All the Things You Didn’t Know About Katie Lee

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Get to Know Katie

You’ve met her too-cute-for-words pup, Gus, and you know she’s a self-confessed "major workoutaholic." But did you know Katie happens to carry hot sauce around in her purse? Yep, that’s true.

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She Hates Wasabi

“I love spicy food, so I’m not sure why I have this aversion to wasabi, but I really detest it,” she says. “Like, wasabi mashed potatoes are, like, blah. No way.”

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She’s Not a Midnight Snacker

“I’m asleep at midnight. I go to bed really early, so I don’t have a midnight snack.”

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Bobby Flay Is Her Culinary Mentor

“Bobby Flay has become a great mentor to me. He’s one of my very best friends and kind of like a big brother, and I always feel like I can go to him for any kind of advice.”

Katie Lee's Biscuits with Molasses Butter as seen on Food Network’s Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction, Christmas at Bobby’s Special

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Biscuits Are the First Dish She Perfected

“I grew up cooking with my grandma, and that was the first thing I ever learned how to make, and that’s just, like, now part of my DNA,” says Katie.

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She’d Rather Go Out for Thai Food Than Make It Herself

“I don’t usually make Thai food at home,” she says. “That would be something I like to order out.”

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If She Weren’t a Chef, She’d Be a Facialist

“I would have loved to have been an aesthetician. I love, like, anything to do with — I know this sounds kind of gross — but any kind of zit popping is so fascinating to me,” Katie admits.

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Her Last Supper Would Be a Gluttonous Affair

“I would have Thanksgiving dinner, fried chicken, pizza and ... oh, what else would I put in there? There would be a soft-serve machine with every kind of topping you could think of, and tons of hot fudge and brownies.”

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She Carries Hot Sauce Everywhere

“Probably if you asked me the weirdest thing you’d find in my purse, [it] would be hot sauce,” she says. “I carry around packets of hot sauce. When that Beyoncé song [“Formation”] came out and she said, 'Hot sauce in [my] bag swag,' I was like: 'Yep! I got mine.'"

Grilled salmon, tomatoes and capers food beauty, as seen on Food Networkâ s The Kitchen, Season 6.

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Go-To Dinner: Salmon

“If it’s just me, like, I’m by myself cooking, I like to make salmon a lot," she notes. "So, I would probably be making myself a piece of salmon, an arugula salad and some baked sweet potato wedges, and that would probably be it.”

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