What 51 Famous People Eat For Breakfast Gallery

The Today Show weather forecaster, who lost a huge amount of weight after undergoing a gastric bypass, usually has his breakfast between filming segments. Between 7:40 and 8:14 a.m. he turns to a protein smoothie made with protein powder, fiber powder, 8 ounces of almond milk, frozen berries, ginger, a little agave nectar, and sometimes almond butter, according to Bon Appétit.

Chef, restaurateur and award-winning cookbook author Art Smith told Extra Crispy: "I love boiled eggs, and I put za'atar on them. Then I have a cup of Turkish coffee. Every place I travel in the world has their own take on breakfast, and many times I want to return to them. Maybe I can't fly, but I can eat. I love having these wonderful little tidbits of deliciousness from my trips. Food is like a time capsule. It takes you back. So the za'atar I picked it up in Jerusalem, the Turkish coffee I picked up in Istanbul — for me, it's a way to reconnect."

When training for his role as Batman, Affleck relied on egg whites and oatmeal (the old-fashioned, steel-cut kind) as his morning carbohydrate and protein shakes before and after workouts to get into the fighting-fit shape needed to play the Dark Knight.

Food Network star Bobby Flay told Bon Appétit that breakfast "usually consists of something like Greek yogurt with some fresh berries and honey or pomegranate molasses. Or I'll make a smoothie with Greek yogurt and blueberries. My favorite smoothie is really simple: Greek yogurt, lots of fresh blueberries, and at Whole Foods they have this juice, it's a black currant juice, and that's what I use in my smoothie."

Singer and songwriter Carrie Underwood loves to start her day with Kashi cereal. "I don't know what I would do without my Kashi cereal," she told Eat This Not That.

The supermodel, TV host, best-selling cookbook author told Bon Appétit that she and husband John Legend "eat the same breakfast every day. We are like robots. I always do two eggs over easy with avocado and turkey bacon — we enjoy the taste of it more than pork. I carve it all up into a bowl so it's like a slop, and I load it with salt and pepper and Cholula."

To maintain his enormous physique, actor, producer, and professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson relies on 5,000 calories a day. His breakfast (one of seven meals) often includes 10 ounces of cod, two whole eggs, and two cups of oatmeal.

The Italian-born American Food Network star loves olive oil — after all, she is Italian. Her breakfast is a classic with a twist: oatmeal with olive oil. It's "the simplest thing on the planet, but one of my favorite things to have for breakfast," Giada said in an interview about her cookbook Feel Good Food.

The TV host, actress, and former supermodel keeps runway-ready by starting each day with 3 organic scrambled egg whites with spinach, spring onions and parsley, a small bowl of fresh fruit and teas without milk, according to Women's Health.

The Barefoot Contessa likes to keep things simple when it comes to breakfast, "I've had the same thing for breakfast every day for 10 years," she told Bon Appétit. "Coffee and McCann's Quick Cooking Irish oatmeal with lots of salt." Why salt? "I don't want it to taste like wallpaper paste," Garten added.

To prepare for his role in the 2015 movie Southpaw, Gyllenhaal ate 6 to 7 meals a day. He told Bodybuilding.com that his "diet would consist of lots of eggs, chicken, fish, bananas, apples, almonds, cacao beans, raisins, goji berries, rye bread, pasta, couscous and potatoes, and lots of steamed vegetables and salad: avocado, tomatoes, broccoli, and other dark-green leaves. Nothing was fried, and everything was as natural as possible. I would drink plenty of water throughout the day, as well."

Jessica Alba, actress, model, and co-founder of the non-toxic household goods line The Honest Company, told Shape: "Recently I started making this shake using vegan protein powder, matcha green tea powder, a banana, coconut water, and ice. I drink it before a workout and it doesn't make me feel too full. Or I can have it afterward and feel satisfied until lunch."

Justin Timberlake eats two breakfasts a day! His first pre-gym meal includes "waffles with flax and almond butter and a scrambled egg." After a workout, he replenishes his body with a hard-boiled egg or protein shake. "I mostly work out so I can eat religiously," he told Bon Appétit.

