Food Network Star Kardea Brown Reveals She Chose Wedding Gown by “Project Runway ”Alum: 'I Said Yes to the Dress!'

Kardea Brown has checked one important task of her wedding to-do list: her dress fitting!

The Food Network star, 37, shared a video on Instagram on Monday, Jan. 27, documenting her visit to the Laury Bride bespoke bridal shop in Chicago. The clip — set to the Eric Benét song "Spend My Life with You" — gives fans a glimpse of the elegant salon and its racks of gorgeous dresses, before ending with owner and designer Laurie Underwood opening a set of shimmery curtains to reveal Brown.

The Kids Baking Championship host can be seen standing with a big smile as she holds a circular sign that reads, "I Said Yes at Laury Bride." It seems Brown is keeping her dress under wraps, as she posed in a black sweatshirt, sweatpants and a Yankees cap.

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In the post's caption, Brown — who is engaged to partner Bryon Smith — detailed why she chose Underwood, who was a contestant in season 14 of Project Runway — to create her one-of-a-kind wedding gown.

"I SAID YES TO THE DRESS at @laurybride!!!!" she began, before explaining that she's been "very intentional" during her wedding planning process to work with "small businesses and entrepreneurs, particularly minority women-owned businesses."

Brown wrote that she feels "so blessed" to have discovered Underwood's shop, located in Chicago's Southside, "a neighborhood where there are practically no wedding dress stores."

"Laury’s mission is truly inspiring — to show young black and brown girls that being a blushing bride is realistic and achievable," the chef noted.

Brown went on to share that she gave Underwood a series of inspiration photos for her dream dress, and the designer executed her vision "in a remarkably short period." Then, she and some girlfriends traveled to Chicago to do her first — and final — fitting.

"I couldn’t be happier with the entire process," she wrote.

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Brown announced her engagement on Instagram on New Year's Day in January 2023. Alongside footage of Smith getting down on one knee and presenting her with a ring as loved ones cheered from off-camera, she wrote, "And this is how I brought the New Year in……Cousins I’M GETTING MARRIED!!!!! The best night of my life ❤️."

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She also included a sweet shout-out to her fiancé: "To the love of my life…. I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you 🥹."

On New Year's Day two years later, Brown teased her upcoming wedding. "2025….. the year we become one! Looking forward to the many blessings this year will bring," she wrote on Instagram, sharing a black-and-white photo of herself and Smith.

In a December 2023 episode of her Food Network show Delicious Miss Brown, the former social worker-turned-chef highlighted a series of "tasty bites" for a bridal shower her friends and family were throwing for her, including mini salmon BLTs and chocolate coconut nests.

Smith apparently is happy to pitch in with his fiancée's food projects, as Brown shared a lighthearted video on Instagram of her future husband playing "a pivotal role" in a photo shoot for her new cookbook: "nacho coordinator." The clip shows Smith gently pouring what appears to be hot sauce onto a nacho chip as a photographer took shots from above.

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