Celebrity News

Not just rockin’ the kitchen

In addition to being a reality TV star, chef Todd English wants to be a rock star. We hear the playboy chef has been training with vocal coach Craig Derry — who has worked with Katy Perry and Alicia Keys — and singing with different bands downtown. We hear limelight-loving English is even working his own original music and songs and looking to front an unnamed band. A few years ago, English reportedly played guitar with a band at The Bitter End in Greenwich Village but was coy about whether he’d pursue music at the time. We wonder if he’ll sing on his new reality show on E! that includes twin brothers Derek and Daniel Koch, purveyors of the rowdy “Day & Night” Champagne brunch parties in New York, the Hamptons and St. Tropez, and chef and cookbook author Anna Boiardi, heiress to the Chef Boyardee brand. We’re told that filming starts next week and that one scene will include a joint birthday party for English and his current girlfriend, fashion designer Candice Sonneman, at Olives in Union Square.