Titans at the table: Batali, Flay, Colicchio and Ray Sit Down for dinner at Bloomberg Television

Call Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, Tom Colicchio and Rachael Ray "celebrity chefs" almost did not give them enough credit. While all these chefs are constantly on television - Colicchio decide what "Top Chef" contestant should pack their knives and ready, Batali joke with Daphne Oz in "the chew," Flay battling it out in the Kitchen Stadium and Ray talking to Gwyneth Paltrow muffins gluten-free in their talk show - are also powerful businessmen with a lot of influence. Do you ever seen Ray hawk their line of cookware on QVC? That woman can sell. And if you have ever heard Colicchio talking about the problems of massive famine plaguing America, you know that he is a powerful advocate for change. These four individuals have a fairly large pulpit for its brands, and its success is not an accident.

As part of the series of "Titans at the table" of Bloomberg Television, Batali, Flay, Colicchio and Ray all joined headquarters Betty Liu instead of Upper West Side of Manhattan by PJ Clarke for an early dinner. They talked about their brands, passions, goals and, of course, disputes.

In the previous clip, the four "Titans" discussed what is to be cooks and TV stars. They have no time for those who hate, that they all have. Flay argues that flack comes mostly from the food industry, and not the rest of America that really matters. In a different part of the interview not included in the clip, Colicchio responds to criticisms about his endorsement of Diet Coke. "No, not bug me at all."I slept at night, says Liu.

There are a lot of theories upon by what celebrity chef fandom appears to be at its highest point right now. In an era of obsession with Instagram food photos, non-stop Twitter feeds (including Mr. Batali) and media coverage of the food of navel-gazing, sometimes it is easy to forget that part of the reason that food as a subject is so popular is because there are many changes occurring today in our food systems. And these four people are part of this movement, if it wants to be or not.

"It's fun to be popular. It has always been. I don't know about high school, but I learned later. But there is a fight well to it. And the little that is bad, if you don't want to talk to your customers, you should be home, "says Batali.

Flay admits that he knows that some people criticize it for not being a real "chef", since you spend much time making food TV. "I would say that the majority of consumers would not say that. I think that what us - what we heard most are people who are in our business, our contemporaries. "And I think that much of it comes from jealousy, explains" ".

"We can not focus on negative energy," adds Ray.

The Bloomberg Television full interview will air on June 25 at 9 pm ET/PT. The program will be rebroadcast on Saturday, June 29 at 15 and 7 p.m. ET/PT and Sunday, June 30 at 4 and 11 p.m. ET/PT. see the previous preview.

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