10 Hottest TV Chefs

These celebrity chefs sure know how to cook up something sexy in the kitchen. Food Network beauty Giada De Laurentiis may look like your average 20-year-old, but she is actually just shy of 40 - and not afraid to admit it! "I can't believe it myself," says the host of Giada at Home. "I think we all look in the mirror and see that 25-year-old. But as long as you're eating well and moving your body every day, age is just a state of mind. We'll say! Click through to see more of Giada and her TV competition. Check out more of Giada at <a href="http://www.shape.com">Shape.com</a>

Despite coming from a Hollywood dynasty (her grandfather is producer Dino De Laurentiis and her grandmother was an Italian film star), Giada never had the urge to follow in her family's footsteps. "The movie business isn't my thing," she says. "I knew when I was 12 that I wanted to do something with food-I just didn't know what."  (Courtesy of Shape magazine. <a href="http://www.shape.com">Click here for more on Giada)</a> (Shape)

Former model Padma Lakshmi might not technically be a chef, but she's written a cookbook, hosts the show "Top Chef," and she's really hot, so that was enough to get her on our list! (AP )

Cat made TV history on Food Network's Iron Chef America as the first and only female Iron Chef. She was also definitely the most attractive! (AP )

 Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio made healdines when he saved cookbook author Joan Nathan from choking. The whole hero thing definitely kicked this baldy's sex appeal up a few notches! (AP )

Racheal Ray has developed a massive fanbase on account of her cute, fun, and bubbly as-can-be disposition. Plus she posed for Maxim! They only let hotties in that mag... (AP )

Celebrity chef/cookbook author Rocco DiSpirito gained quite a fanbase due to his dashing good looks, and it was definitely a sad day for women everywhere when he was sent home on "Dancing With the Stars." (AP )

Sweet and sunny Sandra Lee found fame with her "Semi-Homemade" cooking concept, which became the basis for her very own show, which premiered in 2003. (AP )

Gordon has hosted several of competitive cooking shows such as "Hell's Kitchen," "The F-Word" and "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares", and his explosive temper has endowed him with that whole sexy bad-boy vibe that few gals can resist. (AP )

Sexy Nigella Lawson, who has authored cookbooks and hosted many cooking specials, has been called the "queen of food porn," due to her flirtatious manner in presenting. (AP )

Ex-wife of famous musician Billy Joel, Katie has made quite a name for herself in the food industry and was a restaurant critic for the TV show, "George Hirsch: Living It UP!" worked in several restaurants and gourmet food and wine stores, started a foodie website, and hosted the first season of "Top Chef." And she's hot. (AP )