Chef Cat Cora

Since being crowned the first female Iron Chef on Food Network’s “Iron Chef America” back in 2005, Mississippi-born chef Cat Cora has gone on to become one of America’s most well-known celebrity chefs and restaurateurs, blazing a trail through the culinary world with countless restaurants, cookbooks, and awards to her name.

Cora wears many hats: chef, author, restaurateur, contributing editor, television host and personality, avid philanthropist, health and fitness expert, lifestyle entrepreneur, and proud mother of six. She’s opened more than 18 restaurants across the United States and globally, highlighting her platform on health, wellness and sustainability. She’s also published three cookbooks, one children’s book, and a memoir, and in 2018, Cora launched her Women’s Empowerment Culinary Internship Program to mentor, give back, and help women succeed in the culinary arts.