America just can’t get enough of celebrity chefs! The map published by, USDirect shows you the top searched celebrity chefs from each state. They utilized Google Trends data to determine where in the country television’s most famous chefs were most popular.
Alaska: Alton Brown
Alabama: Anne Burrell
Arizona: Anthony Bourdain
Arkansas: Alton Brown
California: Anthony Bourdain
Colorado: Alton Brown
Connecticut: Ina Garten
Delaware: Anne Burrell
Florida: Anthony Bourdain
Georgia: Anthony Bourdain
Hawaii: Masaharu Morimoto
Idaho: Paul Hollywood
Illinois: Anthony Bourdain
Indiana: Alton Brown
Iowa: Duff Goldman
Kansas: Duff Goldman
Kentucky: Guy Fieri
Louisiana: Emeril Lagasse
Maine: Martha Stewart
Maryland: Duff Goldman
Massachusetts: Ina Garten
Michigan: Alton Brown
Minnesota: Alton Brown
Mississippi: Anne Burrell
Missouri: Alton Brown
Montana: Alton Brown
Nebraska: Rachael Ray
Nevada: Bobby Flay, Gordon Ramsay, Guy Fieri, Robert Irvine, Wolfgang Puck
New Hampshire: Anne Burrell
New Jersey: Giada De Laurentiis
New Mexico: Anthony Bourdain
New York: Jamie Oliver
North Carolina: Anthony Bourdain
North Dakota: Rachael Ray
Ohio: Michael Symon
Oklahoma: Ree Drummond
Oregon: Alton Brown
Pennsylvania: Duff Goldman
Rhode Island: Giada De Laurentiis
South Carolina: Anthony Bourdain
South Dakota: Rachael Ray
Tennessee: Anne Burrell
Texas: Anthony Bourdain
Utah: Paul Hollywood
Vermont: Mary Berry
Virginia: Anthony Bourdain
Washington: Paul Hollywood
West Virginia: Anthony Bourdain
Wisconsin: Paul Hollywood
Wyoming: Paul Hollywood
As we would expect, many celebrity chefs are the most popular in their hometown state. The late Anthony Bourdain, host of No Reservations and Parts Unknown has captivated the most states showing he is the top searched chef is 10 states, including Arizona, , Illinois, New Mexico, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Texas, Florida, and California. Alton Brown of Good Eats was a close second, ranking the highest searched chef in 8 states including Arkansas, Alaska, Indiana, Michigan, Montana, Missouri, Colorado and Oregon.
