While some of us turn to the gym or perhaps the bottle to relieve stress, some of us (like myself) find refuge in the kitchen.  Such is the case with newly divorced, Kelis.  Get this, during her hiatus from music and since her battle with Nas she’s been training in London at the renowned culinary academy, Le Cordon Bleu and is now a certified saucier. I guess her milkshakes inspired her to reach new heights.

“I want to have my own sauce line,” she tells Idolater. “I love the lifestyle of a great meal. I think food, fashion and music all go together when it’s done right.  I also want to get my sommelier certification, which I’m going to do eventually. I love the whole thing. I want to go back to school, too.”

Kelis says she first got into food after being dropped from her contract in 2007.

“I took some time off. I really just shut down, even to the point where I was like, I don’t want to sing anymore,” she said. “I went to culinary school and just regrouped and got my heart back for music.”

I’ve always kind of looked at Kelis as a wierdo but I really have to salute this move.  Naturally I’m biased because I love cooking and would love to go to culinary school but I think more emcees and singers should look to different avenues to expand their empires than just a clothing line or putting out some lame beverage.  Even celebrities need side hustles.  Whose to say her line of sauces couldn’t make her more popular than her music career did.  One thing is for sure though, we’ve learned from experience the copycats are coming.   Expect 5-10 announcements of artists going to culinary school in the next 12 months…I bet money.