I rather like celery, as long as it's not cooked. It's so disgusting in soups. But, I don't like a number of things in soup or stew, like corn, mushrooms, celery, string beans, any kind of peppers. Depending on the soup, peas, tomatoes, and dried beans are ok. Carrots, potatoes, turnips, garlic (of course), are almost always good in a soup or stew.
But celery raw, with peanut butter, oh yummy!