Tregaye Fraser

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Tregaye Fraser Wright
Chef Tregaye Fraser headshot.jpg
Artwork from Tregaye Fraser's cookbook, Kitchen Conversations with Chef Tregaye Fraser (2021)
Born (1984-09-06) September 6, 1984 (age 39) [1] [2] [3]
Atlanta, Georgia, US [1] [2]
SpouseTyrone Wright
Culinary career
Cooking styleAmerican Fusion
Television show(s)
  • Tregayes way(tv series) Cakealikes (tv series)
Website www.cheftregaye.com

Tregaye Fraser Wright (born September 6, 1984) [1] [2] [3] is an American chef.

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Professional History

Chef Tregaye Wright (Fraser) trained at Le Cordon Bleu. [4] She is the winner of the 12th season of the Food Network television series Food Network Star . She competed and won several episodes of Cutthroat Kitchen and Guy's Grocery Games, was featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate (7 episodes) and All-Star Best Thing I Ever Ate (2020). She's made appearances on broadcast talk shows from Steve Harvey to Good Morning America . [5]

Chef Tregaye was a judge on Food Network Star Kids , and Man vs. Chef, and Food Network's Grill of Victory.

She also co-hosted Season 2 of Kitchen Sink. In 2021, Fraser starred in her own stand-and-stir series, Tregaye's Way in the Kitchen. The series was produced by OWN and is on Discovery+. [6] She also hosted Food Network's Cakealikes.

Wright is a cookbook author of her memoir/recipes titled, “Kitchen Conversations with Chef Tregaye Fraser.” She launched a digital series of the same title, with celebrity guest appearances from CeeLo Green, Kalen Allen, Monti Carlo, and more.

She runs a catering company, Chef Tregaye N Company, in Atlanta, Georgia, and hosts regular virtual cooking classes for clients.

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  5. Matt (May 20, 2016). "Food Network Gossip: Food Network Star Season 12 Contestants - Where Have You Seen Them?". Food Network Gossip. Blogger . Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  6. Tregaye's Way in the Kitchen on OWN, https://www.oprah.com/app/tregayes-way.html