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“Top Chef” winner Kelsey Clark was arrested in her Alabama hometown Wednesday night after she drove into a mailbox, police said.
The 35-year-old was taken into custody for allegedly being under the influence of alcohol while driving through a neighborhood in Dothan, Alabama, before crashing into a mailbox, AL.com reported.
Her two children were in the car with her at the time and were allowed to leave with a family member, WTVY-TV reported. The outlet reported that neither Clark nor her children were hurt.
The cookbook author was found to be intoxicated during a field sobriety test, AL.com reported.
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“We received a call regarding a vehicle striking the mailbox in the 1300 block of Selkirk Drive. Our officers who responded to the scene determined that Clark was under the influence,” Dothan police Lt. Scott Owens told WTVY-TV.
She was charged with a misdemeanor and booked into the Dothan City Jail.
After winning Season 16 of Food Network’s “Top Chef,” Clark is a judge on Netflix’s “Next Gen Chef.”
She also owns a restaurant called KBC along with a catering business and a market in Dothan.
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“We believe at KBC that the table should be where anyone can come and experience love, community and belonging,” the restaurant says on its website.
Clark began cooking as a middle school student and later left Alabama for New York to study at the Culinary Institute of America. She’s worked in Manhattan restaurants like Café Boulud and Dovetail before returning to her hometown, where she launched her business, according to her restaurant’s website.
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“Kelsey’s passion is whole food, prepared classically and plated with big city flair,” the website adds.
Fox News Digital has reached out to reps for Clark and Dothan Police for comment.
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