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INTRO Chris Bukowski is best known as the reality TV personality with the most appearances in ‘The Bachelor’. He also once famously wrote a very raw and public resignation letter from ‘The Bachelor’.
Chris may not have found true love in reality tv, but he certainly has found his true passion in his career. With two restaurants, a digital marketing company, and a rich background in hospitality and management work experience, Chris is definitely an underrated entrepreneur who should be known for his ventures more than his dating and love life.
WHO IS CHRIS BUKOWSKI- WHAT IS HE KNOWN FOR? Chris Bukowski is a restaurateur, entrepreneur, and TV Personality. With a degree in Hospitality Management from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, he co-founded Bracket Room, an upscale sports lounge and restaurant.
They now have two branches: One in their original location in Arlington, Virginia (opened 2013), and the latest in the University of Illinois campus (opened 2017) Chis also co-founded and manages a digital web development agency, KCM Create. On top of his role as a business owner, Chris Bukowski is probably more popularly known as a Reality TV show veteran of ‘The Bachelor.’ Chris currently holds the record for having the most appearances on ‘The Bachelor’ shows.
HOW OLD IS CHRIS BUKOWSKI? Chris Bukowski was born on the 10th of September 1986. This makes him 33 years old as of the time of writing. IMAGE: https://www.instagram.com/p/BxYLaahBX7s/?utm_source=ig_embed CHRIS BUKOWSKI FAMILY – PARENTS, SIBLINGS Chris was born in Bartlett, Illinois (population 41,208).
His parents, John and Rose Bukowski, are of Polish-Jewish ancestry. He has two sisters, Renee and Teresa. Both of his sisters are married. Chris seems to have a close relationship with his family based on his social media accounts, where he is often seen visiting his hometown and spending time with his nieces.
CHRIS BUKOWSKI EARLY YEARS / EDUCATION Chris Bukowski graduated from Bartlett High School in 2005. According to the Bartlett High School website, Chris visits Bartlett once or twice a month to visit his family. He even paid his high school a visit in the spring of 2019, giving high school students an advice to enjoy the present and not stress too much about the future.
Chris is known to still keep in contact with his high school friends and teachers. During his last visit to Bartlett High School, he was known to have said, “…the TV stuff is cool, but I still think about high school all the time.
Good times here for sure”. In 2009, Chris Bukowski graduated from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas with a degree in Hospitality Management. WHERE DOES CHRIS BUKOWSKI LIVE? According to his social media profile, Chris currently resides in Denver but lists Chicago and Denver as his locations.
It can be assumed that Chris shuffles his time between the two cities. HOW DID CHRIS BUKWOSKI START IN THE BACHELOR / THE BACHELORETTE? Chris Bukowski made his first appearance in ‘The Bachelorette’ in 2012 when he was 25 years old.
He says a friend nominated him to be a contestant and he received an e-mail from producers. And this is the beginning of Chris’ 7-year on-and-off appearance in ‘The Bachelor’ Reality TV series. CHRIS BUKOWSKI AND HIS ‘THE BACHELOR’ APPEARANCES Chris is currently known to hold the most appearances in ‘The Bachelor Nation’.
Chris Bukowski started his appearance as a contestant on the 8th season of ‘The Bachelorette’ where he was eliminated in week 8. On the 3rd season of ‘Bachelor Pad’, he returned and placed runner-up.
He again appeared on the 10th season of ‘The Bachelorette’ but ended up not being chosen by the bachelorette herself. He returned in the first season of ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ where he quit in week 3.
On the second season of ‘Bachelor in Paradise’, he again returned but quit in week 4. Finally ,on the 6th season of ‘Bachelor in Paradise’, he returned and won. (source: Bachelor Nation Fandom) HAS CHRIS BUKOWSKI APPEARED IN OTHER MOVIES AND TV SHOWS? According to Chris Bukowski’s IMDB Profile, with the exception of a guesting at the Steve Harvey show in 2015, his only other TV appearances are in ‘The Bachelor’ series.
He appeared on and off on the show from 2012 to 2019. 
CHRIS BUKOWSKI AND GERARD BUTLER RESEMBLANCE Many have noticed Chris Bukowski’s striking resemblance to Scottish actor Gerard Butler. Chris seems to agree with this, good-humouredly commenting on this particular Instagram photo of Gerard Butler, “Dad?” CHRIS BUKOWSKI RESIGNATION LETTER FROM THE BACHELOR In 2015, Chris Bukowski famously wrote a very public, very detailed and lengthy ‘resignation letter’ from reality TV show.
Some excerpts from the lengthy but very real post include: “I’ll never forget going to my parents’ house and witnessing my dad obsess over all of the stuff being said about me. That show ruined my relationship with my father and created distance between me and my mother.
