As Top Chef fans fell in love with Fatima Ali during season 15, the chef fought a tough offscreen battle with Ewig’s sarcoma. Her doctors initially believed she’d won her fight, but by August, “we found the cancer was back and spreading,” Ali, who has just a year to live, says in the new issue of Us Weekly. “Nothing can prepare you for a grim prognosis four weeks after you turn 29.” For more on how she plans on spending the time she has left, check out the video above.
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And for more on Fatima’s brave battle, pick up the new issue of Us Weekly, on stands now.