Wish you had some expert and professional advice on how to renovate, remodel and update your kitchen and kitchen appliances? Well tune in to Food Network's hit show Kitchen Accomplished, where chef Cat Cora, design expert Wolfgang Schaber and contractor Peter Marr renovate the kitchen of a desperate homeowner—in just three days. And along the way, the kitchen SWAT team provides viewers with advice for their own kitchens. Read on for more about the show's player, chef Cat Cora.
Cat Cora's BackgroundCat Cora was raised in a small Greek community in Jackson, Mississippi by a family who held strongly to their Greek and Southern heritage. Her grandfather, father and godfather were restaurateurs and by the age of 15, she'd already presented a business plan to them for her own restaurant. Eventually Cat left Mississippi for New York for a culinary education at The Culinary Institute of America, in Hyde Park. While in New York, she apprenticed with and then worked for chef Anne Rozenweig at Arcadia. She continued her culinary education in Europe with apprenticeships with chefs George Blanc and Roger Verge. After returning to New York, Cat worked as a sous chef at The Old Chatham Shepherding Company and then moved to Northern California, where she was hired as chef de cuisine in Napa Valley's Bistro Don Giovanni.
Cat Cora's TV Cooking Shows
Cat is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and is featured in a documentary called Cat's In The Kitchen, which is about her first James Beard dinner. Cat and her partners at 3 Street Media and The Cat Cora Show, LLC have developed The Cat Cora Show, a talk show devoted to food and wine. Cat has authored several cookbooks, including Cat Cora's Kitchens.
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