Katie Lee Biography
Katie Lee is a West Virginia-born American cookbook author, television culinary critic, and novelist. She co-hosts the Food Network’s The Kitchen and the Cooking Channel’s Beach Bites with Katie Lee.
How old is Katie Lee? – Age
She is 41 years old as of 14 September 2022. She was born in 1981 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. Her real name is Katherine Lee.
Katie Lee Family – Education
She was born to Kim Becker, and Steve Lee. Lee earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and food science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 2003.
Katie Lee Husband
Lee met Billy Joel at The Peninsula hotel’s rooftop bar on a weekend visit to New York City. She and Joel married on October 2, 2004, at Joel’s home in Oyster Bay, Long Island, after dating for a year. The maid of honor was Alexa Ray Joel, Billy Joel’s daughter from his marriage to Christie Brinkley.
Billy and Katie Lee divorced in June 2009, after nearly five years of marriage. Lee proposed to television producer Ryan Biegel on March 22, 2018 at La Réserve Hotel and Spa in Paris. On September 1, 2018, they married at Lo Tommaso Allo Scoglio in the picturesque resort of Marina del Cantone on Italy’s Amalfi Coast. Lee announced on Instagram on February 26, 2020, that she was expecting her first child. Lee gave birth to a girl on September 2, 2020.
Katie Lee Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $12 million.
Katie Lee Iron Chef America
She served as a judge on Iron Chef America in 2007. Iron Chef America is an American culinary show based on Fuji Television’s Iron Chef, the second American adaptation following the failure of Iron Chef USA in 2001. The show is a culinary game show produced by Food Network in which a new challenger chef competes against one of the resident “Iron Chefs” in a one-hour cooking competition.
The show is marketed as a sequel to the original Iron Chef, with actor and martial artist Mark Dacascos as the Chairman. Kevin Brauch is the floor reporter, and Alton Brown gives commentary. Craig Marks composed the music and released the soundtrack titled “Iron Chef America & The Next Iron Chef” towards the end of 2010. For special battles such as Battle First Thanksgiving and Battle White House Produce, Ted Allen gives additional floor commentary.
The show extended to include international Iron Chefs in Season 11, with Judy Joo competing against Iron Chef Guarnaschelli. The show is hosted by Alton Brown, not the Chairman. Iron Chef Showdown, the spiritual successor to Iron Chef America, aired in 2017 with returning Iron Chefs Bobby Flay, Jose Garces, Alex Guarnaschelli, and Michael Symon. On April 5, 2018, Food Network announced the return of Iron Chef America under its original title, with Jet Tila acting as floor reporter.
Katie Lee Cookbooks
Simon & Schuster released Lee’s debut cookbook, The Comfort Table. Katie’s second cookbook, The Comfort Table: Recipes for Everyday Occasions, was published by Simon & Schuster in October 2009. Groundswell, Lee’s first novel, was published in June 2011 and is about a divorcee who discovers the therapeutic power of surfing.
Katie Lee Career
Lee has held positions in numerous restaurants as well as gourmet food and wine shops. She was the house fishmonger at Jeff and Eddy’s Restaurant, which she helped open in 2003. Lee and his partner Aleishall Girard launched the foodie website OliveAndPeach.com in July 2005. September 2006 marked the end of website maintenance.
She hosted the inaugural season of Bravo’s Top Chef in 2006. Padma Lakshmi took her place after that, and Bravo replaced her. In 2010, she appeared as a guest judge on the second episode of Top Chef All Stars, titled “Night at the Museum.” Lee has been a special correspondent on Extra and contributed to the food and lifestyle segments of The Early Show. She is also a contributing editor for Gotham magazine, and her lifestyle and cooking column, “Katie’s Kitchen,” is published weekly in Hamptons, the sister publication of Gotham. Lee has also made guest appearances on Fox News, Paula’s Party, Martha, Today, The Early Show, The Nate Berkus Show, and Rachael Ray. She judged Iron Chef America in 2007.
The Feeding America Entertainment Council has Lee as a member. She used to be on the council of Chefs for Humanity, a group that helps people in need all over the world. She has also worked as a volunteer for the organization Les Dames d’Escoffier, which trains and supports women in the culinary industry. On May 8, 2009, Lee made an appearance with Gary Vaynerchuk on the video blog Wine Library TV.
Lee has appeared on Beat Bobby Flay numerous times as a guest judge, most recently on July 21, 2016, for a special “Ladies Night” episode. The Kitchen, a Food Network talk show, and Katie Lee’s Beach Bites, a Cooking Channel show, both feature Lee as a co-host. Lee has also judged the Halloween Baking Championship on Food Network.