Model and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen is often found posting about her favourite food on social media and shared the genius idea that Taco Bell should deliver taco meat and shells packaged separately to prevent soggy tacos. The Mexican-inspired chain took the feedback on board and in 2020, released the At-Home Taco Bar: a kit with shells, wraps, chips, salad, meat and dip in separate boxes – a hit for lockdown delivery.
After a long day's work, there’s nothing better than takeout. The feeling is no different for celebrities, as the cast and director of Little Women including Greta Gerwig, Meryl Streep, Florence Pugh and Timothée Chalamet demonstrate in this behind-the-scenes shot of them tucking into Wendy’s fries.
The Beckhams reveal time and time again they’re not too posh for a greasy burger. David stopped at McDonald’s on his way to Glastonbury music festival for a Big Mac meal and two cheeseburgers in 2017. In 2018, Cruz uploaded a snap of himself plus three Big Mac burgers. In 2020 it was reported they stocked up on Big Mac special sauce to help them through lockdown.
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Despite being a billionaire, the Microsoft founder still has down-to-earth days and one of his favourite lunches is a takeaway burger. He’s a known McDonald’s fan but when Bill Gates is in the Wallingford neighbourhood in Seattle, he heads to Dick’s Drive-In, a local chain that has been around since the 1950s. A deluxe burger costs $4.35 (£3.19), fries $2.30 (£1.69) and a large coke $2.45 (£1.80), and he waits in line like the rest of us.
He’s able to afford the best restaurants but the multi-millionaire pop star still craves Tex-Mex every once in a while. Justin Bieber was seen stopping by Taco Bell in Van Nuys, California in 2018. He opted to order in store, before carrying a big brown Taco Bell takeout bag back to his Lamborghini.
Bieber’s wife and American model Hailey’s favourite fast food of all time is Shake Shack. So much so she even considered ordering it twice in one day. Her favourite thing about it? The ShackSauce. When asked during an interview with Vogue in 2019, “If you could solve a mystery, what would it be?”, her answer was to know what goes into the sauce.
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What do you do when you’re a British pop star marrying an American actor in a global pandemic? Have a Vegas wedding complete with a reception at In-N-Out Burger, of course. The chain, based in California and the Southwest, is famed for its Double Double (two beef patties, American cheese, salad and sauce in a bun). Check out this snap of Lily Allen, seen taking a big bite while wearing her white Dior dress.
When family of supermodels Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber and their children Kaia Gerber and Presley Gerber get together, nothing beats popular pancake spot IHOP. They even celebrated Father’s Day 2019 there and “ordered every picture on the menu”.
After visiting a branch of McDonald’s in LA with his security team in 2019, it was incorrectly reported that Drake tipped staff $10,000 (£7,412) each. Although the first figure is not unbelievable for the multi-millionaire, the real amount was a more reasonable $100 (£74) each – he must have enjoyed his meal.
TV personality Gayle King was so keen to try the new Popeyes chicken sandwich when it was released in 2019, she tried calling a total of 15 branches to find a location where it was in stock. The sandwich (which features a crispy fried chicken breast, pickles and mayo or spicy Cajun sauce in a brioche bun) was sold out in all of them.
Actor Ben Affleck has been spotted at fancy sushi restaurant Nobu, but is equally likely to enjoy Jack in the Box from time to time. He was seen at the drive-thru twice in one week in 2018. First with his girlfriend at the time Shauna Sexton and the second time with his ex-wife, actress Jennifer Garner.
The American rapper is a big fan of McDonald’s, once ordering 40 Chicken McNuggets to the studio in the middle of the night, to fuel her recording session through until morning. Cardi B also has a very particular way of eating fries. She dips them into a caramel sundae or chocolate McFlurry to achieve the perfect balance of sweet and salty.
In 2019, restaurant delivery service Postmates revealed reality TV star and beauty mogul Kylie Jenner spent a massive $10,000 (£7,424) over the course of a year. The receipt included some very regular orders including a McDonald’s Oreo McFlurry, Chicken McNuggets and French fries.
Businesswoman and reality TV star Kim has never made a secret of her love for McDonald’s and has even been spotted there in Japan. Her usual order – six Chicken McNuggets with Honey Mustard sauce, a vanilla McFlurry, cheeseburger and apple pie – came as a surprise to fans. However, in season 18 of Keeping Up with the Kardashians (released in 2020), she skipped the savoury food and opted for just a McFlurry.
