It came between Greg Anthony, CJ Watson, and Pat Garrity for the honors of Nevada's most prominent NBA great, and there really wasn't any other choice than to give it to the former point guard in Greg Anthony. Hailing from Las Vegas, Nevada, the 6'0 Greg Anthony made his way into the NBA Draft after playing three seasons of basketball with his hometown collegiate team in UNLV where he won an NCAA National Championship in 1990. The New York Knicks went on to draft the crafty point guard with the 12th overall pick in the 1991 NBA Draft.
From there, Anthony went on to have a solid career as a journeyman playing for teams like the Vancouver Grizzlies, Seattle SuperSonics, Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, and Milwaukee Bucks before hanging up his jersey for good. Throughout his eleven-year career, Anthony averaged a solid 7.3 points and 4.0 assists per game. While some might consider his career rather uneventful, he lived out the dreams millions of people have failed at and continue to fail trying to achieve.
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.