15 Times Celebrities Made Headlines With Food

We may all envy the lives of the rich and famous, but when we really think about their lack of privacy, how they're constantly hounded by paparazzi, and that every vaguely interesting thing they do becomes headline news, we soon become more contented with our own less fancy lives. Even though many celebrities don't consider themselves 'foodies,' and most of them don't work in the food world, the media loves it when there is some food-related celebrity incident they can share with the rest of us, whether it's an astounding new diet, a star's favorite cheat-day treat, or a previously concealed culinary skill.

Beyoncé's crazy diets, glamorous restaurant trips, and vegan food delivery service mean this celebrity is not a stranger to the world of food news. However, our favorite Beyoncé-centric news story was when she ordered $3,500 worth of food from Caplansky's Deli, a Jewish deli in Toronto, after a performance. Obviously, all this smoked meat wasn't just for her occasionally-vegan self, but it was still a huge sum to spend on a late-night feast.

Training with the world's best chefs is a privilege that tends to be reserved for the world's future best chefs, unless your name is Bradley Cooper, that is. While preparing for his role as a chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant in the movie Burnt, Cooper spent several weeks training under the hugely successful chef Marcus Wareing.

Gwyneth Paltrow is often making the news with stories about her cookbooks and health and lifestyle website 'Goop,' but the story that really captured the world's attention was when she shared a recipe for her typical morning smoothie, which journalists recreated and discovered it cost almost $200 to make.

Kanye hit the headlines (yet again) when, after his Twitter rant about "not having enough money," Pizza Hut tweeted him with the most public job offer ever. Sadly, Kanye turned down the offer to earn some real dough: There were no sightings of him at Pizza Hut at 9 a.m. the next morning.

Matt Damon isn't someone we normally think of as a keen dieter, but he did once make the headlines by admitting than in order to lose 60 pounds for a movie role, he ate nothing but chicken breast for a whole week. Obviously, this was not a diet that any nutritionist had advised he undertake.

Miley Cyrus is not afraid of dominating the headlines, and so maybe it's not a surprise that she made the front page again with her latest tattoo: An illustration of the controversial, opinion-splitting yeast spread, Vegemite.

Selena Gomez received a lot of media attention when she hit back against critical fans who were criticizing her figure, telling her to "stop eating junk food" and to "work out" more. This supremely successful celebrity isn't going to let any fan tell her what she should and shouldn't be eating.