Food Meets Fashion with DND Gel’s YES CHEF! Nail Drop
- By: Ani Gutierrez
DND Gel is turning up the heat with YES CHEF!, an exclusive culinary-inspired menu of six bold polishes, garnished with recipes from women shaping today’s food culture.
The hottest thing coming out of the kitchen this season isn’t a dish at all, it’s a manicure. DND Gel’s new YES CHEF! limited-edition nail kit takes the flavors, fire, and culture of the kitchen and serves them as six delectable gel polishes. Blending beauty with culinary culture, this isn’t just another nail polish collection, it’s a collaboration with some of today’s most exciting female culinary creators.
Since food is always better shared, DND Gel, a cult-favorite professional nail brand, is serving up YES CHEF! alongside four powerhouse culinary creators who know their way around food and fashion: Tue Nguyen, Kelsey Calemine, Roti Brown, and Cassie Yeung. Co-creating recipes inspired by the collection’s vibrant shades, the recipe cards are also included in the kit along with nail art stickers, nail charms, and a DND-branded tomato salt & pepper shaker, all wrapped up in a spicy chili-shaped box that doubles as a collector’s item.
Each polish is inspired by a dish created by DND’s culinary dream team of collaborators. Nguyen, a Forbes 30 Under 30 restaurateur, dishes out Spicy Chicken Dumplings & Lemongrass Chili Oil to match the citrusy-green zing of the color, “Zest It.” Calemine, a digital tastemaker and home cook, serves up Orzo with Crispy Pancetta: a glossy, buttery bowl that matches the golden warmth of the shade, “Spread It.” Brown, a culinary storyteller, spotlights her Caribbean heritage with the Caribbean Pepper Patties, aligning with the hue of “Sear It.” Yeung, a Next Level Chef contestant turned Ticktok star, doubles down with Beef & Udon Noodles in her signature chili oil: a fiery match for the shade, “Scorching!”
The YES CHEF! Collection
$115
The full list of these mouthwatering shades include:
Spread It – A buttery yellow
Sip It – A rich cabernet crème burgundy
Sear It – A bold, fire-engine red
Zest It – A zippy citrus green
Glaze It – A sheer sugar-gloss white shimmer
SCORCHING! – A true, spicy red
Each polish, like each recipe, tells a story. One of heritage, creativity, and expression. DND’s spokesperson puts it best: “Nails are fashion, and food is culture; both are forms of self-expression that bring people together.” YES CHEF! is more than just a nail polish kit, it’s a culinary story and a reminder that women are driving cultural conversations of both flavor and fashion.
The YES CHEF! collection is available for purchase now.
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