21 Facts About Cat Cora

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Catherine Ann Cora is an American professional chef, television personality, business person, and cookbook author.

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Cat Cora is best known for her featured role as an "Iron Chef" on Iron Chef America and as co-host of Around the World in 80 Plates.

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Cat Cora made her TV debut in 1999 as co-host with chef Rocco DiSpirito of Food Network's Melting Pot.

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In 2001, Cat Cora appeared on the documentary television series, My Country, My Kitchen, in the episode Greece, Date Plate.

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Cat Cora appeared on the television series Simplify Your Life ; and was a co-host of the Food Network show Kitchen Accomplished.

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Cat Cora made television history in 2005 as the first female Iron Chef, joining Bobby Flay, Mario Batali and Masaharu Morimoto on the first season of Food Network's Iron Chef America, spending 10 seasons on the show.

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Cat Cora is the co-host of Around the World in 80 Plates, an American reality competition show that premiered on May 9,2012 on the Bravo cable TV network.

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Cat Cora co-hosted the 2017 FOX reality cooking series My Kitchen Rules.

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Cat Cora competed in the 2021 Second Annual Guy Fieri's Tournament of Champions on the Food Network, narrowly losing to Michael Voltaggio.

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Later in 2011, a Cat Cora's Kitchen was opened in Terminal E of the Bush Intercontinental Airport.

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Cat Cora belongs to Macy's Culinary Councils, along with Tyler Florence, Rick Bayless, and others.

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Cat Cora has worked as an entertainer for The Olivia Companies, a travel company catering to the lesbian market.

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In October 2014, Cat Cora launched her own line of hummus at H-E-B grocery stores in Texas.

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Cat Cora has participated in charity wine auctions held by Auction Napa Valley.

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In January 2005, following the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Cat Cora co-founded Chefs For Humanity.

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In March 2006, Cat Cora was the Grand Marshal for Hal and Mal's St Paddy's Parade in her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi.

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Cat Cora was arrested for driving under the influence in 2012.

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Cat Cora was placed under arrest and given a breathalyzer test that revealed her BAC to be.

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Cat Cora pled no contest to the charges and was sentenced to 3-years probation, $2,386 in fines, and a suspended 120 day jail sentence.

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Cat Cora married her longtime partner Jennifer in June 2013, and the couple have four sons together conceived via in vitro fertilization.

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In 2017, Cat Cora began dating record producer executive Nicole Ehrlich.