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Padma Lakshmi announced in June that she will depart Bravo's "Top Chef" after 17 years, leaving viewers wondering who would take her place. Kristen Kish, a former host, was named the show's new host today.
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I am so excited to be returning to 'Top Chef' as your new host," Kish said in a Bravo Top Chef Instagram video. "Returning in this manner is novel and exciting."
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It also feels familiar and like a homecoming. "I'm most excited to meet an amazing group of chefs, sit with Tom and Gail, and see a lot of production friends."
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In Season 21 of Bravo's hit, "Cheftestants" will participate in Quickfire and Elimination Challenges in Milwaukee and Madison.
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Kish competed in the tenth season. Despite being eliminated, she won several rounds of the show's Last Chance Kitchen redemption section and advanced to the finale,
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where she overcame Brooke Williamson to become the show's second female winner. Kish has served as a guest judge on several occasions over the years.
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She has also been on the Travel Channel's "36 Hours" with former soccer player Kyle Martino, TruTV's "Fast Foodies," Netflix's "Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend," and National Geographic's "Restaurants at the End of the World."
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Kish, 39, was adopted from South Korea by Kentwood, Michigan. After graduating from Chicago's Le Cordon Bleu cooking school,
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she worked as chef de cuisine at Barbara Lynch's Boston fine-dining restaurant Menton. Kish's Austin restaurant, Arlo Grey, debuted in 2018.
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