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Nyesha Arrington Of “Next Level Chef” On How To Level Up Your Life

February 2, 2026·45 min·1 clip

Nyesha Arrington reveals how Next Level Chef's progressive platform includes social media chefs and prioritizes mental health.

It starts in the cold. Keri is at Newsstand Studios in Rockefeller Center, joking about leaving sunny Burbank for freezing New York. The warmth comes through Naisha Arrington and "Next Level Chef," the Fox cooking competition with the three-level set Keri says you really have to see. Season five has just started, and Keri keeps the opener quick and fond, moving from Ireland, where the show is filmed, into the harder question of staying healthy in restaurant life. The wellness talk is refreshingly practical. Naisha talks about it as something she plans, tracks, and does before the production day starts. A dead hang becomes a useful check-in. She brings up the 60-second bar hang, then makes room for whatever version gets the body awake. Pushups are not about looking tough. They are part of a small morning routine that helps her walk into a long day with more steadiness. Then there is the smoothie, because protein has to fit around hair, makeup, and a packed set schedule. The mentorship part is where the conversation gets more interesting. Naisha watches each cook, remembers how they handled the day before, and changes her tone to reach them. That takes self-control too. Even water gets a real chef's explanation: coffee, timing, bathroom breaks, cameras, and shapewear all matter. Keri's quick reactions keep the episode loose, so the wellness talk feels like a working chef saying what actually helps when the day could go sideways. By the end, taking care of the body sounds less like a lifestyle slogan and more like part of being responsible to the people counting on you.

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Nyesha Arrington makes wellness feel like working equipment for Next Level Chef, not a side pursuit.

Nyesha Arrington comes on Radio Cherry Bombe as the Next Level Chef judge with heat to spare, but the episode is less about TV sparkle than the discipline that lets her show up well.

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If you have ever tried to show up for others while running on empty, Naisha Arrington has notes.

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