Koren Grieveson is an Angolan American chef who has appeared on several cooking television shows.
[1] Grieveson has worked in Chicago and New York restaurants and appeared on Top Chef (season 4, judge) and Iron Chef America (season 7, contestant).
[1] Grieveson was born in Luanda, Angola[citation needed] where her father was working in the poultry industry.
She ended up graduating from The Culinary Institute of America (CIA).
She worked at various restaurants around the country before becoming executive chef at Resto in New York City.