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From the person who made history as the Food Network’s first openly queer show host, to out and proud chefs using their time on the juggernaut reality competition series Top Chef as a springboard to international fame, here are seven iconic queer food personalities who have been born out of culinary television.

Chef Manny Barella is a contestant on Season 21 of Top Chef. Sports gallery.

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Film gallery. The most followed drag artists around the world August 06 PM. Fashion gallery. Season 3 gave us our first gay winner, with Chef Hung Huynh winning the whole season. Who's your daddy? All Rights reserved. Gregory came in second place in season 12, and came back for season 17 along with Melissa, who became the second lesbian Top Chef when she won the All-Stars season in Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade.

Ever since its first season on Bravo, Top Chef has been one of the best reality shows if you want to see talented LGBTQ + people. Television gallery. Nearly every season of the cooking. Celebs gallery. We love these LGBTQ+ chefs!

Dale, another gay chef, also made the finale, coming in second place. Preeti has since come out as nonbinary. Drag gallery. Washington, D. Boston: Melissa King, Gregory Gourdet, and Joy Krump Gregory came in second place in season 12, and came back for season 17 along with Melissa, who became the second lesbian Top Chef when she won the All-Stars season in Latest Stories.

Email Newsletter Subscribe Subscriber Services. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Nearly every season of the cooking show has had several queer chefs for us to root for, and several of them have even won!

Forget Daddy. Manuel "Manny" Barella is the Culinary Director at Camp Pickle and Jaguar Bolera. Neither Josie nor Carlos won this second season, but both made quite the impression, and Josie would come back later to compete in All-Stars.

On top of being a highly acclaimed author and chef, Ottolenghi is a proud gay man and father. In season 6, Ashley spoke out about how the contestants were made to cook for a wedding while she, and other gay contestants, couldn't legally get married.

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'Top Chef' Season 21 contestant Manny Barella worked as Chef de Partie at the James Beard award-winning Frasca Food & Wine (Instagram/ @chefmannybarella) 'Top Chef' Season 21 contestant Manny Barella has earned plenty of plaudits for his skills Barella was a semifinalist for the James Beard Award in the Emerging Chef category.

Las Vegas: Ashley Merriman, Preeti Mistry, and Ash Fulk In season 6, Ashley spoke out about how the contestants were made to cook for a wedding while she, and other gay contestants, couldn't legally get married. Queens of Instagram!