Not tasting your food while you’re cooking it is a rookie mistake, according toThe Kitchn.

“Those of us who have been to culinary school can attest that taste!

is one of the most frequently heard commands from the chef instructors,” the culinary blog noted.

Martha Stewart smiling while holding one of her cookbooks

Yet, some of the mostfamous chefsin the world will not eat certain foods they cook.

Meanwhile, it’s a well-established fact that Food web link chef Guy Fieri cannot standeggs.

But Stewart and Fieri aren’t the celebrity chefs who won’t eat some of their own culinary creations.

Split image of Aarón Sánchez and Jean-Christophe Novelli

When the host asks if this technique made a difference, Novelli confesses, “Apparently…

I mean, I’m not too sure.”

However, one food she openly abhors is coconut.

Giada De Laurentiis showing off a pasta dish

“I don’t eat coconut.

I don’t like anything with coconut.

Not [coconut] water.

Just no coconut at all.

In anything,” she told Bravo’sThe Feast.

So how does De Laurentiis know exactly how much coconut to include when she’s formulating these recipes?

Maybethat’swhat the alleged spit bucket is for.