Candice Kumai

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Candice Kumai
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NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Author and chef

Candice Kumai is an American author and chef. Kumai is based in New York City. [1]

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Biography

Kumai was born in California to a Japanese mother and Polish-American father. [2] She has one sister. [3] She worked as a model [4] when she was a teenager. [5] Later, she trained as a professional chef in Southern California, cooking on the line at several restaurants. [6]

In 2006, Kumai was the youngest chef competing on the first season of Top Chef . [2] She was the fourth chef to have been eliminated from the competition.

Her approach to cooking is based on her Japanese American heritage. [7] Kumai became the host for Lifetime's show, Cook Yourself Thin. [5]

Kumai has been involved in 1,000 Days, which is an initiative started by Hillary Clinton in 2010 to improve nutrition for mothers and children worldwide. [8] In 2014, she became a Kirin brand ambassador. [9]

Her series of books in the Clean Green series have made the bestseller list of the New York Times. [1] [6] Kumai is also a contributing editor to Shape Magazine . [10]

Education

Kumai is a graduate of California State University, Long Beach where she studied interpersonal and organizational communications. [11]

Books

YearTitleNotes
2009Cook Yourself ThinCo-author
2011Pretty DeliciousAuthor
2012Cook Yourself SexyAuthor
2014Clean Green DrinksAuthor
2015Clean Green EatsAuthor
2018Kintsugi WellnessAuthor

Television

YearTitleRoleEpisode/Notes
2006 Top Chef Herself5 episodes [2]
2007Cook Yourself ThinHerselfPresenter
2010 - 2012 Unique Eats Herself
2011 Extreme Chef HerselfJudge [12]
2011 - 2012 Iron Chef America HerselfJudge [13]
2013 Playing with Fire Herself [14]
2020 Selena + Chef HerselfChef

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