Celebrity Chefs, Food Media and the Politics of Eating

Joanne Hollows is an independent scholar and researcher based in the UK. She has over 20 years of experience teaching media and cultural studies, most recently as a Reader in Media and Cultural Studies at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Celebrity Chefs, Restaurant Industries and the Culinary Field2. Celebrity Chefs and the Media Industries3. Food, Health and the Feminine Body4. Veganizing Masculinities5. Food Heroes, Food Politics and the Campaigning Culinary Documentary6. Eat Well for Less: Celebrity Chefs and Austerity Culture7. Celebrity Chefs, Food and Nation8. Celebrity Chefs and British Food Culture in the Times of Brexit and Covid-19NotesBibliographyIndex

Joanne Hollows demonstrates that celebrity chefs are more than just the branded byproducts of neoliberal capitalism; rather, their prominence and impact speaks to more complex shifts in the relations between civic, digital media and public culture. An overdue account of the contemporary role of celebrity chefs as cultural and political intermediaries, this book is a major contribution to media studies, cultural studies, sociology, food studies and beyond.