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We bet you could guess every single chef on this list, because, well, there aren't that many famous chefs.

Plus these chefs are EVERYWHERE, and you probably don't know many chefs OTHER than these!

According to Forbes, here are the top earning chefs:

Viewers of The Chew will be seeing a new face on the ABC daytime lifestyle show. Chef Jason Roberts, a celebrity chef who has already found success in Australia, has been recruited as a correspondent.

Executive producer Gordon Elliot calls the new face of food "a welcome addition" to the show and is looking forward to having him join a team of hosts that include

The rules of owning a restaurant are complicated. The rules of owning multiple restaurants are also complicated.

What isn't complicated is knowing that confiscating part of your waiters', captains' and other employees' tips to supplement your profits is not a legal thing to do.

And that's exactly what Mario Batali is in trouble for!

But the good news is — after all these years (since 2004) of getting ripped off on tips and legal filings, Mario Batali has agreed to pay out $5.25 million.

Let's hope this never happens again!

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We've said it before, and we'll say it again — and we'll say it until we're unable to — MODERATION IS KEY!

It's about balance, it's not about starvation. It's about that middle ground so you don't lose control!

Mario Batali agrees, and he offered up his ideas on portion control:

LOL! That's embarrassing!

While fullfilling his hosting duties on the daytime cooking-themed talk show The Chew, celebrity chef Mario Batali proved he may need to start spending less time in the kitchen and more time in the gym.

In the midst of the entire cast having a food orgasm as they tasted General Tso's chicken, Mario sat on a bed and BROKE IT!

We bet he really hates the internet right now. Thanks to technology, even those who have never and will never watch his show, read his cookbook, or eat his food will forever know him as that chef dude who sat on a bed and broke it on national television.

Or they'll forget this happened before they even go to sleep tonight.

Take a moment out of your busy day to enjoy this classic blooper in the HIGHlarious clip above!

Chef Mario Batali is joining in on the Occupy Wall Street movement…at least in spirit.

Despite being a member of the 1% and currently fighting off a lawsuit for illegally underpaying his workforce, Mario agrees with the 99% that feel the big bankers are ruining this country.

While speaking at a Time magazine Person of the Year panel, the celebrity chef went as far as to compare bankers to Adolf Hitler, saying:

Attention FitPerez readers who love to cook!

Celebrity chef Mario Batali is releasing a brand new cookbook and we're giving out TWO of his autographed copies completely free!

Molto Batali: Simple Family Meals From My Home To Yours is hitting the bookshelves on October 25th, but if you're lucky, you might not have to dish out any cash to get it!

Simply share your FAVORITE family meal on Twitter @FitPerez and use the hashtag #MoltoBatali to enter!

For example, tweet:

"@FitPerez rigatoni with crumbled spicy Italian sausage! #MoltoBatali."

So easy! So simple! So why not?

You have until the end of October 25th to enter!

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