Jess Tom

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Jess Tom
Born
Jessica Tom [1]

(1984-03-24) March 24, 1984 (age 38) [1] [2] [3]
Website www.jessicatom.com

Jessica "Jess" Tom (born March 24, 1984) [1] [2] is an American television personality and food writer who came to prominence as the joint winner of the fourteenth season of the Food Network television series Food Network Star (along with Christian Petroni). [5]

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Personal life

Tom's mother is from Madagascar while her father is from China. She has cousins by the names of Jonathan and Grace. [1] [3] She has been married since 2016 and she publicly refers to her husband only as "D". [6]

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  2. 1 2 Tom, Jessica (March 24, 2017). "Jessica Tom on Instagram: "It's my birthday! On the agenda: work, writing, dance cardio, photographing a kids aerial class at @honoryogaprinceton, then a dinner..."". Instagram . Archived from the original on 2021-12-25. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
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