Impersonate Your Favorite Food Personalities With These 38 Scary Halloween Masks
Halloween is just around the corner and it's time to start thinking seriously about what or who you want to be. Are you a food lover, but don't want to dress up as food? Are you obsessed with Food Network stars or Michelin-approved chefs? Then these masks are for you!
Ferran Adrià
He's a chef whose career has been frighteningly successful, but Adrià's visage probably isn't likely to scare the average American. This mask will probably be most effective for frightening the hell out of aspiring chefs when they're at work in the kitchen. The last thing they'll expect while trying to get out of the weeds is for their culinary hero to walk through the door!
José Andrés
With your mouth askew and what appears to be a missing tooth, you might try to play up the "Hillbilly from Spain" angle by bringing Deliverance into the mix and yelling at people to "Squeal like an Ibérico pig!" This tactic will be especially surprising when you bust out an immersion circulator to keep the apple-bobbing liquid at an even temperature.
Mario Batali
By all accounts, this chef-restaurateur and TV celebrity just seems like a guy you'd like to party with. Even cutout zombie eyes don't do much to make him look scary. But he has been in a horror movie (Bitter Feast) and you can envision him as intimidating in the kitchen or as a businessman. With his mask you get instant recognition, and if you don his trademark orange Crocs, you'll be wearing Halloween colors. "Buon Appett-ee-TO!"
Rick Bayless
Rick Bayless, known for his Chicago restaurants and his show, Mexico: One Plate at a Time, inspires great food to go with his visage. Bring quesadillas or nachos to your Halloween host to celebrate this celebrity's Mexican cooking. Be sure to dress in your white chef's jacket to let everyone know who you are.
Massimo Bottura
Put on a white chef's jacket to impersonate this Italian chef from Modena. Bottura's Osteria Francescana has been consistently ranked by S. Pellegrino's as one of the best restaurants in the world (this year it's the #1 restaurant) — and it also has three Michelin stars — so you know he's high on our list. Go to your Halloween party with some spooky mummy meatballs to perfect this look.
Anthony Bourdain
Put on a disgruntled, hungover persona. Be gruff and pithy. For a true bad boy effect, cut a mouth hole and smoke. Prepare off-the-cuff monologues about how authentic/unbelievable/stupid some new/old/rediscovered food/culture/custom is. Be underwhelmed, but wrap things up with a witty, self-aware, semi-sensitive position on food and life. You'll be a scary facsimile of the host of CNN's Parts Unknown.
Alton Brown
Bust out your best bow tie and get ready to get technical. Our Alton Brown mask is perfect for a mad scientist chef costume.
Anne Burrell
We just love Burrell's hair, and it'll definitely be the centerpiece of your costume!
Tom Colicchio
What's scarier than TV's most outstanding soulpatch paired with a bald pate and cutout zombie eyes? You can't walk around telling people to, "Please pack your knives," because Top Chef co-host Tom Colicchio refuses to say that tagline.
Giada De Laurentiis
Don't get us wrong, Giada's a total babe and a whiz in the kitchen. However, that Cheshire cat grin paired with hollowed-out eyes gives us the total creeps!
Paula Deen
The pairing of creepy eyeholes with that giant mouth of pearly whites gives this mask an air of Southern-inflected terror. "I'm going to feed you several sticks of butter, y'all."
Todd English
This mask makes English look as slick as an oil-covered Gulf pelican, with a mouth nearly as wide. Pop this bad boy on and run around telling everyone about your next project.
Guy Fieri
This makes the perfect Halloween mask if you think about it: instant recognition of the spiked white(ish) hair, piercings, fire-decal clothes, and complicated matching (dyed?) facial hair. The love him-or-hate-him host of Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives always just seems like a genuine dude having the best time in the world.
Bobby Flay
Food Network's longest-tenured star never seems to be without a hit show; his current projects include Beat Bobby Flay and Cooking Channel's Brunch at Bobby's. Don a chef's coat, and the costume basically makes itself!
Tyler Florence
This television show host and chef is well-known for his decade-and-a-half as a Food Network star, which makes him a great choice for a Halloween costume. Sport a bomber jacket and carefully coiffed hair and jingle some car keys if your favorite show is The Great Food Truck Race. Throw a food truck-themed Halloween party, where all of your guests bring food inspired by their favorite mobile eateries.
Ina Garten
This Food Network star, known for her show Barefoot Contessa, makes for an easy, quick costume this Halloween. Put on some pearl earrings and a scarf to complete Ina's look. Use these fun facts about Ina Garten to impress your friends!
Alex Guarnaschelli
Since her smile never seems to go above a smirk, we thought she would be the perfect food celebrity to haunt your Halloween. If you are trying to pull this off as a real costume, just refrain from getting too excited about things...
