Celebrity Chef, Chloe, shares the best breast health advice through her own diagnosis story

About Chloe (@chloeskitchen)

Chloe and Simon Cowell

Originally from London with roots in Sussex, Chloe now calls Los Angeles home, where she’s spent the last 15 years blending her passion for food, wellness, and performance. Chloe worked in tv and film as an actress before switching to becoming a chef and working for celebrities like Simon Cowell for many years.

When she's not in the kitchen or behind the camera, you'll find her singing, dancing, hiking the LA hills, catching a concert, or planning her next adventure.

In July 2021, at age 32, Chloe was diagnosed with stage 2A, grade 3 triple negative breast cancer. Now, over three years into survivorship, she shares her journey of healing, resilience, and vibrant living through nourishing recipes, joyful movement, and honest storytelling.

Chloe’s Story

Hi everyone, I'm Chloe from Chloe's Kitchen. I'm a celebrity private chef, a breastccancer survivor, a nutrition coach, and a content creator. I share lots of healthy anti -inflammatory recipes on my page.

I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer stage two A grade three tumor when I was 32 years old in July, 2021. I then immediately went and did a lumpectomy surgery to remove the cancer and the tumor that was 3 .6 centimeters. They got clear margins and they also removed two lymph nodes from under my arm for additional testing. They were both negative.

I then went ahead and did IVF to hopefully preserve my fertility because chemo can make you infertile. I made it some embryos with my husband and froze my eggs and then we went ahead and started with my treatment with chemotherapy and radiation.

I'm now over three and a half years out from being diagnosed. I'm doing really, really well and although I'm still navigating survivorship and life and remission and dealing with certain side effects that I still have left over from treatment, I've honestly never felt better. I'm really grateful that I'm still here every day.

So I found my breast cancer just washing under my arm in the shower and I grazed the left side of my breast and felt what felt like a hard marble in there. And I immediately went to my primary care doctor and they said, "No, no, no, you're fine. You're too young for breast cancer. You have no family history. There is no way it's anything bad. Go away and come back in six weeks." So I went back after six weeks. I demanded a mammogram because at that point I had a lot of pain when I would touch the area and a lot of pain radiating down my arm. And I was like, I need a mammogram, something is wrong. And I was sent over for a mammogram and they immediately did an ultrasound and I was scheduled for a biopsy because they realized that it was in fact a tumor. So I did the biopsy and a few days later I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer, which has a high recurrence rate and is one that tends to affect young women the most. I knew that something was wrong but also didn't think it was actually going to be breast cancer and then I had to start a year of very aggressive treatment.

But I'm here still to tell the tale and share my story with you all and I found out about Know Your Lemons from online on Instagram. They popped up on my feed and I love their message of self -exams, the importance of checking yourself regularly, doing it every month, look in the mirror, check yourself, make sure you know you're normal. If there's anything abnormal at all, go to your doctor and force them to send you for a scan because women are getting diagnosed younger and younger with breast cancer. It can happen to literally anyone at any time in their lives whether they have family history or not so make sure that you're always doing yourself exams and getting checked.

Follow me over on Instagram at Chloe's Kitchen so that I can share with you all some healthy anti -inflammatory recipes that helped me during my life in remission from breast cancer and also share my journey with you all to hopefully inspire others to do their self -exams and empower people to always advocate for yourself and prioritizing your health always. If you feel something weird go straight to the doctor and get it checked.