When we tuck into our dinner or munch down our lunch, the origins of some of the most beloved dishes owe a lot to celebrities of the past.

Be it something sweet or savoury, royalty and stars of stage and screen helped define the tastes of the past. Take for instance Ruby Murray, the Belfast-born singer covered on this evening’s ‘Essential Songs’ with Bill Whelan on The Right Hook. Her name has become synonymous in London’s linguistically-creative East End as another name for curry.

But Murray isn’t alone in adding her name to a dish, so check out our gallery of some celebrity-inspired foods below: