Kristen Kish on Overcoming Fears on Top Chef, Korean Cinderella and Finding Her Queer Identity
About this episode
Megan Rapinoe interviews Top Chef host Kristen Kish about her journey, identity, and views on success.
On the inaugural episode of “Why Are You Like This?” Megan Rapinoe sits down with Top Chef host Kristen Kish. Kish took the culinary world and media space by storm after becoming the second female winner of Top Chef. The duo dig into how Kristen came out to herself, why she doesn’t yell at others in the kitchen and what success looks like to her. And Megan sounds off on the recent discourse around transgender athletes and sports in the segment “Are You Serious?” Check out the latest episode of “Why Are You Like This?” wherever you get your podcasts, and on YouTube. Follow Megan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrapinoe/ Follow Why Are You Like This? on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whyareyoulikethis/ Follow Why Are You Like This? on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@whyareyoulikethis Learn more about A Touch More here: https://www.atouchmore.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Megan Rapinoe
Guest: Kristen Kish
Topics covered
- cooking
- queer identity
- sports
- transgender athletes
- success
- media
Keywords
- Top Chef
- Kristen Kish
- Megan Rapinoe
- queer identity
- transgender athletes
- cooking
- success
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Top Chef, Vox Media Podcast Network
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