Gallery: Food For Thought: The Top 20 Highest Paid Celebrity Chefs

Most of us are obsessed with two things: food and reality television. So it makes sense that chefs with their own reality tv shows are pulling in the big bucks! 

Let's be real, how many of us can honestly say we change the channel when Iron Chef comes on? None of us. That show is amazing, and it gives us a weird level of confidence with the food we make. 

Is it just me, or do you also feel like a Chef Emeril when you make dinner while watching a cooking show? Like, BAM. Basil. BAM. Paprika. BAM. Butter. And it turns out that inspiring our inner chefs is a profitable business. Here are 20 of the richest celebrity chefs out there!