1.   Now a celebrity chef, he rarely talks about his life as an army cook.

2.   The Padstow seafood restaurant owned by celebrity chef Rick Stein has been fully booked since January.

3.   Although they have never met Charlie Trotter or eaten in his restaurant, they eagerly volunteered for kitchen duty in hopes of rubbing elbows with the celebrity chef.

4.   And, whether due to his duties as a celebrity chef or his own disinterest, Tower spent less and less time at Stars.

5.   At the top of the celebrity chef heap, without question, is Emeril Lagasse.

6.   Auguste Escoffier, THE celebrity chef at the turn of the century, came up with peach Melba to honor opera singer Nellie Melba.

7.   Airlines also hire celebrity chefs to develop menus.

8.   All in all, Lagasse is following his friend Wolfgang Puck as the latest example of that phenomenon of our times, the celebrity chef.

9.   But not every flier will sample creations by the celebrity chefs.

10.   But the same technology that grates at this celebrity chef is a godsend for Chris Boskin, publications director of Worth Magazine.