Ming Tsai
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March 29, 1964
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Ming Tsai Bio
Ming Tsai (born March 29, 1954 in Newport Beach, California, USA) is a celebrity chef, restaurateur, and television personality.
Although Ming went to Yale University and earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering, his passion had always been food. Growing up, he spent a lot of time with his parents in the family-owned restaurant, Mandarin Kitchen. There, he picked up lessons on restaurant operations and, most importantly, the art of making customers happy through delicious delicacies.
After graduating from Yale, Ming moved to Paris and spent his summers attending Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. He trained under the renowned Pastry Chef Pierre Herme and Sushi Master Kobayashi. Ming completed his training and moved back to the United States. He enrolled in graduate school at Cornell University, earning a Master's Degree in Hotel Administration and Hospitality Marketing.
In 1998, Ming opened Blue Ginger in Wellesley, MA. In its first year, Blue Ginger received 3 stars from the Boston Globe, was named “Best New Restaurant” by Boston Magazine. In 2013, Ming opened his second restaurant: Blue Dragon, an Asian gastropub located in Boston's Fort Point Channel area. Besides running his restaurants, Ming is the host and executive producer of the public television cooking show, Simply Ming. He has appeared on Food Network and NBC. He is also the author of five cookbooks.
