Rihanna: I’m a fun cook!

Rihanna makes "the sickest" mac 'n' cheese.

The 26-year-old has become one of the biggest names in the music industry thanks to hits including Umbrella, Only Girl (in the World) and We Found Love. But the Barbadian isn't just setting the charts alight, as she admits to being quite the chef too.

"I'm a fun cook! My specialty is seafood, but I also make the sickest mac 'n' cheese you will ever taste," she told the American edition of Elle.

The beauty has become known for her relationships as much as her music, after infamous romances with fellow singers Chris Brown and Drake. But while she likes to be the boss in her work and in the kitchen, it seems she can't help but be drawn to a guy who takes charge.

"Any man that tells me what to do is sexy!" she confessed.

But this doesn't mean that Rihanna is a complete push over. The Stay singer has huge admiration for her mum Monica, and has tried to emulate her strong character in her own life.

"My mother doesn't say much, but that one 'ummmm' is a full paragraph of things I was grateful she didn't say," she said when asked if she ever sounds like her. "I catch myself doing that a lot recently."

Rihanna appears on the cover of the magazine's December issue. And as well as making her return to the newsstands, she also reactivated her Instagram account at the weekend after a six-month hiatus.

"Hellurrr #badgalback," she captioned her first photo, which was an upside down selfie focused on her eyeball.