News anchor Katie Couric always tries to have a healthy breakfast, whether it is a piece of sprouted wheat toast and some peanut butter, some cereal that doesn't have much sugar in it, some oatmeal, or an egg. When she cooks eggs, she told Bon Appétit, "I either hard boil them or fry them in a tiny bit of oil. For cereal, I have Shredded Wheat, sometimes Kashi Go Lean. Sometimes regular Cheerios. I'm trying to eat more steel-cut oatmeal. I add blueberries and bananas, and some warm skim milk foamed with my steamer; sometimes 1 percent milk."

The supermodel, student, and entrepreneur told Bon Appétit that her morning routine depends on her location: "If I'm sleeping in my own bed in New York, I love to make just really yummy, clean, boring protein shakes with chocolate protein powder, almond milk, and banana or blackberries." And if she's on the go? Kloss says her purse is filled with Kind bars or an apple, "I like to have little things that I can just eat."

"When I make breakfast at home, I love to make soft scrambled eggs with sharp cheddar and cilantro. I typically pair that with a cup of black tea," Kelly Choi, former host of Bravo TV's Top Chef Masters and author of The 7-Day Flat-Belly Tea Cleanse, told Eat This Not That.

The host of Live! With Kelly and busy mom, Kelly Ripa, explains that she never eats breakfast until after the show. She told Bon Appétit , "I can't seem to focus my mind if my stomach is digesting. I usually have my yogurt and granola after the show. I find that if I eat beforehand, I'm just making digesting sounds." Though she doesn't actually eat breakfast right away, she will have a cappuccino as soon as she wakes up, made by her husband. She also enjoys a triple shot latte during her show before her post show breakfast.

The former Glee star and vegan advocate often has a tofu scramble for her breakfast. "I'll add in salsa and a piece of avocado," Michele told Women's Health.

This Shark Tank judge, investor, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks turns to Alyssa's Cookies (which he invested in on an episode of Shark Tank) as his regular breakfast. "I live on these cookies," he told D Magazine. "They are 190 calories each — high protein, high fiber, low carbs. I eat two and have a cup of coffee. I loved them so much I invested in the company."

"Hydration and nutrition are two big keys to having a lot of energy when I'm on the court," Sharapova told Shape, So what's Maria's morning meal? "An egg white omelette, some oatmeal, and berries," says the pro. "And maybe a smoothie or something."

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi likes to start her mornings with something sweet. She has eaten dark chocolate ice cream for breakfast every day for years. "I don't see it as different from having a cup of coffee," Pelosi told Food & Wine.

Author, actress, model, and host of Top Chef Padma Lakshmi usually starts her day with a cup of tea, "a classic Earl Grey with French vanilla and French lavender, among other things." Padma Lakshmi also explained to Bon Appétit: "I have that with usually one boiled egg, one piece of sourdough toast, and one grapefruit. I'll drizzle [hot sauce] over the egg some days."

There's no full English breakfast for this business mogul. Instead the founder of The Virgin Group has fruit salad and muesli for his first meal of the day.

In an interview with Men's Health, the actor revealed that his typical morning meal includes two eggs, 'good' fat like avocado or almond butter, and one cup of oatmeal with applesauce.

The American singer-songwriter's typical breakfast consists of an egg dish with a glass of orange juice.

Every day, billionaire Warren Buffet picks up breakfast at a drive-thru McDonald's, where he orders one of three items, never spending more than $3.17. "When I'm not feeling quite so prosperous, I might go with the $2.61, which is two sausage patties, and then I put them together and pour myself a Coke," the famously thrifty "Oracle of Omaha" joked in the HBO documentary Becoming Warren Buffett. We wonder how celebrity chefs would react to Buffett's fast food breakfast, perhaps if he tried Anthony Bourdain's (or 17 of these other celebrity chefs) perfect scrambled eggs, he might just change his routine!