Chrissy Teigen and her husband John Legend have become the latest A-listers to join Meghan Markle‘s select circle of ‘jamfluencers’ after sharing a video of themselves cooking up sandwiches with the Duchess’s American Riviera Orchard spread.
The 38-year-old model took to Instagram to share a video of herself and John, 45, whipping up some sweet-and-salty snacks that saw her spreading 42-year-old Meghan’s limited-edition preserves on ‘rustic bread’ before topping it off with some pieces of thick-cut bacon.
Playing up the jam theme of the clip, Chrissy set it to Bob Marley’s hit song Jamming, before gushing about the recipe in the caption, writing: ‘We jammin!! This might have been one of the best bites we’ve had all year – all we used is some rustic bread, salted butter, triple cream brie, thick cut bacon and some @americanrivieraorchard jam!
‘Took about 8 mins total and made us happy for the entire weekend.’
Chrissy Teigen and her husband John Legend have become the latest A-listers to join Meghan Markle ‘s select circle of ‘jamfluencers’
The 38-year-old model took to Instagram to share a video of herself and John, 45, whipping up some sweet-and-salty snacks using 42-year-old Meghan’s strawberry preserves
Although Chrissy and Meghan have never been seen together, the pair are known to have formed a friendship after bonding over their shared experiences with miscarriages
The video shows Chrissy proudly brandishing her jar of American Riviera Orchard jam, which is part of a limited-edition batch of just 50 jars that were sent out to Meghan’s closest celebrity pals as part of her brand’s ‘soft launch’ last week.
After flashing her jar at the camera, she is then seen spreading the strawberry preserves on buttered bread, before frying up several pieces of bacon.
The video then cuts to her daughter Luna, who is seen happily licking the jam off a knife while perched up on a countertop.
After crisping up the bacon, Chrissy then places it on top of the jam-covered bread, before topping it off with several large chunks of ‘triple cream brie’ and places the sandwiches back in the frying pan to cook.
Chrissy and John then film themselves happily tucking into the toasties while grinning happily and nodding in delight.
Several of the Duchess’s nearest and dearest have happily touted the spread on Instagram in recent days, including The Office star Mindy Kaling, Suits actress Abigail Spencer, and Black-ish’s Tracee Ellis-Ross.
Other recipients have revealed themselves as Meghan’s fellow ‘polo wife ‘ Delfina Blaquier, fashion designer Tracy Robbins and the Duchess’s close friend of many years, Kelly McKee Zajfen.
Images shared across their social media accounts revealed that Meghan delivered the jam to her pals in a stunning stone fruit bowl that was filled with lemons and several pieces of floral greenery.
At one point in her cooking video, Chrissy cuts to daughter Luna who is seen licking Meghan’s jam off a butter knife
After flashing her jar at the camera, she is then seen spreading the strawberry preserves on buttered bread, before frying up several pieces of bacon
Chrissy proudly shows off the end result of her cooking session – having toasted up the brie, bacon and jam sandwiches to perfection
She and John then tuck into the toasties before nodding and grinning at the camera
Each of the jars of strawberry jam is numbered with a handwritten note, with Chrissy’s jar bearing the number 20 out of 50.
Although Chrissy and Meghan have never been seen spending time together, the pair are known to have formed a friendship after bonding over their shared experiences with miscarriages.
Both Meghan and Chrissy publicly revealed in 2020 that they had suffered a baby loss, with the latter opening up about how this helped to bring them together during a 2021 interview with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live.
During the chat, the model revealed that Meghan had reached out to her after learning about the tragic loss of her baby son, Jack.
‘She had written me about baby Jack and loss,’ Chrissy shared. ‘She is really wonderful, and so kind — just as kind as everyone says she is.’
The model went on to vehemently defend Meghan against her critics, saying: ‘That’s why you look at everything and you’re like, “My god, what is absolutely wrong with people that they have to make this person out to be so malicious or so crazy?” when it’s just as simple as them being as kind as everyone says they are.’
Chrissy and Meghan have another shared experience: they both worked as suitcase models on Deal or No Deal early on in their careers.
Meghan’s American Riviera Orchard, which debuted its branding and joined social media last month, is the latest launch amid a trend of celebrities shifting their own food products – with Julianne Moore, Will Ferrell and LeBron James among those selling honey from their own gardens through the Flamingo Estate brand for up to $250 per jar.
Meghan sent out 50 jars of jam to her high-profile friends, a handful of whom began posting images of the spread on Instagram last week, including designer Tracy Robbins
Mindy Kaling, award-winning writer and actress, is among the exclusive group to have received jam from Meghan’s first American Riviera Orchard batch
Meghan’s close friend and former Suits co-star Abigail Spencer is one of the lucky 50 to have received a limited edition jar
The Duchess could have found inspiration from her father-in-law King Charles III who began selling products such as jam from the Duchy of Cornwall estate in the 1990s.
Meghan’s jam release has caused something of a stir online thanks to the handful of her celebrity pals who have helped her to drum up plenty of interest in the launch with their various social media posts.
While the majority of the 50 chosen recipients have yet to share their thoughts online, there have been a small group of people who have happily touted the product on their accounts.
Most recently, it was Meghan’s former Suits co-star Abigail Spencer who showed off her jar in a series of pictures that showed her posing with her American Riviera Orchard fruit bowl – alongside the Duchess’s beloved dog Mamma Mia, sparking speculation that her jam was hand-delivered by her friend.
‘This jam is my jam,’ Abigail told her followers while sharing the snaps – which some suggested may even have been taken by Meghan herself. ‘A delicious taste of what’s to come indeed… love you so M.’
The post included two photos of Abigail lying on the grass with a beagle, which followers quickly realized is Mamma Mia, a dog that Prince Harry and Meghan rescued in 2022.
Abigail, who is best known for her roles in Grey’s Anatomy, was the sixth person to share a photo with the Duchess’s jam.
Prince Harry’s polo player pal Nacho Figueras also shared photos of himself spreading the jam on a piece of buttered toast, just days after his wife, Delfina Blaquier first promoted the product.
Award-winning actress and comedy writer Mindy Kaling and actress Tracee Ellis Ross, daughter of Diana Ross, have both revealed they have been gifted jars of the jam as the Duchess prepares to launch her lifestyle brand.
Fashion designer Tracy Robbins also shared a snap of the bottle.
