Robert Irvine was born on 24 September 1965, in Salisbury England, and is a celebrity chef perhaps best known through his appearances on TV in such programs as “Dinner: Impossible”, “Worst Cooks in America”, “Restaurant: Impossible”, and “Restaurant Express”, all of which assisted Robert to become famous and build a decent net worth.
So just how rich is Robert Irvine? Sources have estimated that Robert has a net worth of over $15 million, which shows how successful he is. Not to be compared with Gordon Ramsay’s $118 million, or Jamie Oliver’s $170 million, but still not bad, is it?
Robert Irvine Net Worth $15 Million
Robert Irvine has been a while in the culinary profession, more than 25 years, with a start in the British Royal Navy at the age of 15, where his skills did not go unnoticed by his superiors. He was soon selected to work on board the Royal Yacht Britannia, where the Royal Family and their entourages regularly dined. Later Robert took part in a guest chef program in the US Navy, and served for the White House kitchens, with his creations being served to high-ranking government officials. In addition to that, he had an opportunity to serve 6,000 servicemen and servicewomen on a US aircraft carrier, and plan the menu for a celebrity-studded after-party at the Academy Awards.These activities added significantly to his net worth,
Subsequently, in 2005 Robert Irvine contributed to the fundraising of the 77th Academy Awards as an executive chef. In 2006, Robert Irvine was even serving as the head chef during the dinner of the 78th Academy Awards. One of his most recent involvements is serving as the president and the founder of Irvine Tyme, LLC.
In 2007, the first book of Robert Irvine was published, which was called “Mission: Cook”; in writing this book, Robert Irvine paid tribute to Brian O’Reilly.
Robert Irvine also started his own line of spices as well as vinegars, and then he joined Food Network as the host of the TV programs “Dinner: Impossible”, and “Restaurant: Impossible” to reveal his knowledge about food and cooking techniques. Robert’s net worth rose again, regardless of the fact that he elaborated somewhat on his previous experiences in the culinary world, which caused some embarrassment to the network.
Later Robert joined the prime-time reality show “Worst Cooks in America” as a co-host with Chef Anne Burrell for season two, which premiered January 2011. During the show, the experienced chefs tried to make the country’s most hopeless cooks into kitchen heroes during a culinary boot camp. His net worth after the show notably increased.
Robert Irvine’s personal life is not a secret either. He now lives in South Carolina, but before he moved there, Robert Irvine was living in New Jersey with his ex-wife Karen, with whom he has two children. In 2012 he married for the second time to a former wrestler, Gail Kim. Robert and Gail met when he was filming for the show of the Food Network, called “Dinner: Impossible”. In that episode in which they met, Robert Irvine was serving as a chef during the WWE Summerslam.
