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Top Chef: Just Desserts’ Yigit Pura Says ‘It Gets Better’

How did we miss this? “The hot one” from Top Chef: Just Desserts, Yigit Pura, takes a cue from Dan Savage (and Cat Cora, and many others) and last week uploaded this video in which he talks about being bullied in high school not only for being gay, but for being Turkish. Then, he says, it got better. “My second week in college I kissed a boy and it was like rainbows exploded all around me.”


’It Gets Better’: Top Chef Just Desserts’ Yigit Pura Recalls Bullying [SFoodie]
Earlier: Meet Yigit Pura, Sure to Be Dubbed ‘The Hot One’ on Top Chef: Just Desserts [Grub Street]

Top Chef: Just Desserts’ Yigit Pura Says ‘It Gets