Katie Lee Joel
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| Katie Lee Joel | |
 Katie Lee Joel, September 2007. Photo by Christopher Peterson.
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| Born | September 14, 1981 Huntington, West Virginia |
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| Occupation | Cook, Food Critic |
| Spouse(s) | Billy Joel (2004–present) |
Katie Lee Joel (born Katherine Lee on September 14, 1981) is a television food critic and chef. She is also the third wife of musician Billy Joel.
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[edit] Biography
Lee is from Milton, West Virginia. The year before she married Billy Joel, she graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a Bachelor's degree in English and Journalism.[1] While there she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.[2] She spent a semester abroad in Florence, Italy at The British Institute.[3][4]
Joel met the then 22 year-old Lee when she was working as a restaurant correspondent for George Hirsch: Living it Up! on PBS in 2003. After dating for a year, she and Billy Joel married at his home in Oyster Bay, Long Island, on October 2, 2004. Alexa Ray Joel, Billy's daughter from his previous marriage to Christie Brinkley, served as maid of honor. At the time of the wedding, the then 18-year-old Alexa was four years younger than Katie.
She convinced Billy to leave the Hamptons and he bought a four story townhouse in the New York City neighborhood of Greenwich Village where they reside with two dogs.[citation needed]
After nearly five years of marriage, Billy and Katie Lee decided to separate in June 2009. [5] The separation came after months of rumors that Katie Lee was having an affair with Israeli fashion designer, Yigal Azrouel.[5]
[edit] Career
Since graduating, Joel was a TV restaurant critic for PBS' healthy lifestyles and cooking TV series, George Hirsch: Living It UP!
Joel has worked in several restaurants and gourmet food and wine stores. In 2003, she helped to open Jeff and Eddy’s Restaurant where she served as the house fishmonger.[4]
In July 2005, Joel created the foodie website OliveAndPeach.com with partner Aleishall Girard. The web site ceased updating in September 2006.
In 2006, she hosted the first season of Bravo's Top Chef. Critical reception to Joel's hosting style was less than enthusiastic, however, with many viewers citing her lack of culinary credibility and monotonic delivery as detrimental to the enjoyability of the show.[6] As such, Bravo producers decided to replace her with a more lively Padma Lakshmi in an effort to boost ratings and bolster viewer reception.[7]
Joel's first cookbook, The Comfort Table was published by Simon & Schuster.[8]
Joel occasionally appears on Extra as a special correspondent. She is a contributing editor to Gotham magazine, and her culinary and lifestyle column, "Katie's Kitchen," is published weekly in its sister magazine Hamptons.
Joel has also appeared on Paula's Party, Martha, Today, The Early Show, and Fox News. During 2007, she was a judge on Iron Chef America.
Joel has been featured in publications like People, In Style, Life and Style, Celebrity Living, and The New York Dog Magazine.
Joel sits on the council of Chefs for Humanity, a group that provides humanitarian aid worldwide and she is also a member of Les Dames d'Escoffier, an organization that educates and mentors women in the culinary profession.
Joel recently appeared on WineLibraryTV with Gary Vaynerchuk on May 8 2009.
[edit] References
- ^ Katie Lee Joel - TV.com
- ^ "Kappa Alpha Theta - Notable Thetas". Kappa Alpha Theta. http://www.kappaalphatheta.org/learnabouttheta/whatistheta/notable_thetas.cfm. Retrieved on 2009-06-08.
- ^ Katie Lee Joel to host Bravo's upcoming 'Top Chef' reality series - Reality TV World
- ^ a b Katie Lee Joel Talks About Food by an Interview by Rosalie Sendor - GREAT RESTAURANTS OF LONG ISLAND
- ^ a b Rush, George (June 17, 2009). "Billy Joel and wife Katie Lee split". NYDailyNews.com. http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/06/17/2009-06-17_billy_joel_and_wife_katie_lee_split.html.
- ^ http://www.televisionaryblog.com/2006/06/katie-lee-packs-her-knives-breaking.html Bravo fires Katie Lee
- ^ http://www.televisionaryblog.com/2006/06/bravo-confirms-televisionary-scoop.html Padma to replace Katie Lee
- ^ Downtown-Uptown Girl - New York Times
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