PBS TV Chef Dies of Ovarian Cancer at 49
Source: People
Boston chef, food stylist and television host Elle Simone Scott has died after a long battle with ovarian cancer, America's Test Kitchen confirmed in a statement to PEOPLE. She was 49.
Scott, born LaShawnda Sherise Simone Scott, was best known for her work on PBS’s America’s Test Kitchen, which she joined in 2016 as the show’s first Black woman to become a regular on-air presence. Over the years, she took on multiple roles at the brand, including test cook, host and executive editor, becoming one of the most visible and influential voices in food media.
Shortly after moving to Boston to work at America’s Test Kitchen in 2016, Scott was diagnosed with stage 1 ovarian cancer. She became an outspoken cancer advocate, sharing her symptoms and experiences publicly and describing herself not as a “survivor” but a “thriver.” She later went into remission before the cancer returned.
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Quite a shocker. I had no idea she had been in treatment for cancer.
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RIP.
RIP Elle Simone Scott
