Katie Lee indulges in decadent chocolate cake as she completes FOURTH cookbook and expects baby

Katie Lee indulges in chocolate cake as pregnant former Top Chef host celebrates completing her fourth cookbook

She is a trained chef herself.

Bu former Top Chef host Katie Hill, who is expecting her first baby with her husband Ryan Biegel, loves to shout out other people’s culinary skills too.

She uploaded Insta Stories footage on Monday of her tucking into a scrumptious-looking slice of chocolate cake from New York’s Sweet Corner Bakeshop.

Chowing down: Katie Hill, who is expecting her first baby with her husband Ryan Biegel, loves to shout out other people’s culinary skills too

Katie posted a picture of herself with the dessert to her main Instagram page and revealed that she was celebrating a new work achievement.

‘Yes, it’s 5pm and I just took my shower for the day. Yes, I am having a piece of chocolate cake before dinner. You know why?’ she wrote in the caption.

‘I JUST FINISHED MY 4th COOKBOOK,’ she crowed. ‘Turned in the manuscript to my editor and this is how I celebrate’.

Katie, who fronted the first season of Top Chef before being replaced by Padma Lakshmi, wrote: ‘Now starts the really fun part….editing’.

Only the best: She uploaded Insta Stories footage on Monday of her tucking into a scrumptious-looking slice of chocolate cake from New York's Sweet Corner Bakeshop

Only the best: She uploaded Insta Stories footage on Monday of her tucking into a scrumptious-looking slice of chocolate cake from New York’s Sweet Corner Bakeshop

Source: She has credited the cake to Sweet Corner Bakeshop in the West Village, writing on her main Instagram page that she 'saw it here on the gram and it does not disappoint'

Source: She has credited the cake to Sweet Corner Bakeshop in the West Village, writing on her main Instagram page that she ‘saw it here on the gram and it does not disappoint’

She then credited the cake to Sweet Corner Bakeshop in the West Village, adding that she ‘saw it here on the gram and it does not disappoint’.

Her latest cookery volume, Katie Lee’s Easy-Breezy Eats: The Endless Summer Cookbook, was released in April 2018.

Katie announced her pregnancy last Wednesday with an Instagram snap where she showed off her burgeoning bump in a crop top.

'FINISHED MY 4th COOKBOOK': Katie posted a picture of herself with the dessert to her main Instagram page and revealed that she was celebrating a new work achievement

‘FINISHED MY 4th COOKBOOK’: Katie posted a picture of herself with the dessert to her main Instagram page and revealed that she was celebrating a new work achievement

She could be seen lifting a forkful of spaghetti toward her mouth and captioned that she was ‘Eating for two,’ adding: ‘Baby Biegel is on the way!’

The West Virginia native, who co-hosts The Kitchen on the Food Network and Beach Bites With Katie Lee on the Cooking Channel, has had fertility issues in the past.

Last April she revealed she had unsuccessfully tried in vitro fertilization, writing on Instagram: ‘When Ryan and I got married, our plan was to start a family right away.’

'Eating for two': Katie announced her pregnancy last Wednesday with an Instagram snap where she showed off her burgeoning bump in a crop top

‘Eating for two’: Katie announced her pregnancy last Wednesday with an Instagram snap where she showed off her burgeoning bump in a crop top

Hot couple: Katie is pictured on Siesta Key Beach with her TV producer husband, whom she married in 2018 on the Amalfi Coast

Hot couple: Katie is pictured on Siesta Key Beach with her TV producer husband, whom she married in 2018 on the Amalfi Coast

Katie shared: ‘My doctor advised us to try iVF. We just finished the intense process only to get zero healthy embryos.’

She explained: ‘Not only is iVF physically exhausting, the emotional toll is unparalleled. We were filled with hope and excitement only to be crushed.’

Before tying the knot with Ryan in 2018 on the Amalfi Coast, Katie was married to singing legend Billy Joel from 2004 to 2009. 

The way they were: Before her current marriage, Katie was married to singing legend Billy Joel from 2004 to 2009; they are pictured at the Bridgehampton Polo Club in 2003

The way they were: Before her current marriage, Katie was married to singing legend Billy Joel from 2004 to 2009; they are pictured at the Bridgehampton Polo Club in 2003