Top Chef Host Kristen Kish on the Recipe for a Great Mentor

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

Apr 23, 202534:29Business

Kristen Kish didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming the first woman of color to win Top Chef—or of one day hosting the show. She grew up in the Midwest as a Korean adoptee and those wins hadn’t crossed her radar. But with a...

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