KATIE LEE JOEL PICTURE GALLERY

KATIE LEE JOEL is from Milton, West Virginia. The year before she married Billy Joel, she graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a Bachelor's degree in English and Journalism. KATIE LEE JOEL was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. She spent a semester abroad in Florence, Italy at The British Institute.

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After one year of dating, KATIE LEE JOEL and Billy Joel married at his home in Oyster Bay, Long Island, on October 2, 2004. KATIE LEE JOEL's four years younger stepdaughter Alexa Ray Joel (Billy's then-18-year-old daughter from his marriage to Christie Brinkley) served as maid of honor.

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KATIE LEE JOEL convinced Billy to leave the Hamptons and he bought a four story townhouse in the New York City neighborhood of Greenwich Village where they reside with two dogs

Since graduating, KATIE LEE JOEL was a TV restaurant critic for PBS' healthy lifestyles and cooking TV series, George Hirsch: Living It UP!

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KATIE LEE JOEL has worked in several restaurants and gourmet food and wine stores. In 2003, KATIE LEE JOEL helped to open Jeff and Eddy’s Restaurant where she served as the house fishmonger.



In July 2005, KATIE LEE JOEL created the foodie website OliveAndPeach.com with partner Aleishall Girard. The web site ceased updating in September 2006.

In 2006, KATIE LEE JOEL hosted the first season of Bravo's Top Chef. Critical reception to KATIE LEE JOEL's hosting style was less than enthusiastic, however, with many viewers citing KATIE LEE JOEL's lack of culinary credibility and monotonic delivery as detrimental to the enjoyability of the show. As such, Bravo producers decided to replace KATIE LEE JOEL with a more lively Padma Lakshmi in an effort to boost ratings and bolster viewer reception.


KATIE LEE JOEL's first cookbook, The Comfort Table was published by Simon & Schuster.

KATIE LEE JOEL occasionally appears on Extra as a special correspondent. KATIE LEE JOEL is a contributing editor to Gotham magazine, and her culinary and lifestyle column, "Katie's Kitchen," is published weekly in its sister magazine Hamptons.

KATIE LEE JOEL has also appeared on Paula's Party, Martha, Today, The Early Show, and Fox News. During 2007, KATIE LEE JOEL was a judge on Iron Chef America.


KATIE LEE JOEL has been featured in publications like People, In Style, Life and Style, Celebrity Living, and The New York Dog Magazine.

KATIE LEE JOEL sits on the council of Chefs for Humanity, a group that provides humanitarian aid worldwide and she is also a member of Les Dames d'Escoffier, an organization that educates and mentors women in the culinary profession.