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Photos Of Famous Chefs When They Were Young
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[The internet doesn't offer a lot of background info on the Food Network chefs, so compiling the photos for this post was a painstaking process! The photos are from Chefography episodes, and other random shows I happened to catch over the last 12 months. Some of 'em were really cute back in the day... and some of 'em, well, weren't. I'll let you decide which is which.]
GUY FIERI

TONY BOURDAIN

SANDRA LEE

MARIO BATALI

DUFF GOLDMAN

PAULA DEEN

BOBBY FLAY

NIGELLA LAWSON

GIADA

RACHAEL RAY

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124 Responses
Looks like Duff was already sporting a combover in ’92! No wonder he’s now gone the way of the cueball.
[...] Back When All They Had Was an Easy Bake Oven and a Dream… check out some of your favorite food network chefs when they were young. [...]
The color picture of RR when she was young looks a tad bit (i.e. a whole hell of a lot) like the crack whores that you see get arrested and then splashed all over the drug resistance programs. I can hear the teacher now.
“Kids, I want to show you something. It won’t be pretty, but you need to see what drugs do to you.”
(teacher holds up pic of young RR and the kids scream)
“I know this is scary, but this woman is why you don’t do drugs. Boys, this is specifically for you. Imagine if you were high and took this home. Is that what you really want? Do you know what would happen? Your peen would fall off.”
That will scare anyone from doing drugs.
That younger photo of Duff makes him look like the principal in Motley Crue’s “Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room” video (Michael Berryman from “The Hills Have Eyes”).
“Howdy y’all” looks like she’s ’bout ready to sell me some Amway in that old pic!
Looking at that current picture of Giada is a testament to my sheer will power. The fact that I can remember any of her recipes when that dreamy cleavage is staring me right in the eyes is truly a gift!
Guy was Pretty cute when he was little, but dear God what went wrong in the last pic. Anthony freaking scary in those pics he looks human now. Sandra Lee, Eh’ Mario no comment. Duff what the hell crawled up his head and died? Paula very pretty in the first pic, lion king hair in the other. Bobby super ugly! growing up was the best thing he ever did, not that it helped much but you know, Nigella vision of beauty how anyone can talk her down I’ll never know, she was one of the best thing’s besides Alton that were on the FN. Giada cute when she was little now? please invest in FULL cover apparel. Rachael Ray? I really don’t know what to say except homely,
Hmmm…I don’t think photography was around when Ina was a kid. Perhaps her parents had an early sketch from Picasso done when he was in the Hamptons?…
Tony Bourdain = Robert Plant with darker hair.
Ugh bobby’s pictures scarred me i’m now wrecked for life