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KRISTEN KISH
Kristen Louise Kish was born December 1, 1983 in Seoul, South Korea. She is an American chef and television personality, best known for winning the tenth season of Top Chef. She later became the host of Top Chef starting with its twenty-first season. She has hosted a variety of other programs, including 36 Hours, Fast Foodies, Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend, and Restaurants at the End of the World. Kish was adopted by a family in Kentwood, Michigan at the age of four months. She worked as a model while attending East Kentwood High School, graduating in 2002. She briefly studied international business and economics at Grand Valley State University for a year before attending Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago, earning an AA in Culinary Arts. Her culinary style is described as contemporary French cuisine with Italian influence. After graduating from Le Cordon Bleu in 2005, Kish worked in Chicago for two years before moving to Boston. She was a line cook at the Top of the Hub restaurant and chef de partie at Guy Martin's restaurant Sensing. In 2011, she landed a job as sous-chef at Stir, a culinary demonstration kitchen. She was promoted to Stir's chef de cuisine by the owner, Barbara Lynch, in 2012. After her appearance on Top Chef, Kish was the chef de cuisine at Lynch's restaurant Menton until 2014. In 2017, she released her first cookbook, co-authored with Meredith Erickson, titled Kristen Kish Cooking: Recipes and Techniques. In 2018, Kish became the chef and partner at her restaurant Arlo Grey in Austin, Texas. Since 2024, Kish has served as Chef-in-Residence. In 2014, Kish publicly came out after announcing the first anniversary of the relationship with her girlfriend at the time, Jacqueline Westbrook, over Instagram. In 2019, Kish announced her engagement to Bianca Dusic in an Instagram post. They married in 2021. In 2025, Kish's memoir Accidentally on Purpose was published, becoming a New York Times Best Seller. The American chef and TV personality stands 5’ 9” tall and weighs in at 135 pounds. She wears a size 4 dress and has black hair and dark brown eyes. Her measurements are; 34-26-32.