Rich Cooks

Here's the list of the Top 10 Highest Earning Chefs according to the Forbes List

10. Anthony Bourdain

$1.5 Million
Hosts the show "No Reservations" and the author of the best-selling book "Kitchen Confidential"

9. Bobby Flay

$1.5 Million

This Egocentric, self-centered chef has shows on the FoodNetwork and owns restaurants from the Bahamas to Las Vegas.

8. Tom Colicchio

$2 Million

The self-taught chef now owns a total of 6 restaurants and he is also a judge on the highly rated show, TopChef. ( isnt he just so haaawt!)

7. Mario Batali

$3 Million

This culinary school drop-out now owns 13 restaurants in NY, LA and Las Vegas

6. Paula Deen

$4.5 Million

The queen of southern cooking has 2 shows on the FoodNet

5. Alain Ducasse

$5 Million

This French Chef empire includes 22 Restaurants from Tokyo to Paris. Michellin Guide Awards.

(Enderun Colleges Manila(my school) is tied up with ADF Alain Ducasse Formation. Visit http://www.enderuncolleges.com/ for more info)

4. Nobuyuki Matsuhisa

$5 Million

Owns 17 Nobu Sushi Restaurants from all-over.

3. Gordon Ramsay

$7.5 Million

Not bad for the overrated and over-acting butt-faced cook.

2. Wolfgang Puck

$16 Million

Over 15 fine-dining restaurants

(now thats talent and hard-work, which the one in the #1 spot doesnt have)

1. Rachel Ray

$18 Million Food Empire

Fine fine fine!!! UGh, okay, maybe she has 4 shows with the FoodNetwork, a nationally syndicated show, a magazine, her own cookline and her ever so famous EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil) and her Dunkin Donut endorsment deal, but seriously, can she really cook?!?! I DONT THINK SO! she cooks cafeteria food! She's definitely a one hella lucky &*%$#!

..... and a big mouth too, which is scary! :(

Sorry Rachel Ray! Im just being a sore loser :)

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MY OPINIONS AND STATEMENTS FROM THIS ENTRY DOES NOT REFLECT THAT OF THE FORBES LIST