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Ming Tsai Biography
Birth Name:Ming Tsai
Birth Place:Newport Beach, California, United States
Profession Actor, Writer, Producer
Fast Facts
- Won the IFMA Silver Plate Award for Best Independent Restaurant in 2009
- Was invited to represent the U․S․ with the Diplomatic Culinary Partnership Initiative by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2012
- Won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef Northeast in 2002
- Earned his Master's degree in Hotel Administration and Hospitality Marketing from Cornell University
- Graduated from Yale University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and trained at the Le Cordon Bleu in Paris
- Started out as a cook at his mother and father's restaurant Mandarin Kitchen in Dayton, Ohio
- Opened his first restaurant, Blue Ginger, in Wellesley, Massachusetts in 1998
- Trained with pastry chef Pierre Herme in Paris and with sushi master Kobayashi in Osaka
- Best known as a chef, restaurateur, and television personality who hosts "Ming's Quest" and "Simply Ming․"
Awards
- 2009Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Culinary Program: nominated
- 2009Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Host: nominated
- 2009Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Lifestyle / Culinary Host: nominated
- 2009Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Culinary Program: nominated
- 2009Bronze Telly-Lighting and Art Direction: winner
- 2009James Beard Foundation Award-Television Program, In Studio or Fixed Location: nominated
- 2010James Beard Foundation Award-Television Special: nominated
- 2010Taste Award-Best Single Topic Series: nominated
- 2011Golden Eagle-Informational: winner
- 2011Taste Award-Best Food or Drink Podcast: nominated
- 2011Taste Award-Best Single Topic Series: nominated
- 2012Bronze Telly-TV Programs, Segments, or Promotional Pieces - Information: winner
- 2012James Beard Foundation Award-Television Program, In Studio or Fixed Location: nominated
- 2012Taste Award-Best Single Topic Series: nominated
- 2012Taste Award-Best Ethnic Program: nominated
- 2013Bronze Telly-TV Programs, Segments, or Promotional Pieces - Education: winner
- 2014Bronze Telly-TV Programs, Segments, or Promotional Pieces - Information: winner
- 2018Taste Award-Best Chef in a Series: winner
- 2018Taste Award-Best Food Program: Television: winner