[1][3] Bradley worked in New York and Chicago in Michelin-starred restaurants prior to returning to Western Kentucky, to Paducah, to open Freight House, which focuses on local seasonal ingredients.
[5] In August 2023, Bradley won the Food Network's Chopped: All American Showdown.
[11] In October 2024, Bradley won the Chopped: Legends tournament, winning $25,000 for herself and $25,000 for the charity she was competing for, Maiden Alley Cinema, a nonprofit theater in Paducah.
She announced on the show that she would donate the $25,000 that she'd won for herself to her second-place competitor's (Top Chef Season 5 Winner Hosea Rosenberg) charity, which funds research for a rare bone disease affecting his daughter.
[13] She cited both the formula shortage the United States was then experiencing and the fact she continued to be able to produce as factoring in the decision.