Uswitch has analysed the Christmas recipes of celebrity chefs to discover whose recipes cost the most time and moneyNigella Lawson's festive feasts are the most time-consuming requiring 41.5 hours (2,490 minutes) in the kitchenYotam Ottolenghi is the chef whose recipes cost the most to produce at a price of 366 AUD for a table of sixChrissy Teigen is the celebrity chef to follow if you're in a hurry, taking just 13.9 hours (835 minutes) of your time
A new study by Uswitch has analysed the Christmas recipes of top celebrity chefs to discover whose recipes will cost you the most time and
money on the 25th of December.
Uswitch used food cost calculators from major online supermarkets to discover the costs of different recipes which revealed
Yotam Ottolenghi's Christmas meal to be the most expensive. Coming in at AU$61 per person his recipe costs a grand total of $AU366; for those who follow Ottolenghi on social media, it will come as no
surprise that his recipes require more unique ingredients to give classic recipes the extra wow-factor. The cheapest
item of his you can recreate is his ‘crispy roasted potatoes with lemon, garlic and sage’ costing just AU$2.85 per
person.
The TV chef with the second most expensive festive recipe is Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall with a total cost of AU$331.80,
which is $55.30 per person, and third is the A-lister Chrissy Teigen whose entire ingredients list comes in at AU$52.37
a head giving it a total of $314.22.
Though he is known for show-stopping creations that blur the line between real-life and fantasy food, Heston Blumenthal
doesn't put you out of pocket the most as he is revealed as the fourth-most expensive, followed by everyone's favourite
cursing chef Gordon Ramsay in fifth.Top 15 Most Expensive Celebrity Chef RecipesCelebrity ChefCost Per Person AU$Cost for 6 people1Yotam Ottolenghi613662Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall55.30331.803Chrissy Teigen52.37314.224Heston Blumenthal52.20313.205Gordon Ramsay47.36284.166The Hairy Bikers45.59273.547Phil Vickery42.33253.988Tom Kerridge41.43248.589Nigella Lawson40.66243.9610Martha Stewart37.21223.2611James Martin35.84215.0412Jamie Oliver34.51207.0613Mary Berry33.57201.4214Delia Smith30.99185.9415Rachael Ray28.91173.46
The study involved analysing the recipes of iconic items that make up a Christmas dinner to calculate the cost and time
of each which revealed Nigella Lawson to be the celebrity chef putting home cooks to the test for the longest. Her
festive feast takes 41.5 hours (2,490 minutes) which is over 1.7 days, meaning preparations must start on the 23rd! Her
‘spiced and super juicy turkey,’ which had a cameo appearance in Gavin and Stacey, requires being soaked in a bucket of
infused water for up to two days before roasting. Her Christmas pudding also requires a lot of your time as the fruits
need to be soaked in alcohol and it has a steaming time of eight hours.
Heston Blumenthal is second on the list of the most time-consuming celebrity Christmas chefs with a total creation time
of 35.5 hours (2,130 minutes) with his turkey recipe alone taking 13.5 hours (810 minutes) to perfect! Third place goes
to Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, famed for his earthy, back-to-basics food, whose Christmas Day meal takes 34.9 hours
(2,099 minutes) to complete.
Delia Smith and Gordon Ramsay also make up the top five requiring 31.8 hours (1,910 minutes) and 31.6 hours (1,895
minutes) respectively.Top 15 Most Time-Consuming Celebrity Chef Christmas Day RecipesCelebrity ChefMinutesHours1Nigella Lawson249041.52Heston Blumenthal213035.53Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall209934.94Delia Smith191031.85Gordon Ramsay189531.66Tom Kerridge185030.87Yotam Ottolenghi166027.78James Martin154525.69Martha Stewart151725.310Mary Berry147024.511Jamie Oliver14402412Hairy Bikers138823.113Phil Vickery107017.814Rachael Ray93515.615Chrissy Teigen83513.9
To see the full research, visit: https://www.uswitch.com/gas-electricity/celebrity-chefs/