray is an American television personality, businesswoman, celebrity chef and author. She hosts the daily talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray, and three Food Network series, 30 Minute Meals, Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels and $40 a Day. Ray has also written cookbooks based on the 30 Minute Meals concept, and launched a magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, in 2006. Ray's television shows have won three Daytime Emmy Awards. She has also established Yum-O!, a non-profit organization, to educate young people and their families about the importance of good nutrition and to help feed American children in need.
Paula Deen is an American celebrity chef and cooking show television host. Deen started her career with her business, The Bag Lady, going on to open her first restaurant, The Lady and Sons, five years later. Deen still owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant, in Savannah, Georgia, with her sons, Jamie and Bobby Deen. She has had programs on the Food Network such as "Paula's Home Cooking" and "Paula's Party”. She has also published fourteen cookbooks, her first The Lady and Sons Savannah Country Cookbook.
Guy Fieri- 1,221,126
Guy Fieri is a television personality working for Food Network. An American restaurateur,
