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Ming Tsai

Birth Name:
Ming Tsai
Birth Place:
Newport Beach, California, United States
Profession
Actor, Writer, Producer
Ming Tsai

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
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