Kornbread Jeté

{{Infobox person

| name = Kornbread Jeté

| image = File:RuPaul DragCon 2022 (52072215967) (cropped - Kornbread Jeté).jpg

| caption = Kornbread Jeté at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|01|14}}

| birth_place = Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.

| other_names = Demoria Elise Williams
Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté
Kornbread

| education = American Musical and Dramatic Academy

| occupation = Drag queen

| television = RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14)

| title =

| predecessor =

| successor =

}}

Kornbread Jeté is the stage name of Demoria Elise Williams (born January 14, 1992),{{Cite web|title='RuPaul's Drag Race': Meet the drag queens all set to compete in Season 14!|url=https://meaww.com/ru-pauls-drag-race-drag-queens-compete-season-14|date=December 29, 2021|access-date=January 17, 2022|first=Aurelia|last=Fernandes|website=Meaww|language=en-GB}} an American drag queen best known for competing on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2022.

Early life and education

Williams was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. She later moved to Los Angeles to study musical theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA).{{Cite web|title=Meet Kornbread TMF Snack Jeté of Kornbread Jeté|url=http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-kornbread-tmf-snack-jete-kornbread-jete-los-angeles/|date=August 10, 2020|access-date=January 17, 2022|website=Voyage LA|language=en-GB}}

Career

As of 2022, Kornbread works at The Abbey in Los Angeles, and hosts weekly Drag Race watch parties at West Hollywood's Abbey Food & Bar.{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Kailyn|date=January 7, 2022|title=Star Trek Exhibit, Jack Harlow Show, and Other Best Things To Do in L.A. This Weekend|url=https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/star-trek-exhibit-jack-harlow-show-and-other-best-things-to-do-in-la-this-weekend/|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=Los Angeles Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107042105/https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/star-trek-exhibit-jack-harlow-show-and-other-best-things-to-do-in-la-this-weekend/|url-status=live}}

In 2022, she competed on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She performed an original song routine for the opening episode's talent show and won the challenge, which came with a cash prize of $5,000. In her routine, she used a milk carton with former Drag Race judge Merle Ginsberg depicted as a missing person.{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=January 7, 2022 |title=The best moments from the 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 14 premiere |url=https://ew.com/tv/recaps/rupauls-drag-race-season-14-episode-1-recap-best-moments/ |access-date=January 8, 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}} In the fifth episode, it was announced that Kornbread had to withdraw from the competition after rolling her ankle the week prior, ultimately coming in 11th Place.{{Cite web |date=February 4, 2022 |title=This 'Drag Race' Season 14 Queen Just Pulled Out of the Competition |url=https://www.out.com/television/2022/2/04/drag-race-season-14-kornbread-disqualified-quit-injury |access-date=2022-02-05 |website=www.out.com |language=en}} At the finale, she was announced as Season 14's Miss Congeniality, having been chosen by her fellow contestants, and won a $10,000 cash prize. Kornbread, along with fellow RuPaul's Drag Race alumni Ginger Minj and Kahmora Hall, appeared in the 2022 film Hocus Pocus 2.

She has appeared in videos with Brandon Rogers and Fine Brothers Entertainment, and has been featured in Thrillist.

