Background
Kristen Kish was born in Seoul, South of Korea, and adopted by a family in Kentwood, Michigan, at the age of four months.
Kristen Kish was born in Seoul, South of Korea, and adopted by a family in Kentwood, Michigan, at the age of four months.
She attended Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago, earning an Associate of Arts in culinary arts
She was formerly chef de cuisine at Menton in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston. She is also a tv host to a show called
She worked as a model in high school. 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. Kish competed in Bravo"s in 2012.
She made it into the main competition by surviving a soup challenge judged by Emeril Lagasse. 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 2015 Kish co-hosted the pilot season of, a series on the Travel Channel with Kyle Martino, a television analyst and former soccer player.
The show, an adaptation of the New York Times travel column of the same name, follows Kish and Martino as they spend 36 hours eating, drinking, and exploring a given city. On August 1, 2014, Kish publicly came out after announcing the one year anniversary of the relationship with her girlfriend, Jacqueline Westbrook, over Instagram.