Kat Turner's highly unlikely road to Highly Likely, and Kristen Kish's Top Chef takeover

Kat Turner is chef and partner of Highly Likely, one of LA’s hottest all day restaurant concepts. They’ve been serving the West Adams neighborhood for several years now, and are on the verge of opening a second location in Highland Park. Chef Kat joins us to discuss Highly Likely’s food and new location, but also her own personal journey which has taken her from acting in a David Lynch movie to private cheffing for Billy Corrigan on tour. Also, did I mention she’s a Chopped champion? We talk about what that was like, and I even give her a virtual basket of mystery ingredients to see if she’s still got it. 

We’re also joined by world-renowned Top Chef scholar Father Sal to discuss the late breaking news that Season 10 champion Kristen Kish will be taking over as host now that the great Padma Lakshmi has stepped down. Will she be up to the challenge? Or is this a missed opportunity for the show to go in a totally new direction? We discuss all that and what we think of setting season 21 in Wisconsin. 

Helpful links:

Highly Likely on IG https://www.instagram.com/itshighlylikely/

Kat Turner on IG https://www.instagram.com/katturnerwashere/?hl=en

Highly Likely website https://www.itshighlylikely.com/

Chef Keith Corbin's book https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677186/california-soul-by-keith-corbin/