Kristen Kish is going to grin and bear it.
The cook tells Pvnew that after she was named as the new host of the long running culinary competition show “Top Chef,” she celebrated by getting a tattoo of a gummy bear. But that’s all she’ll spill.
“There is a big story behind that,” she told us at the Time Next 100 gala, “But I’ll tell you at a later time. It has something to do with ‘Top Chef.’”
Kish appeared on tenth season of the hit Bravo series in 2012 and is set to replace veteran host Padma Lakshmi, who is leaving the show after 17 years.
She was included in this year’s Time list as “a gay Korean adoptee who grew up in Michigan, [who] represents the next wave of celebrity chefs” and is seen as a worthy successor to Lakshmi.
“I am baffled, shocked and surprised this is nothing that I have ever expected in my life,” she told Pvnew of her meteoric ascent, “Everything that has happened in the recent years has completely caught me off guard in a really good way. But I am thrilled to be here because I already recognize a lot of people.”
The Time 100 Next list also includes Rachel Zegler, Maya Hawke, Jalen Hurts, Alex Newell, Corey Hawkins and others.
