Katie Lee ( Chef ) - wikipedia Katie Lee ( Chef ) For other people named Katie Lee, see Katie Lee ( disambiguation ). This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( October 2016 ) Katie Lee Lee in 2008 Katherine Lee ( 1981 - 09 - 14 ) September 14, 1981 ( age 36 ) Huntington, West Virginia, US Spouse ( s ) Billy Joel ( m. 2004 ; div. 2010 ) Culinary career Television show ( s ) Beach Bites with Katie Lee The Kitchen Kitchen Sink Website www.katieleehome.com Katherine `` Katie '' Lee ( born September 14, 1981 ) is an American cookbook author, television food critic, chef, and novelist. Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 3 References 4 External links Biography Lee was raised in Milton, West Virginia. Lee studied journalism and food science at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where she graduated in 2003. While there she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. She spent a semester abroad in Florence, Italy at The British Institute. She met Billy Joel at the rooftop bar at The Peninsula hotel while visiting New York City for a weekend. After dating for a year, she and Joel married at his home in Oyster Bay, Long Island, on October 2, 2004. Alexa Ray Joel, Billy Joel 's daughter from his marriage to Christie Brinkley, served as maid of honor. After nearly five years of marriage, Billy and Katie Lee separated in June 2009. On March 22, 2018 Lee got engaged to television producer Ryan Biegel at the La Réserve Paris Hotel and Spa. Career Lee 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. In July 2005, Lee 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. After a negative critical reception to her, Bravo replaced her with Padma Lakshmi. She later returned as a guest judge on Top Chef All Stars, Episode 2 ( `` Night at the Museum '' ) in 2010. Lee 's first cookbook, The Comfort Table, was published by Simon & Schuster. In October 2009, Simon & Schuster released Katie 's second cookbook The Comfort Table : Recipes for Everyday Occasions In June 2011, Lee released her first novel, Groundswell, about a woman recovering from divorce who finds the healing power of surfing. Lee served as a food and lifestyle contributor for The Early Show and has appeared on Extra as a special correspondent. Additionally, 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. Lee has also appeared on Paula 's Party, Martha, Today, The Early Show, The Nate Berkus Show, Rachael Ray Show, and Fox News. In 2007, she was a judge on Iron Chef America. Lee is a member of the Feeding America Entertainment Council. She previously sat on the council of Chefs for Humanity, a group that provides humanitarian aid worldwide. She has also volunteered for Les Dames d'Escoffier, an organization that educates and mentors women in the culinary profession. Lee appeared on the video blog Wine Library TV with Gary Vaynerchuk on May 8, 2009. Lee has been a guest judge on Beat Bobby Flay many times, including on July 21, 2016 for a special `` Ladies Night '' episode. Lee is a co-host of Food Network 's talk show The Kitchen, and the Cooking Channel 's Beach Bites with Katie Lee. References Jump up ^ Schruers, Fred ( 2014 ). Billy Joel. Crown Archetype. p. unnumbered. ISBN 9780804140195. Jump up ^ Reasons - Pyles, Katherine ( n.d. ). `` Home for the Holidays ''. Huntington Quarterly ( 76 ). Huntington, West Virginia. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2015. Jump up ^ Landman, Beth ( October 21, 2009 ). `` Katie Lee, Movin ' Out ''. New York. Archived from the original on January 31, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2015. Jump up ^ Tavares, Kim ( March 31, 2015 ). `` Pulitzer Prize winners to give keynote address at annual Women in Leadership Symposium '' ( Press release ). Miami University. Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015. Jump up ^ Katherine Lee at `` Notable Thetas ''. Kappa Alpha Theta Heritage. Retrieved June 8, 2009. ( Requires scrolldown after clicking on `` Explore Notable Thetas '' ) Jump up ^ `` Katie Lee Joel to host Bravo 's upcoming ' Top Chef ' reality series ''. Reality TV World. October 2, 2004. Retrieved September 18, 2012. ^ Jump up to : Sendor, Rosalie. `` Katie Lee Joel Talks About Food ''. GreatRestaurantsMag.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Jump up ^ Winfrey, Oprah ( January 1, 2006 ). `` Billy and Katie Joel Movin ' Up ''. Oprah.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2012. Jump up ^ Rush, George ( June 17, 2009 ). `` Billy Joel and wife Katie Lee split ''. Daily News. New York. Jump up ^ `` Food Network 's Katie Lee Is Engaged ! ''. E ! Online. Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Katie Lee Packs Her Knives ''. Televisionaryblog.com. June 20, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Padma to replace Katie Lee ''. Televisionaryblog.com. June 27, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2012. Jump up ^ Boncompagni, Tatiana ( May 11, 2008 ). `` Downtown - Uptown Girl ''. The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2010. Jump up ^ De Heer, Sarah ( Dec 2, 2009 ). `` ' The Comfort Table : Recipes for Everyday Occasions ' - Cookbook Spotlight ''. Slash Food. Retrieved Dec 12, 2012. Jump up ^ Steinke, Lisa ( Jun 21, 2012 ). `` Katie Lee talks Groundswell ''. She Knows. Retrieved Dec 12, 2012. ^ Jump up to : `` Chefs for Humanity Home Page ''. Chefsforhumanity.com. Retrieved September 18, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Feeding America Celebrity Partners ''. FeedingAmerica.org. Retrieved December 12, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Chefs for Humanity Home Page ''. Chefsforhumanity.com. Retrieved September 18, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Domestic Rosé Tasting With Katie Lee Joel -- Episode # 673 ''. Tv.winelibrary.com. May 8, 2009. Retrieved September 18, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Beat Bobby Flay -- Ladies Night ''. July 21, 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Kitchen ''. Food Network. 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Beach Bites with Katie Lee ''. Cooking Channel. Retrieved July 1, 2016. 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