TikTok offers a way to create and share videos that are fun and spontaneous, which may have contributed to its explosive growth. From how to make the best banana bread to traditional Chinese cuisine to simple vegan dishes, there are so many chefs to follow. Including Gordon Ramsey reacting to cooking videos and even some of him cooking up some of his famous dishes.
Below is a list of the 7 best TikTok chefs to follow for inspiration and just plain entertainment.
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Sonny Hurrell
Cooking since he was in his teens, Chef Sonny worked his way through many California kitchens focusing on seasonal and local styles of cooking. After losing his job as a private chef due to the pandemic, he turned to TikTok and has been wowing viewers with comedic demonstrations of everything from homemade bone broth to sous vide eggs
to brownies and dog treats. This stunning turn of events garnered him almost 500,000 followers.
Not one to take himself seriously, his videos make everything easy and accessible to the home cook.
Tabitha Brown
For vegans or those who are simply vegan-curious, Tabitha Brown shows how any dish can be deliciously vegan. The video of her vegan carrot bacon quickly went viral after the launch of her account. During the past year, her popularity has continued to grow thanks to recipes such as veganized deviled eggs and bread-free avocado toast, as well as introducing ingredients like enoki mushrooms. All sprinkled liberally with her humor and charm. She has opened a world of possibilities to vegans and non-vegans alike.
Tabitha has recently released a book, and she won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Social Media Personality at the 2021 award ceremony.
Shereen Pavlides
“Don’t you dare throw those away, we’re making the best banana bread,” commands Shereen Pavlides at the beginning of her most viral video to date. Viewed by more than 20 million people, this thick, gorgeous banana bread is made with browned bananas that you were probably going to toss into the garbage.
A former spokesperson and on-air guest at QVC, Pavlides is at home in the kitchen. Her cooking features dishes cooked from scratch, and “homemade made easy” is her motto. And she proves it with beautiful cheese plates, creamy smooth mashed potatoes, luscious moon pies, and Sunday pasta sauce.
For Pavlides, cooking is a
way to connect with people and help them learn to make something from scratch.
Being able to complete one dish builds confidence and gives you a sense of
accomplishment.
Eitan
Bernath
Eitan Bernath got his start on the Food Network’s first Chopped Junior competition at the young age of 11. Now 19, he creates energetic and entertaining short cooking videos that highlight spices and flavors found all over the globe. He also publishes longer videos on YouTube. Bernath often features international cuisine in his videos and often does a little testing to see if you can make a chocolate souffle with Nutella or an egg with a blowtorch. Come for the myth-busting, stay for the three-ingredient caramel sauce.
His recipes are doable and
allow people to widen their repertoire in the kitchen.
Vivian Aronson
An Alumna of the 10th season of Master Chef, Vivian Aronson is well-known for her expertise in Chinese cooking. She’s also gotten noticed for her exuberant and animated cooking tutorials on TikTok. She walks you through hand-pulled cabbage, Chinese five-spice chicken, and easy Oreo chocolate ice cream on a stick. Without molds. Aronson also demonstrates how she packs tasty school lunches for her kids every day and shares her process with her TikTok followers.
Heber Clawson
You probably won’t find someone as talented and as young on TikTok – or anywhere – as expert cake decorator Heber Clawson. From masterpieces to disasters, 17-year-old Clawson covers all things cake. He takes you through a step-by-step yet fast-paced decorating process that shows you how to decorate buttercream cakes that look like works of art.
His most-watched video is a spectacular realistic geode cake filled with tiny rock candies that garnered ten million views and 2.5 million likes. Filled with easy decorating tips that will wow your friends and family, as well as towering birthday cakes that reach the ceiling, you’ll find tips, tricks, and secrets – all that good stuff.
Gordon Ramsay
Surprised to find Gordon Ramsay on TikTok? It was only a matter of time. Ramsay does what he does best here – dissecting other TikTok chefs and quirky home chefs as they try – and often fail – to win his seal of approval.
His TikTok page is peppered with RamsayReacts videos documenting his reaction to videos intrepid and would-be chefs have sent him. He must be doing something right, RamsayReacts has been hashtagged more than 5.5 billion times.
You’ll also find a sprinkling
of his famous recipes, such as avocado toast, Chinese dumplings, and a
chocolate Valentine’s Day dessert that will make you go yum.
Ramsay’s videos go viral
almost instantly, and his TikTok page has about 20 million followers and almost
300 million likes. If you’re looking for laughs, entertainment, OMG moments,
and food inspiration, this is the place to be.
