nyesha arrington
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About
Chef who has appeared on reality cooking shows such as Top Chef and Food Network's Chef Hunter. In 2013, she won the Esquire Network cooking competition show Knife Fight. She returned to Knife Fight in 2014 as a guest chef judge.
Before Fame
She graduated from the Culinary School at the Art Institute of California in Los Angeles in 2001.
Trivia
She launched California restaurants Leona and Native, which are now closed.
Family Life
She grew up in a multicultural family, eating cuisine from Mississippi and Korea. She started cooking with her Korean grandmother, Ai-Soon Lee, when she was five years old.
Associated With
She competed in season nine of Top Chef, hosted by Padma Lakshmi.
