Who is Kimberly Karver? 'MasterChef: Generations' Season 14 star earns apron with undercooked 'side veggies'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'MasterChef: Generations' Season 14 contestant Kimberly Karver is a high school English teacher, gardener and cook. She recently participated in the Fox cooking competition and earned an apron with an undercooked cauliflower dish.
Kimberly hails from Auburn, California and has been a teacher for 29 years. She prepared a Herb Crusted Cauliflower Steak with Sautéed Green Beans & Tomatoes with Tarragon Chimichurri Sauce for the Fox show judges, Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich, Aarón Sánchez and guest judge Christine Hà.
Aarón appeared to be not a huge fan of veggies and criticized the dish. He claimed that the green beans were undercooked and gave a no to Kimberly. Meanwhile, Gordon loved the 'delicious' dish but Joe complained that it didn't feel like an entree. He suggested that the dish was more like a 'side veg'.
However, Joe, Gordon and Christine loved the contestant's vegetables and awarded Kimberly with a white apron and advanced her to the next round. She would now compete in the mystery box challenge with Gen Z, Gen X, Boomers and Millennial chefs.
Kimberly Karver wants to prove 'vegetables can be sexy'
'MasterChef: Generations' Season 14 contestant Kimberly Karver calls herself a 'garden cook' at heart. She also claimed that she was not a vegetarian, but 'really health conscious.' However, she wanted to show the importance of vegetables and prove that they could be tasty.
Kimberly hopes to show the judges that "vegetables can be sexy" and could stand alone against some of those protein plates. Christine Ha complimented and said that the dish showcased Kimberly's love for vegetables and appreciated her use of tarragon.
Why did Kimberly Karver start a backyard garden?
'MasterChef: Generations' Season 14 top 20 contestant Kimberly Karver has her own Treehouse Garden. However, the contestant's personal struggle motivated her to start a backyard garden to live a healthy lifestyle. Kimberly believes that there has been tremendous value, both economically and mentally, in growing a backyard garden.
Kimberly reflected on her website that she started to garden when she was going through a hard time, and "somehow being outside, listening to the birds, getting her hands dirty in the soil, and growing beautiful harvests helped heal me inside and out."
'MasterChef: Generations' Season 14 airs every Wednesday at 8 pm ET on Fox.