She started working at a restaurant in Surry Hills and became a trainee manager at Kmart, Merrylands – a position which she reportedly left because they would not let her make jokes while announcing red light specials.
On the advice of the Sydney Morning Herald columnist Peter Bowers, Bath applied to study communications at Mitchell College (now Charles Sturt University) in Bathurst.
[7] In 1991, at 23, she joined Newcastle's NBN Television, where she stayed for the next five years as a reporter and host to the evening local news broadcast.
Outside the news, she appeared as a guest panellist on Geoffrey Robertson's Hypotheticals in October,[13] and on 31 December she hosted the network's New Year's Eve coverage.
Bath was then given the honour of co-hosting the prelude to the Opening Ceremony live on stage at the Olympic Stadium, while seven months pregnant with her first child.
In seven out of the ten weeks of the series, she obtained the highest score from the judges, including the semi-final and grand final.
[citation needed] However, when the votes were combined with those of the viewers, Chris Bath finished second to Home and Away actor Ada Nicodemou for the title of Dancing with the Stars Champion.
From May, Bath swapped roles with Ann Sanders to present the weekend evening news in Sydney as well as Fridays.
[citation needed] In January 2009, Bath was appointed host of Seven's new current affairs program, Sunday Night.
In December 2018, it was announced that Bath would join Network 10 to present 10 News First Weekend, replacing Natarsha Belling.
She hosted Evenings on ABC Radio Sydney across New South Wales and the ACT from 2017, replacing Christine Anu.
[24] Outside the Seven Network, Bath's standing in the industry was acknowledged in 2004 when she was asked to judge entries for the TV current affairs reporting and camera category of the Walkley Awards for journalism.
Bath enjoys motivational speaking, and in 2003 she took a large role in the "Step to the future" youth leadership forum for school students in Sydney.
[26][27] On 24 July 2007, Chris spoke at the "Empowerment through Inspiration" Summit in Queensland where she will address her experiences and challenges in becoming a leader, building a team and networking.