Kristen Kish
| Kristen L. Kish | |
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December 1984 (age 30) [1] Seoul, South Korea |
| Education | Le Cordon Bleu College Of Culinary Arts in Chicago (A.A., Culinary Arts, 2005) [1] |
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Kristen Kish is an American chef de cuisine at Menton in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston.
Early life and education
Kristen Kish was born in Seoul, South Korea, and adopted by a family in Kentwood, Michigan, at the age of four months.[2] She worked as a model in high school.[3] She attended Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago, earning an A.A. in culinary arts.
Career
Kish became an instructor at Stir, a culinary demonstration kitchen in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2012, Kish was promoted to Stir's chef de cuisine by the owner, Barbara Lynch. She was the chef de cuisine at Barbara Lynch's Menton Boston until March 2014.[4]
Top Chef
Kish competed in Bravo's Top Chef in 2012. She made it into the main competition by surviving a soup challenge judged by Emeril Lagasse. She won four elimination challenges, creating dishes as varied as French cuisine and onion rings, before being eliminated during "Restaurant Wars" (episode 11). She was able to cook her way back into the main competition with five wins in "Last Chance Kitchen", making it to the finale with Brooke Williamson. In the finale, Kish was crowned the Top Chef, becoming the first competitor to win after winning "Last Chance Kitchen" and the second female winner in the history of the Top Chef franchise.
Personal life
On August 1, 2014, Kish publicly came out after announcing the one year anniversary of the relationship with her girlfriend, Jacqueline Westbrook, over Instagram.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kahn, Joseph P., "A top chef in town, and she’s just 29: How Kristen Kish made the leap from line-cook to ‘Top Chef’ to rising star of Boston’s culinary scene", Boston Globe, September 14, 2013
- ↑ mlive.com, 'Top Chef: Seattle': Meet Kristen Kish, Kentwood native competing on upcoming season of Bravo reality show November 5, 2012. Accessed March 7, 2013.
- ↑ "A Woman’s Place Is Running the Kitchen". New York Times.
- ↑ "A Woman’s Place Is Running the Kitchen". New York Times.
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/01/kristen-kish-comes-out-_n_5071343.html
- Menton, http://mentonboston.com/talent/kristen-kish/, accessed 5 May 2013.
- Stir Boston, http://stirboston.com/instructors/kristen-kish/, accessed 3 March 2013.
- Bravo TV.com, http://www.bravotv.com/people/kristen-kish/bio, accessed 3 March 2013.
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