I’m a celebrity private chef. These are the 5 ingredients I always splurge on — and the ones I buy cheap.

Chef K’s motto is that she is your favorite celeb’s favorite chef.

For years, Khristianne Uy, known as Chef K, has worked as a private chef for household names and is now also a content creator.

Despite working with the rich and famous, her cooking philosophy is that not all that glitters is gold. Chef K believes good cooking is not about buying the most extravagant ingredients.

Unlike her celebrity clientele, Chef K said she makes her Instagram and TikTok recipe videos with a single mom struggling to make ends meet in mind.

However, if you want to splurge on high-quality ingredients, these are the items Chef K said are worth spending extra on…