Personal life

Kornbread is a transgender woman. She is close friends with Kerri Colby, a fellow Drag Race contestant and trans woman.{{Cite web|date=January 5, 2022|title=Kerri Colby and Kornbread Jeté Are Making Trans "Drag Race" History|url=https://www.them.us/story/kornbread-jete-kerri-colby-drag-race-season-14|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=them.|language=en-US|archive-date=January 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106155040/https://www.them.us/story/kornbread-jete-kerri-colby-drag-race-season-14|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Holmes|first=Juwan J.|title=RuPaul's Drag Race will have two trans competitors & a cis straight queen for first time|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/rupauls-drag-race-will-two-trans-competitors-cis-straight-queen-first-time/|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=LGBTQ Nation|date=4 December 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103035644/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/rupauls-drag-race-will-two-trans-competitors-cis-straight-queen-first-time/|url-status=live}} Kornbread has said of Colby, "She's literally walked me through so much of my transition that no one understands how much she's done for me personally. She's not my drag mom, but I tell her she's definitely partly my trans mom."{{Cite magazine|last=Nolfi|first=Joey|date=January 4, 2022|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' season 14 queens dish on twists, trade, and Maddy's manspreading meme|url=https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-season-14-cast-interview-video/|url-status=live|access-date=January 8, 2022|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|language=en|archive-date=January 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106001634/https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-season-14-cast-interview-video/}}{{Cite web|date=January 5, 2022|title='Drag Race' Season 14 Queens Say It's Going to Be 'Transtastic'|url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2022/1/05/drag-race-season-14-queens-say-its-going-be-transtastic|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=www.advocate.com|language=en|archive-date=January 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106025207/https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2022/1/05/drag-race-season-14-queens-say-its-going-be-transtastic|url-status=live}}

Kornbread is the drag daughter of Calypso Jeté Balmain who won the first season of Legendary with the House of Balmain. Her "drag sister" is Hershii LiqCour-Jeté, who competed on the sixteenth season of Drag Race.{{Cite magazine |title='Drag Race' season 16 cast interviews preview classic twists and backstabbery |url=https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-16-cast-interviews-8414172 |access-date=2024-03-16 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115155556/https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-16-cast-interviews-8414172 |url-status=live }}

On September 26, 2022, Kornbread announced via an Instagram post that she had been diagnosed with an early stage adenocarcinoma, a type of intestinal cancer, and used her experience to raise awareness of the disease.{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/news/rupauls-drag-race-star-kornbread-jet-c3-a9-shares-cancer-diagnosis/ar-AA12fwxq|title=RuPaul's Drag Race star Kornbread Jeté shares intestinal cancer diagnosis|first=Brenna|last=Cooper|work=Digital Spy|language=en|date=September 26, 2022|access-date=September 27, 2022}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Ref

2022

|Hocus Pocus 2

|Mary Sanderson impersonator

|{{Cite web |last1=March 15 |first1=Joey Nolfi |last2=EDT |first2=2022 at 02:12 PM |title='Drag Race' stars Kornbread, Kahmora Hall join 'Hocus Pocus 2' as drag Mary and Sarah |url=https://ew.com/movies/drag-race-stars-kornbread-kahmora-hall-hocus-pocus-2/ |access-date=October 5, 2022 |website=EW.com |language=en}}

=Television=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Notes
scope="row" rowspan="1"\| 2019 \| The Boulet Brothers' Dragula{{citation needed\|date=July 2023}} \| Herself \| Cameo; season 3, episode 1
scope="row" rowspan="1"\| 2021 \| Wigs in a Blanket{{citation needed\|date=July 2023}} \| Herself \|
scope="row" rowspan="3"\| 2022 \| RuPaul's Drag Race \| Contestant \| Season 14, 6 episodes (11th place)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked \| Herself \| Season 13, 4 episodes
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen{{citation needed\|date=July 2023}} \| Herself \| Guest; season 19, episode 40
2023 \| RuPaul's Drag Race \| Herself \| Guest; season 15, 1 episode; named Miss Congeniality

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Notes

scope="row" rowspan="1"| 2019

| The Boulet Brothers' Dragula{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

| Herself

| Cameo; season 3, episode 1

scope="row" rowspan="1"| 2021

| Wigs in a Blanket{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

| Herself

scope="row" rowspan="3"| 2022

| RuPaul's Drag Race

| Contestant

| Season 14, 6 episodes (11th place)

