Kelsey uses her new bestselling book, Kitchen Confidence to discuss essential tips, tools, and techniques that no one should be without. Her fresh approach to the basics encourages home cooks to first learn the essentials, then experiment with variations – she promises you'll be cooking ease, imagination, and style in no time!
Kelsey's experience in college became a launching pad for her ultimate dream job. Her unique story is compelling, funny, and ultimately inspiring as she chronicles experiences that include interning for Martha Stewart Living, convincing a college professor to green light a college cooking show, and filming over 100 episodes of fast, fun, and affordable meals for college students all while loaning money from her parents to pay for the groceries. Where there is a will, there is a way and no story proves that more than Kelsey's.
Since becoming a parent herself, Kelsey has gained great empathy for all working parents.From finishing her first cookbook with a premature baby in the hospital to attending a music class for toddlers in leather pants and sequins just before jetting off to an appearance, Kelsey loves discussing the give and take of what it means to be a working mom. She discusses the importance of aligning priorities and being kind to yourself when "mom guilt" sets in. Her lighthearted yet sincere approach to this topic will leave those like her feeling like they aren't the only one that feels like they're juggling sacrifice and success.
Kelsey's story of finding success in an unconventional way at a fairly young age proves that anyone can be anything they want to be. She breaks down the methods that made the biggest difference in paving the road for her unique career and shares how the failures along the way were secretly the keys to finding her strengths and weaknesses – ultimately proving that if she was doing what she was good at, success was sure to follow.
Kelsey Nixon shows Food Network Magazine her home kitchen, which doubles as her office. Photographs by David A. Land.
When Kelsey Nixon first stepped into the public eye as a contestant on "Next Food Network Star" in 2008, she was a fresh-faced 23-year-old who could cook.
Cooking Channel's Kelsey Nixon belongs in that later category. Though you've seen and cooked with her on Kelsey's Essentials, she has just released her first ...
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