Cat Cora was raised in a small Greek community in Jackson, Mississippi, by a family who held strongly to their Greek and Southern heritage. Both her grandfather, father, and godfather were restaurateurs and, by the time she was fifteen, she had already presented a business plan to them for her very own restaurant. During college, she cooked at an ...
The Culinary Institute of America, University of Southern Mississippi
Nationality
American
Spouse
Jennifer Cora
Children
Zoran Cora, Nash Cora, Caje Cora, Thatcher Cora
Parents
Spiro Pete Cora, Virginia Lee Cora
Siblings
Chris Cora
TV Shows
Around the World in 80 Plates, Celebrity Cooking Showdown, Iron Chef America, America's Best Cook, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Kitchen Accomplished
Star Sign
Aries
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Fact
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Release of her cookbook, "Cat Cora's Classics With a Twist" by Cat with Ann Krueger Spivack. [2010]
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Lives in Santa Barbara, California, with her partner Jennifer and sons Zoran, 5, and Caje, 23 months. [2008]
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Release of her book, "Cooking from the Hip: Recipes for Fast, Easy, Phenomenal Meals" by Cat with Ann Krueger Spivack. [2007]
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(October 28, 2015) Her wife of 2 years Jennifer Cora filed for divorce from her after 17 years together in total.
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Has 4 sons with her estranged wife Jennifer Cora: Zoran Cora (b.2003), Caje Cora (b.April 2007), Thatcher Julius Cora (b.April 4, 2009) and Nash Lemuel Cora (b.July 19, 2009). Jennifer bore the first three; Cat gave birth to Nash 3 months after Thatcher was born.
Planning to open a barbecue restaurant named "CCQ" [2008].
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Iron Chef [2005].
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Co-owner of "Kouzzina by Cat Cora" in Orlando, Florida. Opened on August 15, 2000.
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Parents are father, Spiro Cora, who is Greek, and mother, Virginia Lee Cora.
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Receiving her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology and Biology at the University of Southern Mississippi, she enrolled (at the urging of Julia Child) at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York.
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President and co-founder (in January 2005) of Chefs for Humanity.
She says her alternate dream job would be an actress or a novelist.
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She says her interests are Yoga/meditation, water skiing and skiing/boarding, body surfing, dancing to ABBA with her 14-month-old son, rocking' out with her guitar. And, of course, cooking, eating and drinking great wine.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine
2008
Video Game
Iron Chef (voice)
Kitchen Accomplished
2004
TV Series
Chef (2004)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
FabLife
2016
TV Series
Herself
Cutthroat Kitchen
2015
TV Series
Herself - Competitor / Herself - Guest Judge
Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris
2015
TV Series
Herself - Guest, It's Neil's Mom
Home & Family
2012-2015
TV Series
Herself - Guest / Herself
CBS This Morning
2015
TV Series
Herself
Chopped
2012-2015
TV Series
Herself - Contestant / Iron Chef
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2011-2015
TV Series
Herself
The Talk
2012-2015
TV Series
Herself - Guest / Herself / Herself - Chef
Guy's Grocery Games
2014
TV Series
Herself - Contestant
Steve Harvey
2014
TV Series
Herself
America's Best Cook
2014
TV Series
Herself - Mentor, South
The Queen Latifah Show
2013-2014
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Chef
Eastbound & Down
2013
TV Series
Herself
Chelsea Lately
2010-2013
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Marie
2013
TV Series documentary
Larry King Now
2013
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Iron Chef America: The Series
2005-2013
TV Series
Herself - Iron Chef / Herself
Good Morning America
2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Live with Kelly and Michael
2005-2012
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Guest
The 2012 Miss USA Pageant
2012
TV Special
Herself - Judge
Weekend Today
2012
TV Series
Herself
Watch What Happens: Live
2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Top Chef
2012
TV Series
Herself - Quickfire & Guest Judge
The Nate Berkus Show
2011
TV Series
Herself
The Marilyn Denis Show
2011
TV Series
Herself
The Traveler's Guide to Life
2011
TV Series
Herself
Cristina Ferrare's Big Bowl of Love
2011
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The Best Thing I Ever Ate
2009-2011
TV Series
Herself
The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora
2010
TV Series short
Herself
Food Network Star
2010
TV Series
Herself
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008-2010
TV Series
Herself
The View
2008-2009
TV Series
Herself
A-List Awards
2009
TV Special
Herself
At the Table with...
2008
TV Series documentary
Herself
What's Cooking with Cat Cora!
2008
TV Series
Herself
Celebrity Cooking Showdown
2006
TV Mini-Series
Herself
The Tony Danza Show
2004-2005
TV Series
Herself
Kitchen Accomplished
2004
TV Series
Herself - Chef
Melting Pot
2002
TV Series
Herself - Co-hostess
Simplify Your Life
2002
TV Series documentary
Herself
My Country, My Kitchen
2001
TV Series documentary
Herself
My Kitchen Rules
2017
TV Series
Herself - Judge
Access Hollywood Live
2017
TV Series
Herself
Extra
2017
TV Series
Herself
Hollywood Today Live
2017
TV Series
Herself
The Wendy Williams Show
2009-2017
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Guest
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Iron Chef America Countdown
2012
TV Series
Herself - Iron Chef
Iron Chef America: The Series
2010-2011
TV Series
Herself - Iron Chef / Herself
Known for movies
My Kitchen Rules (2017) as Herself - Judge
Iron Chef America: The Series (2005-2013) as Herself - Iron Chef / Herself