Kaleena Bliss, who is the Executive Chef of Thompson Seattle and “oversees all culinary operations at the property,” is all set to appear on Beachside Brawl. Chef Kaleena Bliss, winner of Chopped: Casino Royale season 51, will demonstrate her knife talents once again on Beachside Brawl, which airs on Food Network on June 19, 2022, at 10 p.m. ET. In the program, she will cook with the other three chefs for the West Coast team.
Kaleena Bliss from Beachside Brawl
Kaleena Bliss, a native of the Pacific Northwest, is passionate about “locally foraged products such as wild mushrooms and shellfish.” Her Instagram feed is chock-full of her delectable creations.
The “Eater. Drinker. Adventurer” suffered much as a result of her “kitchen success.” She, like any other chef, has experienced “different sorts of physical and emotional suffering” at work. She remarked on Starchefs about her difficult existence as a chef:
“I, like so many others, have missed innumerable holidays and upset family members without even thinking about it.” I’ve left work to receive sutures, then returned to work evening service. I battled third-degree burns and the deaths of both of my parents.”
All of her difficulties contributed to her victory in the Casino Royale culinary contest on Food Network’s Chopped. She was awarded $40,000 in the season finale, which aired on February 1. She told The Seattle Times about her victory:
“I have no regrets about everything I’ve done in my career to get here because chaotic, stressful events are what gave me the skills to be a strong critical thinker.”
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Kaleena Bliss Journey
Kaleena Bliss has worked in the culinary sector for over 16 years. In 2009, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts Management from The Culinary Institute of America. She began her career as a full-time Kitchen Supervisor at Hilton in the United States for a year before becoming a sous chef at Four Swallows on Bainbridge Island. She began working as a Chef De Cuisine at Mistral Kitchen in the South Lake Union area after two years of gathering experience.
Bliss rose up the ranks to become Executive Sous Chef at The Edgewater Hotel for more than three years after becoming an expert in her field. She subsequently worked as an Area Executive Chef at Motif Seattle on the side. According to her LinkedIn page, she had a “complex responsibility directing the culinary department concurrent with Thompson Seattle.” Bliss was named Executive Chef at Thompson Seattle in November 2019.
Beachside Brawl on Food Network
Kaleena Bliss is one of the West Coast team’s four cooks. Under the direction of famous chef Brooke Williamson, she will collaborate with Brian Madayag, Joshua Mouzakes, and Jessica Roy. In Beachside Brawl, the squad will compete against the East Coast team to show that their coastal cuisine is the greatest. Tim Hollingsworth, Jeremy McBryde, Ben Robinson, Stephanie Boswell, Rashida Holmes, Noah Cappe, and Sabin Lomac will join presenter Antonia Lofaso in every episode to taste test and choose the week’s winner. The surviving chef will get the title of Best of the Beach and a beach break worth $25,000 at the conclusion of the culinary competition.
