10 Celebrity Chef Moms We Love

Padma Lakshmi

Best known as the stunning host and judge on Top Chef, Lakshmi had daughter, Krishna, this past February after struggling with endometriosis, which causes uterine irregularities.

Giada De Laurentiis

This Italian chef extraordinaire became mom to daughter Jade Marie in 2008. Think the little toddler knows how to make ravioli yet?

Nigella Lawson

Nigella, the personable British chef whose accent we can’t resist, gave birth to her two children in the early ’90s. But even with her fame and serious cooking skills, it’s been said she still has to work to keep her kids from eating KFC.

Paula Deen

The official southern mother of the Food Network, Deen made herself a household name teaching audiences traditional southern recipes, butter and all. She’s even had her two grown boys on her show, Paula’s Home Cooking.

Cat Cora

The first female Iron Chef gave birth to two of her four sons (Zoran, Caje, Thatcher, and Nash), at the same time her partner, Jennifer Cora, gave birth to the other two.

Alex Guarnaschelli

The mom of three-year-old Eva multitasks on a regular basis as the executive chef of NYC’s famed Butter restaurant and the host of her Food Network show, Alex’s Day Off. She’s a second-generation foodie; her mother, Maria, was a renowned cookbook editor.

Lidia Bastianich

Lidia, an Italian food expert, already raised her two children, Joseph and Tanya, to join in her business. Joseph, a wine expert and restaurateur, regularly lends his expertise on her shows Lidia’s Italy and Lidia’s Family Table, while history-buff Tanya acts as cultural go-to.

Sara Moulton

The Good Morning America food expert, TV hostess, and cookbook author already has a ton on her plate (pun intended), but somehow we think she’ll still make time to pass her cooking expertise on to her two kids.

Melissa d'Arabian

The mom of 4 daughters shot to stardom after winning the coveted role as The Next Food Network Star, and currently hosts Ten Dollar Dinners, where she keeps her $10 promise in every episode: four people, ten bucks, infinite possibilities.

Gina Neely

The chef and host of Down Home With The Neelys, and co-owner of Neely’s Bar-B-Que restaurant lives in Memphis with her hubby and two daughters, Spenser and Shelbi. Neely burger, anyone?

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