Kelly Liken
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Kelly Liken is an American chef
and restaurant owner. She has appeared as a contestant on the television shows Top Chef, and Iron Chef America.
. She attended the Culinary Institute of America
where she graduated first in her class. She married Rick Colomitz in 2004.
. She moved to Colorado in 2002 and began to work in the kitchen at Splendido at the Chateau in Beaver Creek, Colorado
where she met her future husband, Rick Colomitz. In 2004, she opened Restaurant Kelly Liken in Vail and later that year, she married Colomitz. Her husband is general manager and wine director at her restaurant.
She visited the White House
in Washington DC on 19 April 2011 two months after First Lady
Michelle Obama
visited her restaurant for dinner with her daughters. She has appeared on television on the Bravo Network's Top Chef D.C, on the Food Network's Iron Chef America
, and on the CBS Morning Show
Liken was a James Beard Award semi-finalist three times for Best Chef Southwest, in 2009, 2010, and 2011. She came first in Wine Spectator Taste of Vail Bar Chef Mix-Off in 2007 and 2008, and in Taste of Vail Lamb Cook-Off in 2010 and 2011.
Chef
A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
and restaurant owner. She has appeared as a contestant on the television shows Top Chef, and Iron Chef America.
Personal life
Liken was born in Pittsburgh, PA and she currently lives in Vail, ColoradoVail, Colorado
The Town of Vail is a Home Rule Municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 4,589 in 2005. The town was established and built as the base village to Vail Ski Resort, with which it was originally conceived...
. She attended the Culinary Institute of America
Culinary Institute of America
The Culinary Institute of America is a non-profit culinary college located in Hyde Park USA, founded in 1946. The CIA also has branch campuses in St. Helena, California, and San Antonio, Texas, as well as a campus in Singapore. It is a not-for-profit academic institution of higher learning...
where she graduated first in her class. She married Rick Colomitz in 2004.
Professional Career
Liken was an intern at the Inn at Little Washington in Washington, VirginiaWashington, Virginia
Washington is a town in Rappahannock County, Virginia. It is noted for being the oldest of the 28 towns and villages by the name of Washington in the United States of America. The site of this town was surveyed by George Washington himself in July of 1749. Its population was just 183 people at the...
. She moved to Colorado in 2002 and began to work in the kitchen at Splendido at the Chateau in Beaver Creek, Colorado
Beaver Creek, Colorado
Beaver Creek is an unincorporated community in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. Beaver Creek is located immediately south of the town of Avon and encompasses the Beaver Creek Resort and adjacent business, lodging, and residential areas. The U.S...
where she met her future husband, Rick Colomitz. In 2004, she opened Restaurant Kelly Liken in Vail and later that year, she married Colomitz. Her husband is general manager and wine director at her restaurant.
She visited the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
in Washington DC on 19 April 2011 two months after First Lady
First Lady
First Lady or First Gentlemanis the unofficial title used in some countries for the spouse of an elected head of state.It is not normally used to refer to the spouse or partner of a prime minister; the husband or wife of the British Prime Minister is usually informally referred to as prime...
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States...
visited her restaurant for dinner with her daughters. She has appeared on television on the Bravo Network's Top Chef D.C, on the Food Network's Iron Chef America
Iron Chef America
Iron Chef America: The Series is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. The show is produced by Food Network, which also carried a dubbed version of the original Iron Chef. Like the...
, and on the CBS Morning Show
Liken was a James Beard Award semi-finalist three times for Best Chef Southwest, in 2009, 2010, and 2011. She came first in Wine Spectator Taste of Vail Bar Chef Mix-Off in 2007 and 2008, and in Taste of Vail Lamb Cook-Off in 2010 and 2011.