Kelsey's Essentials

{{short description|American food reality television series}}

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• Cooking show
• Food reality television}}

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| presenter = Kelsey Nixon

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| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 6

| num_episodes = 69{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/kelseys-essentials/episodes/362660|title=Watch Kelsey's Essentials Episodes Online {{!}} Season 6 (2016) {{!}} TV Guide|work=TV Guide|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=March 29, 2020}}

| list_episodes = List of Kelsey's Essentials episodes

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| company = Rock Shrimp Productions{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2995946|title=Kelsey's Essentials (TV Series 2010– ) - IMDb|work=IMDb|publisher=Amazon|accessdate=March 29, 2020}}

| channel = Cooking Channel

| first_aired = {{start date|2010|11|6}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2016|12|14}}

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Kelsey's Essentials is an American cooking show that aired on Cooking Channel. It was presented by chef Kelsey Nixon, who came to prominence as a contestant on the fourth season of the Food Network series Food Network Star.{{cite web|url=https://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/a19938439/kelsey-nixon|title=How Food Network Star Kelsey Nixon Lost 20 Pounds While in Culinary School|work=Women's Health|publisher=Hearst|last=Hilmantel|first=Robin|date=February 26, 2014|accessdate=March 29, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kelsey-nixons-kitchen-essentials-cooking-channel-stars-best-gadgets-20141711|title=Kelsey Nixon's Kitchen Essentials: Cooking Channel Star's Best Gadgets|work=Us Weekly|publisher=American Media, Inc|last=Corneau|first=Allison|date=November 17, 2014|accessdate=March 29, 2020}} The series featured Nixon teaching viewers how to cook and follow recipes "with confidence" and by utilizing "essential" kitchen utensils.

Kelsey's Essentials premiered on November 6, 2010, and concluded on December 14, 2016, after six seasons.