Where To Sample This 'Chopped' Champion's Cuisine In North Jersey

HOBOKEN, NJ — Kiersten Gormeley, one of the founders of Shaka Bowl in Hoboken, beat out two competitors on Tuesday night's episode of TV's "Chopped" to become the newest "Chopped Champion."

The restaurant announced on Thursday, "Since she was a little girl it’s been @chefkiersteng dream to be on the Food Network's Chopped. With an underlying passion for food, a need for a healthier food option on the market, a burning sensation to create, and the strongest perseverance to never give up on her dreams, Kiersten is now officially a Chopped Champion."

Kiersten and her sister Krista Gormeley opened the two Hoboken locations of Shaka Bowl after a post-college vacation in Hawaii in 2014 turned them on to poke bowls and acai — for the nutritional benefits and for the affordability.

"WOW," Gormeley wrote on Wednesday. "Words will never be able to express the excitement, the love, the gratitude, the unconditional amount of abundance that fills me today. "

Gormeley is also a cancer survivor, having battled thyroid cancer after opening her Monroe Street location in 2016. READ MORE: Hoboken Restauranteur Beats Cancer, Opens Eatery

Shaka Bowl in Hoboken is located at both 110 Washington St. and 720 Monroe St.

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