Kristen Kish has been named the following “Prime Chef” host

Christine Kish, the celeb chef who received season 10 of “Prime Chef” greater than a decade in the past, will return as the following host of the long-running cooking competitors, Bravo introduced on Tuesday. She’s going to succeed Padma Lakshmi, who mentioned final month she was leaving the present, which she has hosted for 19 of its 20 seasons.

Kish, who has hosted a number of different food-related sequence, will take the reins on Season 21, which the community mentioned will happen in Wisconsin. She’ll be a part of meals author Jill Simmons and chef Tom Colicchio on the judges’ desk.

“Prime Chef is the place my journey started—first as a contest chef, then as a visitor choose, and now as a number—I’m honored to assist proceed to construct this model,” Kish mentioned in a press release. “I really feel like coming residence.”

kish, who was adopted from South Korea and raised in Kentwood, Michigan. Attended Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago. She then spent a decade working in eating places in Boston, rising by means of the ranks till she grew to become the primary lady in Boston Head Chef at Barbara Lynch’s Crown Jewel Restaurant, Menton.