Ayesha Curry is a television cooking personality, cookbook author, entrepreneur, and actress who has a net worth of $50 million. Ayesha Curry has been married to NBA superstar Stephen Curry since 2011, and they have two children together. After acting in

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some films and television series, she began doing cooking demonstrations on her YouTube channel Little Lights of Mine in 2014, which gave rise to her culinary career. On television, Curry had her own short-lived Food Network show, and later hosted the cooking competition series “The Great American Baking Show” and “Family Food Fight.”

Early Life and Education

Ayesha Curry was born Ayesha Alexander on March 23, 1989 in Markham, Ontario, Canada to Carol and John. She is of Afro-Jamaican and Chinese-Jamaican descent through her mother and African-American and Polish descent through her father. Curry has four siblings named Maria, Janiece, Jaz, and Chad. At age 14, she relocated with her family to Charlotte, North Carolina. Curry attended Weddington High School in North Carolina, and after graduation relocated to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career.

Acting Career

Curry launched her professional acting career in 2008. During that time, she appeared in the television film “Dan’s Detour of Life,” the direct-to-DVD romantic comedy film “Love for Sale,” and in episodes of the television series “10 Items or Less” and “Whittaker Bay.” In 2009, Curry guest-starred on the Disney Channel teen sitcom “Hannah Montana,” while the next year, she had a brief appearance on the same network, showing up on “Good Luck Charlie.” Her other acting credits include voice roles in the animated films “The Little Ghost” and “Charming,” and a live-action role in the Netflix fantasy romcom “Irish Wish.”

Cooking Shows

Curry’s career as a cooking personality was launched via the blog Little Lights of Mine, which eventually transitioned into a YouTube channel. Despite having no professional chef training, she quickly attracted a following with her various cooking demonstrations on the channel. This led to her hosting her own Food Network show in 2016 called “Ayesha’s Homemade,” which was retitled “Ayesha’s Home Kitchen” for its second and final season in 2017. That year, Curry co-hosted the third season of the cooking competition series “The Great American Baking Show” alongside former NFL player Anthony Adams. However, only two episodes of the season aired before the show was pulled due to sexual assault allegations against judge Johnny Iuzzini. Returning to television in 2019, Curry served as both the host and a judge on the American version of the Australian cooking competition series “Family Food Fight.”

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Food Businesses In 2014, Curry brought in her brand of extra virgin olive oil through her company Little Lights of Mine. In a couple of years, she partnered with Chef Michael Mina for a pop-up restaurant in the Bay Area named the Mina Test Kitchen of International Smoke. The eatery then opened another outlet in San Diego. Meanwhile, Curry launched an Oakland-based meal kit delivery service named Homemade in 2017; it was converted into a retail pop-up store in the year 2019. Other Endeavors Beyond food, in 2017, Curry became a spokesperson for the cosmetics brand CoverGirl. Later, in 2020, she launched her brand Sweet July, comprising a lifestyle magazine, product line, and brick-and-mortar store. Curry also formed a television and film production company called Sweet July

Productions. Personal Life In the summer of 2011, Curry married NBA player Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors. The two had first met in a church youth group in Charlotte when they were teens, but didn’t start dating until years later. Together, they have two daughters named Riley and Ryan, and a son named Canon. The Currys live in the affluent Bay Area enclave of Atherton, where they have been somewhat controversially opposed to the development of multifamily housing. In other pursuits, the couple co-founded the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation to help eliminate childhood hunger and increase access to quality education.