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.
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Her 1963 show 'The French Chef' was one of the earliest cooking shows in TV history.
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He may not have been a real chef, but this Muppet perhaps got kids into European cousine.
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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.
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She launched herself into fame in 1986 with her "Holiday Entertaining" special.
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Beginning in 1982, his cooking show proved that he 'Can Cook.'
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This French chef, who once worked for Howard Johnson's restaurants, became a fixture on PBS.
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Art Ginsburg was better known by this nickname in his many TV segments.
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Betty White played this fictional TV baker and "Happy Homemaker" on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show.'
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This Austrian became a household name in the '80s thanks to his trendy L.A. eateries and appearances on morning shows.
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He popularized Cajun cuisine and had a line of grocery products.
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Friedman Erhardt popped up in commercials for years. He was best known by this name.
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Through her show '…Cooks' on PBS in the 1960s, this pioneer helped popularize Chinese food in the American home.