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

| Herself

| Season 13, 4 episodes

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

| Herself

| Guest; season 19, episode 40

2023

| RuPaul's Drag Race

| Herself

| Guest; season 15, 1 episode;
named Miss Congeniality

= Music videos =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Artist ! style="text-align: center;" class="unsortable"\| {{abbr\|Ref\|Reference(s)}}
2019 \|"Freedom" \|Kameron Michaels \|{{Cite web\|title=WATCH: Kameron Michaels Has Released Debut Music Video "Freedom"\|url=https://celebmix.com/watch-kameron-michaels-has-released-debut-music-video-freedom/\|access-date=January 17, 2022\|first=Jonathon\|last=Currinn\|website=Celeb Mix\|date=June 29, 2019 \|language=en-GB}}
2021 \|"Is It Me?" \|Scarlet Envy \|{{citation needed\|date=July 2023}}
rowspan="3" \|2022 \|"C'mon Baby Cry" \|Orville Peck \|{{citation needed\|date=July 2023}}
"Taste So Good" \| Weedmaps x Cann \| {{Cite web\|title="Taste So Good" (The Cann Song) - Official Music Video {{!}} Weedmaps x Cann\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViNALW35WkE\|access-date=May 31, 2022\|website=Youtube.com\| date=31 May 2022 \|language=en-GB}}
"Angle" \| Willow Pill \| {{Cite web\|title=Willow Pill- Angle (feat. Kornbread) Official Music Video\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goMpYAe8e60\|access-date=June 11, 2022\|website=Youtube.com\| date=8 June 2022 \|language=en-GB}}

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scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Artist

! style="text-align: center;" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}

2019

|"Freedom"

|Kameron Michaels

|{{Cite web|title=WATCH: Kameron Michaels Has Released Debut Music Video "Freedom"|url=https://celebmix.com/watch-kameron-michaels-has-released-debut-music-video-freedom/|access-date=January 17, 2022|first=Jonathon|last=Currinn|website=Celeb Mix|date=June 29, 2019 |language=en-GB}}

2021

|"Is It Me?"

|Scarlet Envy

|{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

rowspan="3" |2022

|"C'mon Baby Cry"

|Orville Peck

|{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

"Taste So Good"

| Weedmaps x Cann

| {{Cite web|title="Taste So Good" (The Cann Song) - Official Music Video {{!}} Weedmaps x Cann|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViNALW35WkE|access-date=May 31, 2022|website=Youtube.com| date=31 May 2022 |language=en-GB}}

"Angle"

| Willow Pill

| {{Cite web|title=Willow Pill- Angle (feat. Kornbread) Official Music Video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goMpYAe8e60|access-date=June 11, 2022|website=Youtube.com| date=8 June 2022 |language=en-GB}}

