Jesse
LOS ANGELES, CA - Instinct's April issue tackles the theme of entertaining at home, so who better to feature on the cover than Jesse Brune, chef extraordinaire from Bravo's Work Out. It may seem like the 27-year-old Seattle native has found his calling on the television program, but as he tells it, he was initially a bit hesitant to take the on-camera gig.
"I didn't think I could do a show about working out," he says of time when he joined the cast. "I didn't know if it was my passion. I did the show really because they said they would feature me cooking. So I said, why not?"
Jesse also looks back at the now-hilarious trials of coming out at age 15: "I had a total fascination with New Kids On The Block. Mariah Carey too. It was all right there in [my] journal." Naturally, his sneaky kid sister read the journal. "I so knew then," says Bethany Brune. "When I read NKOTB and Mariah Carey? C'mon! Plus, kids would say little things about Jesse being gay at school. I totally beat up all the boys!"
Brune also discusses the catch that came along with enrolling in the Le Cordon Bleu program at the California School Of Culinary Arts to become a Chef. "With all of the cooking culinary school requires, I started noticing all my friends -- myself included -- gaining, like 50 pounds. Not cute!"
Check out Instinct's April issue to find out how Jesse eventually overcame his personal weight issues by carving out a career helping others achieve a healthier lifestyle on Work Out.
Editor in chief Mike Wood is available to answer questions and to dispense exclusive photos from the April cover shoot with Jesse Brune. E-mail mwood@instinctmag.com
Instinct's April issue also includes interviews with Janet Jackson, Joan Rivers and Swedish pop star Robyn.
About Instinct:
Instinct was established in 1997 and has grown to become the leading independent gay national print publication. Audited by BPA Worldwide, Instinct readers are young gay trendsetters who are affluent, highly educated, brand-loyal consumers with high disposable incomes.
Contact: Mike Wood
Tel: 818.286.0071 x 102
E-mail: mwood@instinctmag.com
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