What did I do!? Why did I do this!? It was so not worth it. I hated myself even though you could not see it”. “I never watched the show prior to being first casted on ‘The Bachelorette’. My life was perfect in every aspect; I had a great family, friends and simply put, I was happy.
That being said, the longing for a significant other led me to the spotlight. Looking back on it, some of the stuff I did in preparation for these shows was absolutely crazy. Television became a disease, an obsession, a sickness”.
However real and raw the resignation letter is, Chris Bukowski still eventually ends up returning to The Bachelor, appearing on and off until 2019. 
CHRIS BUKOWSKI AND KATIE MORTON Chris Bukowski and fellow ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ contestant Katie Morton got engaged after Season 6 of the reality TV series.
Their engagement, however, was to last only 3 months as the couple announced their separation on Instagram in December of 2019. Fans of the show were not surprised as they thought the couple to be too different and the relationship quite tumultuous, adding to the fact that they lived in different cities.
Still, fans of the couple were quite sad when Chris Bukowski and Katie Morton both wrote this statement on their respective Instagram posts: “We’ve reached a point in our story where we agree it’s best to go our separate ways.
We have chosen love and respect each other as friends because that’s the base of our relationship, and it’s what is most natural for us. We are incredibly thankful for the support we’ve received from our family, friends and everyone who supported us throughout our journey—from Paradise to this moment.
We are grateful for everything that we’ve learned in this chapter and are hopeful for what is to come in life and love for both of us”. CHRIS BUKOWSKI AND KATRINA BADOWSKI Two months after he announced his engagement split from Katie Morton, Chris Bukowski was spotted having Valentine’s dinner with fellow Bachelor cast member Katrina Badowski.
There were no photographs of the couple from this particular evening, but onlookers tell PEOPLE that both of them enjoyed a dinner in Chicago restaurant Bandit. The following month however, the couple made their dating status ‘Instagram official’ when Katrina Badowski posted a photo of them from Bachelorette alum’s JJ Lane’s wedding.
Her caption was short but enough to spark dating rumours. She simply wrote, ‘The Owskis’ alongside a star emoji, in reference to their similar-sounding last names. Chris Bukowski and Katrina Badowski have not released an official statement about their status as yet.
WHO IS CHRIS BUKOWSKI DATING? After Season 6 of ‘Bachelor in Paradise’, Chris Bukowski got engaged to Katie Morton. However, this engagement lasted only 3 months as they announced their separation in December of 2019.
As of February 2020, Chris Bukowski has been spotted on Valentine’s dinner with Katrina Badowski, also a former ‘The Bachelor’ cast. A month later, an Instagram post made by Katrina Badowski fuelled the dating rumours further.
She posted a photo of her and Chris together captioning/labelling them, ‘The Owskis’. IS CHRIS BUKOWSKI MARRIED? Chris Bukowski may have come close to getting married as he was once engaged to Katie Morton. This engagement lasted only 3 months.
He is currently single and not married. DOES CHRIS BUKOWSKI HAVE CHILDREN? Chris Bukowski seems to be very close to his two sisters’ children, but he does not have children of his own as yet. CHRIS BUKOWSKI INSTAGRAM Chris Bukowski’s Instagram handle is @chrisjbukowski .
He currently has over 275,000 followers. Although he rarely posts (average one post a month), he is quite active in posting IG stories, where he shows what he is clearly passionate about cooking. He has numerous IG story clips of him home cooking, some clips with detailed recipes.
WHAT IS CHRIS BUKOWSKI’S NET WORTH? Chris Bukowski’s net worth is estimated to be between $100K to $1M. 
HOW DOES CHRIS BUKOWSKI MAKE A LIVING? Chris currently co-owns and manages Bracket Room, a sports lounge and eatery which already has two branches.
One in Arlington, Virginia and another in Chicago. He is also a co-founder of KCM Create, a full-service digital agency that provides SEO / Social Media Optimisation and management for companies. He is also currently an advisor for Forte, a social and interactive platform for users to stream live and on-demand fitness classes.
Based on Chirs Bukowski’s LinkedIn profile, he seems to be a busy entrepreneur with a plethora of experience and background. With a degree in Hospitality Management from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, he once worked as a VIP Concierge at Wynn Las Vegas, was a Senior Sales Executive for the New York Islanders Hockey Club, as a Director of Corporate Sales for Front Row Marketing Services and was a Director for Rant,Inc HOW CAN I GET IN TOUCH WITH CHRIS BUKOWSKI? For business inquiries, you can get in touch with Chris Bukowsi at [email protected]
