Kristen Kish Shares Her ‘Top Chef’ Hosting Highlights, and Why the Family Reunion Episodes Always Bring Her to Tears

By Jazz Tangcay

Jazz Tangcay

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If there’s one thing Kristen Kish has brought to “Top Chef,” it’s her face card: tears and laughter.

Since Kish returned to the Bravo show – she won season 10 – as host in 2024, watching Kish’s emotional responses has become as rewarding and heartwarming as seeing the chefs rise to their cooking challenges.

Speaking with Variety, Kish explains her response is instinctive. “I’m responding as a chef and a former contestant who has heard, ‘Pack your knives,’ and I’ve gone through these things,” she says.

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