Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Elle Simone Scott, the first Black woman to be a regular host of the hit PBS show America’s Test Kitchen, has died. She was 49. The Detroit-born chef and food stylist died on January 5 from ovarian cancer. She had first been diagnosed with stage 1 ovarian cancer in 2016. Her death was announced by her friend Chef Carla Hall, who wrote on Facebook: “Chef Elle Simone Scott was a friend, a force, and a trailblazer. She showed up with excellence, generosity, and deep love for food and community.” Scott was born LaShawnda Sherise Simone Scott on November 28, 1976. She grew up in Detroit and landed her first cooking job at a kosher bakery in Oak Park, Michigan. After losing her job as a social worker in 2008, she found work as a cruise ship chef. She subsequently studied at …