Koren Grieveson was born on 4 November 1971, in Luanda, Angola, of South African descent. Koren is a chef, known for the numerous achievements she’s made throughout her career., which have lead to earning various awards, having worked with numerous high profile restaurants including Resto, Blackbird and Avec. All of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Koren Grieveson? As of late-2017, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $500,000, mostly earned through a successful career as a chef. She’s also appeared in numerous popular television cooking shows such as “Iron Chef” and “Top Chef”. As she continues her career, it is expected that her wealth will also continue to increase.
Koren Grieveson Net Worth $500,000
Koren’s father was involved in the poultry business, so her family moved around various countries; she lived in England, Brazil and Iran, before finally settling in Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA. When she was 17 years old, she decided to serve in the military, in which she stayed for several years, and after leaving the military, which certainly established her net worth, she decided to pursue a career in the culinary arts. She studied at the Culinary Institute of America, and after graduating, would work at “Kahan’s Blackbird” as a sous chef, from 1998 to 2003.
During Grieveson’s time there, her skills developed and her net worth grew. She started becoming known for her use of African and Mediterranean ingredients, but also took a lot of inspiration from European cuisine. After her stint at “Blackbird”, she then became the floor manager of “Avec”, and in 2008, she was named as Food and Wine Magazine’s Best New Chef, then thanks to her success, she was rewarded with the James Beard Best Chef Award: Great Lakes in 2010. She then left “Avec” in 2012 to work at the restaurant “Claudette”, making her name as one of the top meat chefs in the country. Three years later, she became the executive chef at “Resto”, located in New York City, actually for just six months, but during her time there, she significantly changed the restaurant’s menu, and started being regularly featured on television, which helped her net worth even further. Some of the shows she’s been a part of include “Iron Chef America: The Series” and “Beat Chef”, and has also been a part of “Top Chef” in which she appeared as a guest judge.
For her personal life, it is known that Koren married restaurateur and chef, Anne Burrell in 2015. They were engaged since 2013 as announced on their social media pages.
The couple live in New York City. Their engagement happened two years after Burrell confirmed that she was a lesbian on a radio show. Koren has a tattoo of her South African heritage and family crest. She also enjoys cooking with bacon and butter which she also has tattooed on her. She’s active on social media too, particularly Twitter on which she has over 2,000 followers, updating her pages regularly.
