--- title: Tom Brady Is on Strict Diet Says Personal Chef description: Tom Brady the New England Patriots Quarterback is on a strict diet, his personal chef told Boston magazine. canonical: https://time.com/4168022/tom-brady-diet-personal-chef-gisele-bundchen/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-05T19:52:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T13:12:02.000Z og:title: Tom Brady's Personal Chef Dishes on the Quarterback's Super Strict Food Rules og:description: It's a seriously deflated diet og:url: https://time.com/4168022/tom-brady-diet-personal-chef-gisele-bundchen/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt740ac7d45517b900/6988779e196cf49dc8039b12/tom-brady-gisele-diet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: New England Patriots v Miami Dolphins og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Brady's Personal Chef Dishes on the Quarterback's Super Strict Food Rules twitter:description: It's a seriously deflated diet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt740ac7d45517b900/6988779e196cf49dc8039b12/tom-brady-gisele-diet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tom Brady's Personal Chef Dishes on the Quarterback's Super Strict Food Rules  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:12 PM UTCPublished: Jan 5, 2016 7:52 PM UTC  Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots warms up before the game against the Miami Dolphins at Sun Life Stadium on January 3, 2016, in Miami Gardens, Florida. Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots warms up before the game against the Miami Dolphins at Sun Life Stadium on January 3, 2016, in Miami Gardens, Florida.Mike Ehrmann—Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:12 PM UTCPublished: Jan 5, 2016 7:52 PM UTC Ever wonder what it would be like to live with Tom Brady? It wouldn’t be terribly satisfying, so it seems. The athlete’s personal chef Allen Campbell, served up some choice details about what the New England Patriots quarterback will and will not eat in an interview with [Boston.com](http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/2016/01/04/meet-the-chef-who-decides-what-tom-brady-eats-and-what-definitely-doesn/gERAd0pkpmuELDZztIA56K/story.html). Campbell says he mostly cooks vegetarian meals for the football player, his wife, longtime fashion model [Gisele Bundchen](http://time.com/3824243/gisele-bundchen-retire-model/), and their children. “\[I buy\] the freshest vegetables. If it’s not organic, I don’t use it,” he said. When meat is involved in a meal, Campbell will make them “grass-fed organic steak,” duck, and chicken — wild salmon if fish is on the menu — but certain ingredients are completely off-limits: --- > “” --- --- > “” --- If that doesn’t deflate your idea of a tasty diet, it’s unclear what will. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4168022/tom-brady-diet-personal-chef-gisele-bundchen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4168022/tom-brady-diet-personal-chef-gisele-bundchen/"},"headline":"Tom Brady's Personal Chef Dishes on the Quarterback's Super Strict Food Rules","datePublished":"2016-01-05T19:52:55.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T13:12:02.000Z","description":"It's a seriously deflated diet","url":"https://time.com/4168022/tom-brady-diet-personal-chef-gisele-bundchen/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt740ac7d45517b900/6988779e196cf49dc8039b12/tom-brady-gisele-diet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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