Meet the Host of America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation

She’s the host of America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation, but Jeannie Mai is no stranger to the world of television. An avid home cook and talk show host, Jeannie brings both the glamour and the kitchen know-how to her role.

This is everything you need to know about the abundantly talented TV personality.

Jeannie is an Emmy-winning cohost of the nationally syndicated talk show The Real, which ran for eight seasons, and is currently a sideline correspondent for ABC’s extreme mini-golf competition series Holey Moley. She also co-hosted the 71st Miss Universe pageant in 2024 and had a supporting role in Lifetime's 2024 holiday movie Christmas In the Spotlight.

In 2018, Jeannie and her fellow The Real cohosts received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host. The show also received multiple Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Talk Series, and received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Talk Series.

Jeannie hasn't just received accolades for her television appearances, though. In 2020, Jeannie competed on Season 29 of the ABC series Dancing with the Stars, and in May 2021, she was included in the Gold House A100 list, recognizing the most impactful leaders in the Asian community.

A style expert and producer, Jeannie launched her web series, Hello Hunnay, which takes fans on her journey through fashion, fitness, finances, and relationships. 

Jeannie also hosts the podcast Listen Hunnay, where she interviews everyone from sex therapists to divorce lawyers and morticians to crime scene investigators in an effort to understand the journeys at the heart of the human being behind the career.