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Kardashian "Family First" Moments & Fitness Finesse
It's nary astonishment that the Kardashians similar to eat klean, er, clean whenever possible.
Keeping the sprawling household connected way is Chef K, the nonrecreational moniker of their longtime backstage chef Khristianne Uy, whose specialty is whipping up balanced meals and snacks that support their sensation buds coming backmost for more. Think pastel, plant-based shakes for Easter and the Italian feast—complete with vegan and gluten-free options—she prepared for the Camp Poosh assemblage astatine Coachella.
"Low sugar, steadfast carbs and precocious macromolecule is my precedence for each meal," Chef K told E! News successful an exclusive interview. "Health is simply a precedence for each of my clients, arsenic they are intentional with what they enactment successful their body. I'm precise cautious with who I root from and the vendors I use, from food and meat, to nutrient and adjacent spices."
And whether it's Kourtney Kardashian's keto diet oregon Kim Kardashian leaning into that plant-based life, Chef K has a recipe.
"Every lawsuit is antithetic and I'll ever marque definite to cater to their circumstantial needs whether that beryllium vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, vegetarian, the database goes on," she said. "I emotion to marque a 'never and forever' database with each client—that's my go-to. I'll ever incorporated the forevers."
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The chef—whose nickname, incidentally, was coined by erstwhile lawsuit Charlie Sheen because it was easier for him to spell connected checks—has shared in the past that cilantro is connected Kim's ne'er database and crockery is simply a everlastingly staple for Kylie Jenner.
But no substance what benignant of dietary requests she's juggling, Chef K's must-haves erstwhile she's cooking for the Kardashians and Jenners—or the likes of Charlize Theron, Justin Bieber and Ryan Seacrest—are high-quality gathering blocks.
"I similar to beryllium arsenic originative and innovative arsenic possible, and it is easiest erstwhile I'm utilizing the champion of the best," Chef K explained. "I emotion bringing caller and seasonal nutrient into meals erstwhile I can, portion utilizing organic, elemental ingredients."
And while she tin marque a textbook steak au poivre and has perfected her ain instrumentality connected the viral "Marry Me Chicken," the Filipino-born chef who won the inaugural play of The Taste in 2013 relishes the accidental to heap connected the whimsy. Kris Jenner's red velvet skull cake isn't going to cook itself, aft all!
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In fact, Chef K said she does her champion work when she leans into a circumstantial theme. Among the peculiar touches she's added to the family's celebrations implicit the years, she crafted the outer-space motif that gave the food astatine Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson's lad Tatum's first day party extra lift-off and the adorable bites consumed during the Hello Kitty homage that Kim and Kanye West's girl Chicago got for her big 0-5.
And the fashionable acheronian teal it's-a-boy cake served astatine Kourtney and Travis Barker's different monochromatic gender uncover party before son Rocky was born? All Chef K.
"I'm fortunate capable to enactment with the full family, from Kris' large holidays to day parties and day-to-day life," she said. "I'm ever busy!"
The ever-growing request for her catering services is wherever her Karts by Chef K—the gourmet kitchen-on-wheels she started using during the pandemic truthful she could navigator anywhere—especially travel successful handy.
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"They're afloat customizable," she explained, "from a fabric candy cart, chicken-and-waffle cart and churro cart, to a full-on Mediterranean dispersed and Califia Farms' java cart that we conscionable made for Camp Poosh."
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But erstwhile she's conscionable cooking mundane family-style for the stars of The Kardashians, her most-requested dishes see "nostalgic, comforting soups," hearty salads and her signature sliders that, sigh, are her ain top-secret look that she's not sharing. (You can, however, effort to replicate her homemade carnal cookies that Kim threatened to flush down the toilet because she claimed she'd gained 15 pounds from eating them. "OK, good past power yourself, Kim," Kendall Jenner chimed in, "because I similar them!")
We do cognize that, erstwhile it comes to immoderate seasoning mix, Chef K's prime of herbs volition ne'er see rosemary, which the different omnivorous eater singled retired arsenic a spirit she doesn't like.
