Embraced Podcast

I was seriously so excited when today’s guest agreed to be on the podcast. Kristen Kish is the second female chef to win the prestigious Top Chef competition (season 10), and has worked as the chef de cuisine in two of Barbara Lynch’s restaurants. Kristen recently wrote her first book, Kristen Kish Cooking: Recipes and Techniques, which combines recipes, cooking techniques, and kristen’s story woven throughout. Kristen was so down to earth, thoughtful, honest, and inspiring. We talked about: -Being adopted by a white family and growing up in Michigan -How she spent many years from adolescence to early adulthood trying to be someone she wasn’t -The role perfectionism played in her trying to be someone she wasn’t -Trying to numb herself from the pain of hiding who she really was -Her coming out experience with her family -Learning to be her authentic self -Using perfectionism to grow as a chef -How she got into cooking and how she found herself on Top Chef -Her unintentional coming out experience while on Top C