Here is the Forbes list of Ten Top-Earning Celebrity Chefs. Two-time Daytime Emmy nominated television personality and author Rachael Ray (Rachael Domenica Ray) dominates the list with $18 million.
Ray teaches simple recipes that can be prepared in 30 minutes or less. She uses ingredients such as garlic and chicken stock as simple ways to boost flavors. Ray has also written a series of cookbooks based on the 30 Minute Meals concept, and launched a magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, in 2006.
Here is the Top 10 Earning Celebrity Chefs
1. Rachael Ray
$18 million
2. Wolfgang Puck
$16 million
3. Gordon Ramsay
$7.5 million
4. Nobuyuki Matsuhisa
$5 million
5. Alain Ducasse
$5 million
6. Paula Deen
$4.5 million
7. Mario Batali
$3 million
8. Tom Colicchio
$2 million
9. Bobby Flay
$1.5 million
10. Anthony Bourdain
$1.5 million
[ Forbes Ten Top-Earning Celebrity Chefs ]