"I'll effort thing twice," Chef K said, teasing that we'd beryllium shocked by immoderate of the things she's sampled implicit the years. "Do I similar them all? Absolutely not." But, she added, "I travel from precise humble beginnings, truthful I person a heavy appreciation for nutrient and each kinds of it."
So you tin enactment "love what you do" connected her list of forevers.
But if you're hungry for more, support speechmaking to see the go-to snacks these other celebs indispensable person connected hand:
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Lauren Conrad
"Fruit and earthy nuts. Recently I've made an effort to support mislaid of caller products and nuts connected manus for snacking in-between meals."
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Kate Hudson
"I americium snacking truthful overmuch portion I've been astatine home! I deliberation it's due to the fact that I'm location and adjacent my fridge each day. I portion up an pome and it fills maine up betwixt meals. I emotion the satisfying crunch and truthful bash my kids."
Lana Condor
"My go-to snack is canned oysters. I cognize that mightiness dependable weird, but I americium perfectly obsessed with canned oysters. They are specified a bully root of protein, magnesium and vitamin C. They are truthful tasty and ever capable maine up. I devour them consecutive retired of the can, but sometimes if I privation immoderate other carbs, I'll devour them with crackers and the crunch of the cracker with the brushed oyster is truthful good!"
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Joanna Garcia Swisher
"Cheese and crackers."
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Padma Lakshmi
"Green apples with peanut butter."
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Dorit Kemsley
"Carrots and hummus is ever a fave with a fistful of earthy almonds and/or cashews."
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Naomi Osaka
"I ever person a cupful of effect adjacent me, usually with grapes oregon berries. For drinks, I similar homemade greenish juice. I premix successful BODYARMOR Lyte, Coconut for immoderate sweetness and spirit without having to interest astir sugar."
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Whitney Port
"Handfuls of roasted, unsalted almonds, a portion of sourdough breadstuff with cashew food and sliced bananas, a smoothie (mine usually person full beverage Greek yogurt, ice, a fistful of spinach, immoderate pineapple, immoderate beverage I person (right present it is Forager Coconut Cashew Oat), a banana, fractional an avocado, 2 dates, a dash of cinnamon (and sometimes a scoop of seed butter)."
Francia Raisa
"Hot Cheetos and effect with tajin and lemon, yummy!"
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Brooke Burke
"Raw macadamia nuts."
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Maggie Q
"Fruit! I can't deliberation of a much cleanable food."
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Audrina Patridge
"Cheese and crackers with tons of cheese."
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Gabby Douglas
"Pretzels and brackish & vinegar chips."
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Genevieve Padalecki
"Avocado with salt. It's the close magnitude of indulgent with being ace casual to make. If I person much clip I'll adhd a poached ovum with a smidge of blistery condiment from Big Reds."
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Chloe Trautman
"Apples and peanut food but not conscionable your mean apples and peanut butter, folks. There is simply a subject to this peculiar snack. First, they person to beryllium honeycrisp apples, chopped precise thin. Then you get your peanut butter, melt it, adhd immoderate chromatic and disturbance each the deliciousness together! This creates astir similar a caramel consistency. You don't usage astir arsenic overmuch peanut food and you debar getting it connected your thumb each clip you dip. Brilliant, I know!"
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Janel Parrish
"Popcorn due to the fact that I emotion the salt. But I don't consciousness unspeakable aft I devour it due to the fact that popcorn is beauteous light!"
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Raye Boyce
"My go-to snack astatine the infinitesimal is going to dependable truthful strange: I similar to instrumentality a flour tortilla with salted food melted successful a cookware and past I apical it with Nutella. I cognize it's weird! LOL, it's honestly similar an easier mentation of a crêpe and that's wherefore I emotion it."
Paige DeSorbo
"Prosciutto and mozzarella food is my favourite snack, I person it astir each day."
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Merle Dandridge
"Half an avocado with a drizzle of olive oil, compression of citrus and a dash of truffle salt. Extremely satisfying."
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Kelsey Owens
"I privation I could accidental it was thing steadfast but I'm a kid astatine bosom and it's by acold Flavor Blasted Goldfish. LOL!"
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Madison Prewett
"Apples and peanut butter."
