Podcast appearances and mentions of shirley chung

Chef Shirley Chung is going through treatment for tongue cancer.  Her options were to amputate her tongue or go through a more risky and less proven route of treating it with aggressive radiation and chemo.  Being a media star and chef, losing her tongue was not an acceptable option even if it meant more risk.  Shirley and her husband Jimmy ran her restaurant together but they had to close shop while Shirley undergoes treatment. My sister Caryl and their good friend Andy Wang (the three of them make up the infamous Dumpling Mafia), are doing what they do best, putting on a culinary event, but this time to help their good friend.  So many great chefs and organizations are coming out to support Shirley. It takes place on Sunday, October 27th, 2024.  See my bio for a link to get tickets. If you're not in the area but would still like to help out, there's an account set up that will get your donations to Shirley.  It's @dumplingmafiaHQ on PayPal.  Please give in whatever way you can, even if it's just sending Shirley your positive healing vibes!    

Need something to listen to while you peel 50 potatoes?  Why not have our chat with Chef Shirley Chung on in the background to inspire you!  Lots of great chef stories from Shirley and Caryl. I can't help but feel thankful for all the people who have helped me with this podcast as a guest or co-host, and especially YOU the listeners!  I'm glad you've come along for the ride too.  Feeling grateful! Hope you're all happy and healthy out there!  Talk to you soon!  - Curtis

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!  I'm taking the week off...  also... I got Covid.  Ugh.  So in honor of the American holiday that celebrates sustenance and gratitude, I'm reposting 2 of our earlier episodes about FOOD! Tuesday, I'll be posting the first half of Episode 7 (from Aug 2021) where my friends Mandy and Kelly talk about our favorite YouTube Food channels!   Wednesday, I'll be posting our episode with my sister Caryl and Chef Shirley Chung who was heaps of fun! (From Feb 2022) Hope you enjoy these if you haven't heard them before, and we'll be back next week!  Thanks for listening!

Chef Shirley Chung A native of Beijing, she moved to the U.S. to obtain a degree in Business Management, then trained in the culinary arts at the California Culinary Academy.

The next generation of culinary artisans are changing up the industry. These artisans have a whole new approach to reaching and satisfying the next generation consumer. In this podcast we will explore chefs and artisans from around the world diving into their story and passion. In this episode of Chef AF, I chat with Chef Shirley Chung, about finding her love for cooking, working in several superstar chef's kitchens and sharing her Chinese food heritage through her Chinese American cuisine at Ms Chi Cafe in Culver City, California. Chung is a native of Beijing and moved to the United States to get her degree in business management. She talks about loving food growing up and says, “when I first came to America the way for me to learn english I guess the fastest way naturally was through food.” Chung got her business degree from Cal State Hayward and began working in Silicon Valley for six years. In early 2000 when the dot-com bubble burst, Chung decided to go to the California Culinary Academy and train in culinary arts. This is when she discovered her calling. Chung knew she wanted to work for the best and learn from the best. She had an impressive start to her career, she started her externship at Thomas Keller's French Laundry, and then went to Bouchon in Yountville. Chung opened Bouchon's Las Vegas location and then moved to Restaurant Guy Savoy in Caesars Palace. Chung says about that time, “Being in Las Vegas is definitely like a really amazing stage to work for all of the celebrity chefs from all over the world.” Adding, “So I got a reputation to become the opener for all celebrity chefs.” She opened Mario Batali's B&B Ristorante and in 2010 Chung became the Executive Chef of Jose Andres' China Poblano. She has twelve new restaurant openings under her belt. Chef Chung shares that she struggled with depression and began to feel burned out. Chung takes a mental health leave and during that time Top Chef's casting was looking for Chung. In 2013, Chef Chung was a contestant on Bravo's Top Chef Season 11 where she finished top 3. She was invited back to Top Chef Season 14 where she was the runner up. We talk about Ms Chi Cafe, Chung and her husband Jimmy's restaurant in Culver City, California. They opened in 2018 even though Jimmy wanted to open an Oyster Bar. Chung says she wanted to do Chinese American comfort food and make everything she literally wanted to eat. You can get Chef Shirley Chung's Vegan Scallion Pancake recipe on Chef AF. Chung talks about surviving the pandemic, selling on Goldbelly and co-founding the Dumpling Mafia NFT, a chef driven NFT on this episode of Chef AF “It's All Food.” You can check out this episode and more on Spotify!

Chef Shirley Chung A native of Beijing, she moved to the U.S. to obtain a degree in Business Management, then trained in the culinary arts at the California Culinary Academy.She owned and acted as Chef de Cuisine of Fusion Catering before working for Thomas Keller at Bouchon in Yountville, CA, where she not only honed her culinary talent, but acquired skills in management, inventory and cost control.She opened Bouchon's Las Vegas location as Sous Chef, then moved to the position of Chef de Partie at Restaurant Guy Savoy in Caesars Palace.Continuing to another superstar chef's kitchen, she then opened Mario Batali's B&B Ristorante, progressing to Chef de Cuisine at Carnevino, where she was integral in raising the restaurant up to its current nationally recognized status.In October 2010, she was named Executive Chef of Jose Andres' China Poblano in The Cosmopolitan, where under her leadership, it was nominated for a James Beard Best New Restaurant award.In 2013, Shirley was a chef contestant on Bravo's Top Chef Series Season 11 New Orleans where she finished in the Top 3.Her experience working at China Poblano helped perfect her skill for Chinese cuisine, which she presents with a modern twist at her Orange County restaurantTwenty Eight, which she opened as Chef Partner in 2014.In 2016, Shirley was invited back to Top Chef Season 14 where she was the runner up.In 2018, Chef Shirley and her husband opened Ms Chi Cafe in Culver City which is a casual progressive Chinese-American restaurant serving lunch, dinner and weekend brunch and ships nationwide on Goldbelly.com.In 2019, Chef Shirley was the inaugural chef of Abernethy's, a new restaurant concept and chef- driven project at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles.In2021, Chef Shirley co-founded Dumpling Mafia NFT which is the first chef driven NFT on the marketIn 2022, Chef Shirley competed among 32 of the best chefs in Guy Fieri's Tournament of Champions on the Food Network