The third-oldest Kardashian, Khloé also loves McDonald’s. The first thing she ate after giving birth to her daughter, True, was a McDonald’s hash brown. She also gave advice to fans: “Keep your portion control in check at Mickey D's, and you'll have half the battle won” and also "Skip the fries and soda, and most def do not supersize it!"
It’s not just McDonald’s the Kardashians are fans of. Sisters Kourtney and Khloé were famously snapped on a private jet eating Popeyes. It wasn’t a one-off event either. In 2018 Khloé tweeted about her pregnancy craving for Popeyes and the chicken chain responded by sending the celeb crispy chicken, biscuits, fries, sides and sauces. We wish we were famous.
They were one of the world's most famous couples and yet when they were together, their family weekend meals were not at fancy Michelin-starred restaurants. Kim, Kanye and their children were spotted at The Cheesecake Factory two days in a row sharing a strawberry cheesecake while in Dayton, Ohio in 2019.
Celebs love catering their star-studded events with fast food and at Rihanna’s post-Met Gala party in 2017, she fed guests one of her favourite foods: burgers. Supermodels such as Kendall Jenner and Karlie Kloss and musicians including A$AP Rocky and Pharrell were served platters stacked high with cheeseburgers from New York-based craft burger joint Black Tap. It was all washed down with Perrier-Jouët Champagne.
Film star Anna Kendrick admits she’d commit “several murders” to keep certain Taco Bell items on its menu. One of her favourites is the Cheesy Gordita Crunch, a hard taco within a flatbread filled with seasoned beef, lettuce, Cheddar and spicy ranch sauce. But she also confesses she has to eat it after midnight, under the cover of darkness in her car.
After the 2019 Golden Globes, Julia Roberts and husband Daniel Moder ended up at their usual spot – In-N-Out Burger. The actress uploaded a photo of the pair, still in the evening’s award ceremony attire, holding a takeout bag with a caption that said “Congratulations to All! And to all a good (burger) night.”
Following her performance at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee in 2017, New Zealand singer Lorde was craving a slushie from Sonic Drive-In and asked fans: "I've been debating what flavour to get. Any suggestions, feel free... just throw them out." However, one benefit of being a big-name musician is you get to skip the traffic and have your own police escort there.
American singer Katy Perry has been known to eat all kinds of takeout, from McDonald’s to Italian chain Olive Garden, however her most memorable fast food story is how she met her fiancé Orlando Bloom. At the 2016 Golden Globes, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor tried to steal one of her In-N-Out burgers and that’s how they started talking.
When abroad it’s good to try the local cuisine, but sometimes you just want a meal that reminds you of home. That’s what happened to singer and TV personality Nicole Scherzinger after she performed for the royal family at a wedding in Malaysia. She stopped by KFC in the early hours, still wearing a floor-length black sequin ball gown.
Where do the rich and famous go to double date? America’s favourite waffle chain, Waffle House! Chrissy Teigen and John Legend took a trip with the (then) couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. The foursome were dressed up to visit the all-day breakfast spot at one of its outposts in Phoenix, Arizona in 2015.
Model Bella Hadid is a massive fan of the Golden Arches. As well as this picture posted by her equally famous sister Gigi, Bella uploaded photos to social media of two hash browns complete with a McDonald’s drink and Sausage McMuffin in 2018. The caption said, “v serious pit stop.” We quite agree.
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Another celebrity who has their McDonald’s order down is Paris Hilton. The socialite was filmed ordering “a #1 combo with a Coca-Cola, a sundae with caramel, Chicken McNuggets and apple pie" on her drive home from a club. She also regularly tweets about her cravings and attempted to recreate McDonald's fries on her recent Netflix cooking show Cooking with Paris.
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Despite her fortune, the pop singer loves fast food and is frequently papped exiting McDonald’s. However, on Britney’s 2018 tour she was striving to be healthier, sticking to “the small burgers” and “Happy Meals”.
Grammy Award-wining Adele admitted her love for Chicken McNuggets in a video interview with Vogue in 2021. The British singer-songwriter said her 'death row meal' would be "a McChicken nugget with a Big Mac and then fries" and admitted that she actually ate this meal about once a week.
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It’s no secret that Donald Trump is a whopping fan of McDonald’s. Aides revealed that during his 2016 presidential campaign, his order consisted of "two Big Macs, two Filet-O-Fish and a chocolate malted." He even got the fast food joint to cater a banquet for the Clemson Tigers football team and was pictured next to a table stacked high with Filet-O-Fish, McNuggets, Quarter Pounders, Big Macs and sauce.
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