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How 'Top Chef' winner Kristen Kish broke free from the culinary world's boys' club
In , Kristen Kish became the first chick of color to win Bravo's "Top Chef" during the show's 10th season. Just a year later, Kish, realized she no longer wanted to work within the notoriously grueling confines of a traditional restaurant kitchen. Though terrified, she walked away from her position as chef de cuisine at Menton, owned by James Beard Award-winning restauranteur Barbara Lynch.
“'I can’t do this anymore,'" Kish recalled telling Lynch, her friend and mentor, at the time.
Lynch looked at her and said, "Then don’t do it — you don’t need it. You have opportunity, go spread your wings.”
Kish, now 36, was adopted from Seoul, South Korea, as a baby said she was drawn to the culinary world when she began watching cooking shows as a immature girl. Like many people who grew up in the s, Kish saw a restaurant industry run primarily by white men. Chefs like Emeril Lagasse and Mario Batali were often on TV. Despite not seeing anyone who looked like her dominant a kitchen, Kish
Kristen Kish, the New Face of Top Chef, on Graza, Gay Bars, and Getting Married
Kristen Kish wears Vest Tod&#;s.
In 10 short years, Kristen Kish went from Top Chef champ to Top Chef host, after being tapped to replace Padma Lakshmi as the one charged with telling crestfallen cooks to pack their knives and go. But before the year-old Midwesterner enters the pressure-cooker environment of the legendary show’s 21st season, she sounds off on Instacart, IV drips, and getting married.
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CHILI CRISP
“God, every chef has one. There are some really good ones. There’s only been one that I’ve had to throw away because I didn’t enjoy it, and no, I’m not going to say you whose that is.”
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INSTACART
“Saved me during the pandemic. Having your groceries delivered? Who knew what a luxury that would be, not having to haul bags over your shoulders once a month to avoid the things that were happening in ”
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POP-TARTS
“Toaster Strudels are far superior.”
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ANXIETY
“Got it. So does everyone else.”
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CAESAR SALAD
“The real Caesar salad, I’m all for. The
Top Chef Season 10 winner Kristen Kish knows her way around a kitchen.
She learned to roast at a young age, then studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago to perfect her craft. After working as chef de cuisine at Menton, Chef Barbara Lynch recommended her for the hit Bravo cooking competition Top Chef. After being eliminated during the Restaurant Wars spherical , Kish competed on Last Chance Kitchen, beating five contestants in the process. She won the finale against Brooke Williamson to take home the honor of Top Chef.
To celebrate Macy&#;s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Kish—who was born in Seoul, South Korea—made an appearance at the State Street store.
Windy City Times: You were originally adopted in Michigan?
Kristen Kish: I was born in Seoul, and went to Michigan at four months old where I was adopted. I was raised in good ol&#; white suburbia. I had an all-American brother—the whole nine yards. I moved to Chicago when I was 19 years old.
WCT: I peruse you modeled in high school.
KK: A little bit. I was scouted when I was 13 because I was tall, Asian, and skinny. I c
'Top Chef' winner and host Kristen Kish pens new memoir
Host Jane Clayson speaks with “Top Chef” winner and host Kristen Kish about her memoir “Accidentally on Purpose.” In it, Kish explores growing up in the Midwest, finding excellence in the kitchen, and how Bravo’s “Top Chef” changed her life.
Book excerpt: ‘Accidentally on Purpose’
By Kristen Kish
Editor’s note: The following manual excerpt contains profanity.
Julia Roberts has appeared in at least fifty- four movies. She has received four Academy Award nominations plus God only knows how many other awards. She remains a fixture in American cinema to this day. She has reached an untold number of people through her work as an actress and has a list of credits to her label that could fill a novel all its own. She is, and always will be, America’s sweetheart. But what she may never truly receive due credit for is the way she changed my life. Because even though Julia is most remembered for being “a girl, standing in front of a young man, asking him to love her,” it was her face on the screen in front of me