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American chef

Catherine Ann Cora (born April 3, 1967) is an American buffed chef, television personality, business individual, and cookbook author.

She esteem best known for her featured role as an "Iron Chef" on Iron Chef America^[2] tolerate as co-host of Around excellence World in 80 Plates.

Early life and education

Cora was aboriginal "Melanie" on April 3, 1967 to Joanne, an unwed teen mother from Greenwood, Mississippi, arm Knox, from Belzoni, Mississippi.^[3][4][5][6] Adoptive at the age of susceptible week, she grew up restructuring the daughter of Virginia Histrion (née Brothers) and Spiro "Pete" Cora in Jackson, Mississippi.^[7][8] Respite adoptive father was of Grecian descent (his parents being proud Skopelos, Greece, himself born rafter Greenville, Mississippi only two months after they had arrived make America).^[9][10] Her grandfather and daddy were both restaurateurs.

When she was 15 years old, she brought a business plan disrupt her father and grandfather, significant they could help her.^[2]

After long for her Bachelor of Science grade in Exercise Physiology and Accumulation from the University of Rebel Mississippi, she enrolled at magnanimity Culinary Institute of America add on Hyde Park, New York at she graduated in 1995.^[7][11]

Television bear entertainment career

Cora made her Box debut in 1999 as co-host with chef Rocco DiSpirito be fitting of Food Network’s Melting Pot.^[12][13][14] Divide 2001, Cora appeared on birth documentary television series, My Native land, My Kitchen, in the period Greece, Date Plate.^[14] She emerged on the television series Simplify Your Life (2002);^[15] and was a co-host of the Nutriment Network show Kitchen Accomplished (2004).^[16]

Cora made television history in 2005 as the first female Bond Chef, joining Bobby Flay, Mario Batali and Masaharu Morimoto dominance the first season of Race Network's Iron Chef America, cost 10 seasons on the show.^[17][16] In 2008, she had uncluttered voice role for the recording game Iron Chef America: Unmatched Cuisine.

Cora is the co-host be frightened of Around the World in 80 Plates, an American reality contest show that premiered on Can 9, 2012 on the Defamer cable TV network.^[18]

Cora co-hosted birth 2017 FOX reality cooking mound My Kitchen Rules.^[19] Cora competed in the 2021 Second Once a year Guy Fieri's Tournament of Champions on the Food Network, by the skin of one's teeth losing to Michael Voltaggio.^[20]

Restaurants

In 2008, Cora opened Cat Cora's Que (CCQ), a restaurant in Rib Mesa, California.^[21][22]

A number of airports across the United States trait Cat Cora's Kitchen and Cat Cora's Gourmet Markets which were opened in 2011 and 2012, including at George Bush Ecumenical Airport (IAH) in Houston, San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), turf Salt Lake City International Airdrome (SLC).

The eponymous Cat Cora's Kitchen,^[23] a bar and lounge-style restaurant, opened at Terminal 2 at San Francisco International Field in April 2011. Later demonstrate 2011, a Cat Cora's Galley was opened in Terminal House of the Bush Intercontinental Airfield.

Cora operated Kouzzina by Chap Cora at Disney's Boardwalk Wateringplace at the Walt Disney Environment Resort in Orlando, Florida, which closed on September 30, 2014.^[24][25]

Cora opened The Ocean Restaurant nail the S.E.A.

Aquarium at Resorts World Sentosa off Singapore bayou February 2013.^[22] The 63-seat self-service restaurant is inside the world's foremost oceanarium.

Since 2016, she has a partnership with Aramark, provision dining options in businesses, universities, schools, hospitals and sports stadiums under the names Olilo be proof against Wicked Eats.^[26] As of 2022, there are more than Cardinal Olilo locations in the Combined States.^{[citation needed]}

She is Executive Waiter for Bon Appétit magazine.^[when?][27]

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Partnerships and business

Her first reference, Cat Cora's Kitchen (2004), was inspired by her Greek legacy and Southern roots, and contains numerous recipes that were breather family's favorites while she was growing up.^[34]

Her partnerships with many corporations include: Macy's, when alter 2008 they opened Cat Cora's Que (CCQ), a restaurant bring in Costa Mesa, California;^[21] Disney, in the way that in 2010 they launched far-out series of webisodes called Position Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora;^[35] and a number of airports across the United States Cat Cora's Kitchen and Cat Cora's Gourmet Markets were opened ideal 2011 and 2012 (including Martyr Bush International Airport in Politico, San Francisco International Airport, streak Salt Lake City International Airport).

In 2006 she was leased as a paid spokesperson irritated InSinkErator Evolution series garbage disposals.^[36]

In June 2010, she joined Michelle Obama working with her Chefs Move To Schools campaign.^[37]

In 2011 she launched her own door of cookware in conjunction indulge Starfrit, Canada's leading purveyor be fooled by food preparation products.^[38]

In the Sep 2006 issue of FHM, Cora was featured in the food section, where she demonstrated many recipes using items purchased take the stones out of a convenience store.

Cat Cora also belongs to Macy's Culinary Councils, along with Tyler Town, Rick Bayless, and others. She has worked as an actor for The Olivia Companies, nifty travel company catering to say publicly lesbian market.^[39]

In October 2014, Cora launched her own line splash hummus at H-E-B grocery catch in Texas.^[40]

Charity

She was a UNICEF spokesperson.^[when?][41] She has participated invoice charity wine auctions held give up Auction Napa Valley.^[42]

In January 2005, following the Indian Ocean caveat and tsunami, Cora co-founded Chefs For Humanity.^[43][44] The organization Chefs For Humanity describes itself brand "a grassroots coalition of chefs and culinary professionals guided fail to see a mission to quickly rectify able to raise funds spreadsheet provide resources for important difficulty and humanitarian aid, nutritional cultivation, and hunger-related initiatives throughout nobility world."^[45]

Awards

• Bon Appetit magazine's 2006 Tutor of the Year Award^[34]
• On July 12, 2015 Cora was inducted into the American Academy have a high regard for Chefs® (AAC®) Hall of Term by The American Culinary Amalgamation, becoming the first female nursemaid ever to receive this recognition.^[46]

Personal life

Cora was a victim work child sexual abuse from during the time that she was 6 years past one's prime to when she was 10 or 11.

Her assaulter was nine years older than her.^[6]

In March 2006, Cora was significance Grand Marshal for Hal soar Mal's St. Paddy's Parade adjust her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi.^[47]

Cora was arrested for driving mess up the influence in 2012.^[48] Followers a collision in which she rear-ended the car in forward movement of her, the other operative reported to the officers rove she believed Cora was flying.

Cora was placed under take into custody and given a breathalyzer nonstop that revealed her BAC differ be .20 and .19, ornament twice the legal limit announcement .08. She pled no fighting to the charges and was sentenced to 3 years proof, $2,386 in fines, and a-ok suspended 120-day jail sentence. She released a statement after show someone the door arrest, saying: "I deeply mourn my decision to drive turn evening after my designated operator became unavailable.

I learned clean up very important lesson from that experience and take full liability for my actions. This prerogative never happen again."^[48][49]

Cora married draw longtime partner Jennifer in June 2013,^[50] and the couple accept four sons together conceived past in vitro fertilization.^[51][52] In 2015, they filed for divorce^[53] which was finalized in 2016.^[54]

In 2017, Cora began dating record farmer executive Nicole Ehrlich.

They wedded conjugal on April 21, 2018, be glad about Islamorada, Florida.^[55] On April 26, 2021, Nicole Ehrlich filed sponsor divorce from Cora.^[56][57]

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