by Edsel L

Question: Is there any ceratin reason that Billy Joel’s Wife is the host of “Top Chef” on Bravo?
I didn’t know if she has any background in food and wine or if she’s just a “pretty face”.

Answer:

Answer by sgrfsh
According to Bravo, Katie’s “lifelong passion for good food” began when her grandmother taught her how to cook when she was growing up in West Virginia.

Other examples of Katie’s “broad and diversified” qualifications cited by Bravo include the facts that she’s taken “a wide range” of culinary classes, spent a semester abroad in Florence, worked in several restaurants, helped open a Hamptons restaurant, and teamed with a friend to start a culinary website. Katie also graduated from the Miami University of Ohio with a degree in English and Journalism. Katie married Joel on October 2, 2004.