Jacques Torres: 17 Celebrity Chefs and Their Favorite Fast Food Restaurants

Burger and chicken sandwich

Celebrity chefs can’t spend all day cooking, even if it’s their passion. Sometimes, after a long day in the kitchen or on the road signing cookbooks, nothing sounds better than a monumentally cheesy burger or a handful of spicy tacos. To be honest, the majority of the celebrity chefs on this list went with burgers. The few outliers chose chicken fingers, tacos, or maybe even grilled cheese. But In-N-Out burgers, mostly animal style, came up more than anything else. Maybe because they’re West Coast celebs or maybe because those burgers are easily the best. Who’s to say?

A few of our chefs chose items based on nostalgia, citing memories of visiting those chains in their childhood when they were just learning to appreciate food, especially good-old fashioned comfort food away from home. Not only that, chefs are often tired, busy, or on the road, but still don’t want to compromise taste just because they’re not cooking at the moment. It’s safe to say that they’re often just as passionate about their fast food picks as they are about anything else they’re eating.

 

Chocolatier Jacques Torres adores Shake Shack burgers

Jacques Torres smiling

Sometimes, celeb chef Jacques Torres has to compromise with his young kids when they all want fast food at the same time. Torres admits that Shake Shack is always his first choice, but his kids are die-hard McDonald’s McNugget lovers, so he often ends up eating where they want to go. But, according to the chef, foregoing his favorite fast food place and letting his kids win the burger battle is more important to him. He’d rather spend time with his family, no matter what they’re eating. When he does get a chance to visit the Shack on his own, the chocolatier is a classic burger fan all the way, loving it from the smashed patty to that divine special sauce. Want the recipe for that special sauce? Your wish is our command.

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