Ayesha Curry is an American celebrity cook and actress! After many guest appearances in TV shows she is, now, the hostess of her own show!
So let’s find out some more things about her!
- Her full name is Ayesha Disa Curry
- She was born in March 23, 1989
- She is a Canadian-American actress, celebrity cook, cookbook author and television personality
- After guest roles in several television shows and movies, she began hosting her own show
- It is called Ayesha’s Homemade
- Most known as Ayesha’s Home Kitchen
- It airs on Food Network
- Despite not having any professional chef training, her culinary career started in 2014
- Then she prepared her first meal as a YouTube demonstration on her channel Little Lights of Mine
- Curry is the author of several videos on her channel Little Lights of Mine
- And has written one cookbook The Seasoned Life published in 2016
- At age 12, Curry acted as the love interest in the music video for “Too Young for Love” by Suga Prince
- Prior to her marriage to NBA basketball player Stephen Curry, Ayesha was an actress
- Known for her roles in shows like Underground Street Flippers (2009), Dan’s Detour of Life (2008), Love for Sale (2008)
- And guest roles in several television shows
- The idea of channeling her childhood passion for food into a career did not occur to Curry until she started building a family
- Her husband encouraged her to start a blog
- So she has become a presenter of cooking and lifestyle tips
- First on her own YouTube channel
- And later on her Food Network show Ayesha’s Homemade
- Her company Little Lights of Mine sells its own brand of extra virgin olive oil
- And 10% of all proceeds are donated to the charity No Kid Hungry
- In addition to her written recipes, Curry often posts instructional cooking videos on her YouTube channel
- In 2016, Curry collaborated with chef Michael Mina in The Mina Test Kitchen of International Smoke
- This is a Bay Area pop-up restaurant
- And released her cookbook “The Seasoned Life”
- She also began starring in Ayesha’s Homemade
- Which follows her professional and personal life with cameos from her husband and two daughters
- The first season ran for six episodes
- A second season of six episodes, named Ayesha’s Home Kitchen premiered on Food Network in April 30, 2017
- On September 20, 2017, Curry was named as a spokesperson for CoverGirl
- Becoming the first spokesperson for the brand who is not an actress or singer
- She was announced on September 21, 2017 as one of the new hosts of The Great American Baking Show
- An American adaptation of The Great British Bake Off, on ABC
- She also revealed to Deidre Behar, from Entertainment Tonight, that she was approached to join the next season of Dancing With The Stars
- Only two episodes of the third season of Baking Show, however, aired on television due to sexual harassment allegations against one of the show’s judges outside the series
- While the show was renewed for a fourth season, Curry did not return as a host
- She was succeeded by former Spice Girls member Emma Bunton
- The Mina/Curry International Smoke restaurant is to open another location in 2019 at One Paseo in Carmel Valley, San Diego
- Curry is the daughter of John and Carol Alexander
- She has four siblings
- They are Maria, Janiece, Jaz and Chad
- Her mother is of Afro-Jamaican and Chinese-Jamaican descent
- While her father is of mixed African-American and Polish descent
- She was born and raised in Toronto until the age of 14
- Then she moved to Charlotte, North Carolina
- She first gained an interest in cooking at a young age
- With her mother operating a salon in the basement of their home, Curry would watch as her babysitter cooked Trinidadian curry and roti and brought it down to customers
- On July 30, 2011, she married NBA player Stephen Curry
- The two met in a church youth group in Charlotte
- When they were 15 and 14 years old
- It wasn’t until years later when Ayesha was pursuing her acting career in Hollywood and Stephen was visiting for an awards show, that the two started dating
- Ayesha soon moved back to Charlotte
- Close to where Stephen was playing college basketball at Davidson College
- Together, they have two daughters
- The first was born in July 2012
- The second was born in July 2015
- And a son born in July 2018
- They currently reside in Alamo, California
- Curry is a Christian
- Curry, who is extremely active on her two social media platforms
- She has around 6.2 million followers on instagram
- And 1 million on Twitter
- While maintaining a professional appearance
- Curry has gained popularity from posting pictures with her children
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