Actors have such a busy schedule all day, and while doing all this, they also need to keep their sharp on the character they are currently performing. It must be a lot stressful to their mental health. Having hobbies has such ability to remove stress. Food is always a guilty pleasure for various people. Many actors below are either professional chefs or are interested in cooking and making great food. Here is the list of great actors whose cuisine will also amaze you.
1. Mocomichi Hayami
Mocomichi Hayami is a model, actor, chef, TV host, and entrepreneur from Japan. Hayami is also well-known for his culinary abilities, having hosted Moco's Kitchen, a famous NTV show, and its spin-off, Mocomichi's Midnight Kitchen, since 2011. He owns his own Mocomichi Hayami brand of culinary tools and has written several cookbooks, including Love Meat (2015), Love Gohan (2016), and Love Pizza & Bread (2018). He received the 2013 Gourmand World Cookbook in Paris, France, for Best Japanese Cookbook.
2. Takeshi Kaga
Takeshi Kaga, actual name Shigekatsu Katsuta, is a well-known Japanese stage and film actor best recognized abroad for his role as Chairman Kaga on Fuji TV's Iron Chef. He appeared in various films, but his most notable role was as "Chairman Kaga," a cooking competition show's striking and quirky presenter of Ryrie no Tetsujin. Not only in Japan but all across the world, it became trendy. Under the moniker Iron Chef, they previously showed the show on the Food Network, the Fine Living Network in the United States, and SBS in Australia.
3. Kento Yamazaki
He is a model and actor from Japan. He is pretty famous for his roles as L in the live-action television series Death Note and the Japanese medical drama remake Good Doctor, his appearances in Heroine Shikkaku and Orange, and the Netflix series Alice in Borderland. He played Kanata in "A Girl and 3 Sweethearts," where he played a chef. While promoting this drama, he said that although he is just a beginner, Kento can cook quite a few dishes, and he enjoyed cooking.
4. Mayuko Takata
Mayuko Takata (born January 5, 1971) is a Japanese actress most known in the West for her roles in the Japanese television show Iron Chef. Takata was a judge and a commentator on the show. She isn't a trained chef. But she has shown interest in cooking, and she has said that she is quite the gourmet.
5. Haruka Fukuhara
Haruka Fukuhara is a Saitama Prefecture-born actress, voice actor, singer, and model. She starred on Cooking Idol, from 2009 through 2012, and on Mine! Main took on the role of Main Hiiragi in both animated and live-action sequences. During the promotion of cooking idol, Haruka Fukuhara said that she is a chef who cooks for herself.
6. Hiro Mizushima
Hiro Mizushima, professionally called, is a Japanese actor, creative director, and writer. Mei-chan no Shitsuji, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, and Zettai Kareshi were among the Japanese TV dramas he featured. He started a youtube channel for Japanese cooking, which is very popular even among non-japanese people. We can see how much he enjoys cooking and his excellent cooking skills on the track.
7. Kasumi Arimura
She is a well-known Japanese actress. She is famous in the Asadora (Morning Drama) Amachan (2013) and Asadora Hiyokko (2017) films, as well as the films Strobe Edge (2015) and Flying Colors (2015), the latter of which awarded at the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize. She stated that cooking would be at the top of her list of favorite pastimes.
8. Ryosuke Yamada
Among the HSJ members, Yamada has the finest culinary talents. Yamada stated that, because he lives alone, he believes he should cook for himself. Yamada can make (nearly) anything, including nabe, gyoza, omurice, basic soup, fried rice, and deep-fried cuisine, and his favorite item to use in the kitchen is fish (Sakana). Like a professional chef, his refrigerator got stocked with culinary supplies. His video in which he tells how to make pancakes also went viral.
9. Yuna Taira
She is a well-known Japanese actress. Taira was in sixth grade when her mother and grandma applied to be in the film I Wish. She passed the audition and made her acting debut. In 2011, she was a regular on NHK Educational Television's R no Hsoku. Taira appeared in Oha Suta Super Live's Contact Girl Ju Ju Ju in 2012 and published a CD. She featured in Scarecrow and Racket: Aki and Tamako's Summer Vacation in 2015. When she came to India during the Japanese film festival, she said that her hobbies were cooking and puns.
10. Satsuki Shimabukuro
Satsuki Shimabukuro is a Japanese actress, model, and singer who goes by the stage name Meisa Kuroki. She is contracted to Sony Music Japan and handled by the agency Sweet Power. In 2004, she made her acting debut. Meisa has previously appeared for JJ, a prominent Japanese fashion magazine, and is currently the Japanese spokesperson for Epson and Giorgio Armani. She once told in an interview that people often ask her if she knows cooking, Meisa is practicing cooking, but she is good at baking cakes and desserts.