=Internet series=

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scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Notes ! scope="col" \| {{Tooltip\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row" rowspan="2" \| 2019 \|Spectrum \| Herself \| Episode: "Do All Drag Queens Think The Same?" \|{{cite AV media\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAXYqmecUHU&t\|title=Do All Drag Queens Think The Same? {{!}} Spectrum\|publisher=Jubilee\|date=July 26, 2019\|accessdate=January 17, 2022}}
Blame the Hero \| H.B. / Queen's Advisor \| Guest role; 3 episodes \|{{citation needed\|date=July 2023}}
scope="row" rowspan="1" \| 2020 \|Blood & Makeup \| Dr. Linda \| Guest role; Episode: "Part3" \|{{citation needed\|date=July 2023}}
scope="row" rowspan="1" \| 2021 \| Normal British Series \| The Sacred One \| Main role \|{{citation needed\|date=July 2023}}
scope="row" rowspan="6" \| 2022 \|Whatcha Packin’ \| Herself \| Guest \|{{cite AV media\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ApLGO7Q2wA\|title=Whatcha Packin' #2 {{!}} S14 E05 {{!}} RuPaul's Drag Race\|publisher=Youtube.com\|accessdate=June 12, 2022}}
Binge Queens \| Herself \| Guest \| {{Citation\|title=SPOILER ALERT: Binge Queens - RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 7, Episode 1 Preview\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cJEiByeSoI\|language=en\|date=May 27, 2022}}
The Awardist \| Herself \| Guest \| {{Citation\|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 14 Contestants On Most Entertaining Season Yet! {{!}} Entertainment Weekly\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcV6CAeG3F8\|language=en\|date=June 23, 2022}}
Folx Presents \| Herself \| Guest \| {{Citation\|title=Season 14 Drag Race Queens On Trans Joy\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4vEupePVEs\|language=en\|date=August 4, 2022}}
EW News Flash \|Herself \|Guest with Ginger Minj and Kahmora Hall \|{{cite AV media\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgHshE-zDCo\|title=Drag Queens On Transforming into the Sanderson Sisters in 'Hocus Pocus 2' {{!}} Entertainment Weekly\|publisher=YouTube\|date=September 21, 2022\|access-date=November 26, 2022}}
Out of the Closet \| Herself \| Guest \| {{Citation\|title=Kornbread 🍞 A Homemade Tour {{!}} S6 E1 {{!}} Out of the Closet 👗\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLaPVZqA-us\|language=en\|date=November 1, 2022}}
scope="row" rowspan="4" \| 2023 \|Amigas y Amores \| Herself \| Guest Starring \| {{Citation\|title=Ep. 2: Salina EsTitties' Amigas y Amores\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvkydWSDv6Y\|language=en\|date=May 18, 2023}}{{Citation\|title=Ep. 3: Salina EsTitties' Amigas y Amores\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGrr5uKZLjk\|language=en\|date=May 21, 2023}}
Sissy That Talk Show with Joseph Shepherd \|Herself \|Podcast; Guest \| style="text-align: center;" \|{{cite AV media \|date=February 28, 2023 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKldShD3bqg\|title=KORNBREAD THE SNACK JETÉ {{!}} Sissy That Talk Show with Joseph Shepherd {{!}} Episode 6 \|publisher=Moguls of Media \|via=YouTube \|access-date=June 14, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202170138/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKldShD3bqg \|archive-date=February 2, 2023 \|url-status=live}}
The Pit Stop \| Herself \| Guest \| {{Citation\|title=The Pit Stop AS8 E05 🏁 Bianca Del Rio & Kornbread Get Baked! {{!}} RuPaul's Drag Race AS8\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxgy0r5TbDM\|language=en\|date=June 3, 2023}}
Bryce \|Gloria Goopty \| Main role \|{{citation needed\|date=July 2023}}
scope="row" rowspan="2" \| 2024 \|Class Acts \| Rhoda May \| Recurring role \|{{citation needed\|date=June 2024}}
Give It To Me Straight \|Herself \| Guest \| {{Citation\|title=KORNBREAD {{!}} Give It To Me Straight {{!}} Ep 43\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYEemIqlypA\|language=en\|date=August 8, 2024}}
scope="row" rowspan="1" \| 2025 \|Dragged Ink \| Herself \| Guest \| {{Citation\|title=Tattooing Kornbread {{!}} Dragged Ink Episode 104\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYY0bKHuiao\|language=en\|date=January 27, 2025}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Notes

! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2019

|Spectrum

| Herself

| Episode: "Do All Drag Queens Think The Same?"

|{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAXYqmecUHU&t|title=Do All Drag Queens Think The Same? {{!}} Spectrum|publisher=Jubilee|date=July 26, 2019|accessdate=January 17, 2022}}

Blame the Hero

| H.B. / Queen's Advisor

| Guest role; 3 episodes

|{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" | 2020

|Blood & Makeup

| Dr. Linda

| Guest role; Episode: "Part3"

|{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" | 2021

| Normal British Series

| The Sacred One

| Main role

|{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan="6" | 2022

|Whatcha Packin’

| Herself

| Guest

|{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ApLGO7Q2wA|title=Whatcha Packin' #2 {{!}} S14 E05 {{!}} RuPaul's Drag Race|publisher=Youtube.com|accessdate=June 12, 2022}}

Binge Queens

| Herself

| Guest

| {{Citation|title=SPOILER ALERT: Binge Queens - RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 7, Episode 1 Preview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cJEiByeSoI|language=en|date=May 27, 2022}}