Carla Hall
The hair, that smile, and a constant devil's cry of "Hootie Hoo!" is your surefire recipe for a fright-filled night while wearing this mask. You could probably also just tell people that you're a host on The Chew to send them running for the hills.
Emeril Lagasse
As famous as these other food celebs are, Emeril has many beat. The Emeril's chef was an OG Food Network star, had his own sit-com (very briefly), and he's even done toothpaste commercials. How to get your Emeril on? Walk around shouting "Bam!" at unsuspecting passers-by.
Padma Lakshmi
The model-turned ex-wife of fatwa'd novelist Salman Rushdie-turned Top Chef co-host has the honor of saying on the show the most dreaded words that any aspiring chef'testant could hear: "Please pack your knives." But be careful wearing this mask out in public, where she may not have the same intimidating effect.
Nigella Lawson
Wear a fashionable outfit and big hair to look just like the voluptuous Nigella Lawson. Hosting her ownBritish shows and Food Network show, Nigella Feasts, as well as publishing multiple cookbooks have made this star an icon in the food world.
Sandra Lee
Cher, Madonna, Cleopatra, Monroe, Hepburn, Streisand — it seems only right, given all the times New York State's first lady has dressed up in these costumes over the years to celebrate the holiday, that the Food Network's queen of Halloween should get her own mask.
Nobu Matsuhisa
The mild-mannered Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa is famous for his amazing fusion food and signature dishes developed over several decades — not for the hollowed, zombie-eyed monster we turned him into.
Jamie Oliver
With his multiple television shows and more than 20 cookbooks, Jamie Oliver makes a great subject for Halloween impersonation. Polish your English accent, put on a flannel, and wear a television-star smile behind your mask.
Wolfgang Puck
Zee Austrians are taking over, ja? Sorry, we had to. The surprisingly bubbly demeanor of this Austrian born entrepreneur chef is sort of disarming in and of itself.
Gordon Ramsay
The alleged hair plugs, the intimidating growl, the tough, weathered face — this one's too easy. Put on your best Scottish accent and just start yelling at people.
Ruth Reichl
Reichl has a résumé that includes Gourmet and before that famously dressing up in different costumes and wigs to maintain her anonymity as restaurant critic for The New York Times. But don't be fooled! You don't need to fear her CV, nor the mask's leering vacant eyes and teeth-clenched smile.
Adam Richman
Dress up as this famous food television host to celebrate your love for his shows, like Man Finds Food. Make up some of your own favorite sandwiches to enhance the costume. Click here to download the Halloween mask!
Joël Robuchon
This chef has restaurants from London to Bangkok, gaining more Michelin stars than any chef in the world. And though we love this chef's incredible food, we have to admit that his Halloween mask is positively creepy. Sport a black chef's jacket and serve appetizers from around the world at your Halloween party inspired by this global celebrity chef.
Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian-born, Swedish-bred Marcus Samuelsson already has an impishly mischievous face — that toothy smile and those vacuous eyes surely do nothing to help that.
Stephanie Izard
As the first female winner of Top Chef and the chef/owner of several Chicago hotspots including Girl and the Goat, Stephanie Izard is a role model for female chefs all over the world. Wear your chef costume with the title of the show printed across your apron to let everyone know you mean business.
Martha Stewart
She's one of the most powerful people in food, she's spent time in the clink, and if you believe what Alexis Stewart is reported to have written in her book, even Martha's daughter is kind of scared of her: "Martha does everything better! You can't win! If I didn't do something perfectly, I had to do it again... I grew up with a glue gun pointed at my head." Don't fall for the smile! It's food celebrity EV-IL!
Curtis Stone
The truth is, it is impossible to call Curtis Stone anything even close to scary. We just assumed that with his spiky blonde hair, chiseled jaw, and perfect eyes, every guy would want to be him for Halloween. Plus, we kind of just wanted an excuse to sit and stare at his face while editing the photo.
Michael Symon
A Cleveland-based powerhouse, Michael Symon cooks with tons of creativity and passion. The bald, loveable wrestler-bro will turn into the creepiest cue ball with the help of this scary Halloween mask.
Ming Tsai
Justin Warner
This chef, who won season eight of Food Network Star, is a hip, young guy perfect for impersonating this Halloween. Complete the costume with a snap back hat and a fun t-shirt.
Geoffrey Zakarian
Behind those thick-framed glasses and tasty dishes lurks the a soulless chef willing to chop unworthy peon chefs in his wake. OK, so it isn't that intense, but the Chopped judge would make a great play-on-words costume this year!
Andrew Zimmern
Unfortunately, even with zombie eyes, Zimmern is still a cutie patootie. The guy can't help but be cherubic, so you'll have to resort to other methods to get your spook on. This costume is all about instilling fear in others through fearless eating, so your best bet is to carry around an array of creepy crawlies to brandish and then devour in front of horrified strangers.