The Awardist

| Herself

| Guest

| {{Citation|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 14 Contestants On Most Entertaining Season Yet! {{!}} Entertainment Weekly|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcV6CAeG3F8|language=en|date=June 23, 2022}}

Folx Presents

| Herself

| Guest

| {{Citation|title=Season 14 Drag Race Queens On Trans Joy|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4vEupePVEs|language=en|date=August 4, 2022}}

EW News Flash

|Herself

|Guest with Ginger Minj and Kahmora Hall

|{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgHshE-zDCo|title=Drag Queens On Transforming into the Sanderson Sisters in 'Hocus Pocus 2' {{!}} Entertainment Weekly|publisher=YouTube|date=September 21, 2022|access-date=November 26, 2022}}

Out of the Closet

| Herself

| Guest

| {{Citation|title=Kornbread 🍞 A Homemade Tour {{!}} S6 E1 {{!}} Out of the Closet 👗|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLaPVZqA-us|language=en|date=November 1, 2022}}

scope="row" rowspan="4" | 2023

|Amigas y Amores

| Herself

| Guest Starring

| {{Citation|title=Ep. 2: Salina EsTitties' Amigas y Amores|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvkydWSDv6Y|language=en|date=May 18, 2023}}{{Citation|title=Ep. 3: Salina EsTitties' Amigas y Amores|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGrr5uKZLjk|language=en|date=May 21, 2023}}

Sissy That Talk Show with Joseph Shepherd

|Herself

|Podcast; Guest

| style="text-align: center;" |{{cite AV media |date=February 28, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKldShD3bqg|title=KORNBREAD THE SNACK JETÉ {{!}} Sissy That Talk Show with Joseph Shepherd {{!}} Episode 6 |publisher=Moguls of Media |via=YouTube |access-date=June 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202170138/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKldShD3bqg |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |url-status=live}}

The Pit Stop

| Herself

| Guest

| {{Citation|title=The Pit Stop AS8 E05 🏁 Bianca Del Rio & Kornbread Get Baked! {{!}} RuPaul's Drag Race AS8|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxgy0r5TbDM|language=en|date=June 3, 2023}}

Bryce

|Gloria Goopty

| Main role

|{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2024

|Class Acts

| Rhoda May

| Recurring role

|{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Give It To Me Straight

|Herself

| Guest

| {{Citation|title=KORNBREAD {{!}} Give It To Me Straight {{!}} Ep 43|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYEemIqlypA|language=en|date=August 8, 2024}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" | 2025

|Dragged Ink

| Herself

| Guest

| {{Citation|title=Tattooing Kornbread {{!}} Dragged Ink Episode 104|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYY0bKHuiao|language=en|date=January 27, 2025}}

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Award-giving body

! Category

! Work

! Results

! Ref.

style="text-align:center"|2022

| style="text-align:center"|Critics' Choice Real TV Awards

| style="text-align:center"|Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series
(Shared with the Season 14 cast)

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|RuPaul's Drag Race

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center"|{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/critics-choice-real-tv-awards-winners-rupauls-drag-race-top-chef-2022-1235043990/|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' & 'Top Chef' Lead Critics Choice Real TV Awards|author=Erik Pedersen|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 12, 2022|access-date=June 14, 2022}}

style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|2023

|style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|Queerty Awards

|style="text-align:center"|Closet Door Bustdown
(Shared with Bosco, Jasmine Kennedie and Willow Pill)

|{{runner-up}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{cite web |title=Closet Door Bustdown Nominees |url=https://www.queerty.com/queerties/vote?category_id=2302 |website=The Queerties |access-date=January 25, 2023}}

style="text-align:center"|Future All-Star

|style="text-align:center"|Herself

|{{won}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{cite web |title=Future All-Star Nominees |url=https://www.queerty.com/queerties/vote?category_id=2304 |website=The Queerties |access-date=January 25, 2023}}