Two-time Top Chef finalist Shirley Chung tells the multi-generational story that led to her progressive Chinese-American food at Ms. Chi Cafe. She also discusses the importance of innovation, how she pivoted with nationwide delivery during the pandemic and how she created her own NFT collection at dumplingmafianft.com

Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager chat with Scott Eastwood about his upcoming rom-com “I Want You Back.” Plus it's “TODAY Table,” and Shirley Chung is sharing her DIY dumplings recipe.

Part Two of our chat with Top Chef star Chef Shirley Chung and food industry expert Caryl Chinn! This week we dig deeper into what it's like to work with and be a celebrity chef.  Caryl tells the story about the first time she met Chef Gordon Ramsay and Shirley gives us a glimpse into what it's like to compete with other amazing chefs on Bravo's Top Chef, where she finished in the top 3 twice and was runner up in Season 14. We also talk a little about the future of the food industry. Intern Producer Madison got home from school just in time to sit in on this hour and we had our producer chat after the outro song, so don't miss that! Please check out Caryl and Shirley's Dumpling Mafia! You can find them @dumplingmafianft on Instagram, or get the NFT online at https://opensea.io/collection/dumpling-mafia-bosses If you want to join Shirley for a Lantern Festival dumpling cook-a-long on Feb 17th, you can get a package of dumpling ingredients sent to you via Gold Belly (Ms. Chi Cafe),  https://www.goldbelly.com/shirley-chungs-ms-chi  THE INFATUASIAN PODCAST WILL BE THERE! You can order Ms. Chi Cafe food from Gold Belly all year long to have Shirley's cooking at home! (US shipping only) Do you have a celebrity chef story? Write to us at Infatuasianpodcast@gmail.com and I'll read your email on the air! You can also DM and follow us @theinfatuasianpodcast on Instagram to get all our updates.  Please give us a rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Follow Caryl @carylchinn and Chef Shirley @chfshirleychung on Instagram! #chefshirleychung #celebritychefs #foodies #bonappetitmagazine #asianpodcast #beijing #mschicafe #LA #sanfrancisco #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #asianpodcaster #asianamerican #asianamericanpodcast #infatuasian #infatuasianpodcast #representationmatters #gordonramsay #nobu #topchef #giadadelaurentis #cochellafood

Foodie Talk with Two Food Insiders Caryl Chinn and Top Chef Shirley Chung!  Hear the origin story of my sister Caryl, who has worked with pretty much all the celebrity chefs we know and love. She was Bon Appetit magazine's first food event planner in the 90's when the food media industry blew up. Coming along with us is the amazingly effervescent Chef Shirley Chung!  Shirley had us rolling on the floor laughing with her stories of growing up in a family of doctors and engineers. In the 2000s Shirley cooked for some of the biggest names in California and Las Vegas when Bravo's Top Chef came looking for her to compete on Season 11 and again on Season 14!  Shirley and Caryl's stories will give you a glimpse into the world of celebrity chefs! Tune in next week for Part 2, where Shirley will share behind-the-scenes stories about her time on Top Chef! Be sure to listen all the way through to hear some of Shirley's FUNNIEST stories! Please check out Caryl and Shirley's Dumpling Mafia! You can find them @dumplingmafianft on Instagram, or get the NFT online at https://opensea.io/collection/dumpling-mafia-bosses If you want to join Shirley for a Lantern Festival dumpling cook-a-long on Feb 17th, you can get a package of dumpling ingredients sent to you via Gold Belly (Ms. Chi Cafe),  https://www.goldbelly.com/shirley-chungs-ms-chi  THE INFATUASIAN PODCAST WILL BE THERE! You can order Ms. Chi Cafe food from Gold Belly all year long to have Shirley's cooking at home! (US shipping only) Do you have a celebrity chef story? Write to us at Infatuasianpodcast@gmail.com and I'll read your email on the air! You can also DM and follow us @theinfatuasianpodcast on Instagram to get all our updates.  Please give us a rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Follow Caryl @carylchinn and Chef Shirley @chfshirleychung on Instagram! #chefshirleychung #celebritychefs #foodies #bonappetitmagazine #asianpodcast #beijing #mschicafe #LA #sanfrancisco #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #asianpodcaster #asianamerican #asianamericanpodcast #infatuasian #infatuasianpodcast #representationmatters

The food tech trend with the greatest velocity right now are culinary and chef-driven NFTs: non-fungible tokens purchased with ethereum, minted in the blockchain. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Chef Shirley Chung of Ms. Chi Café, writer Andy Wang and Grant Friedman, Director of the Private Client Desk for Coin Cloud, about the creation of their digital NFTs and their real world food events. The Dumpling Mafia was born in 2017 when Chef Shirley, with friends Andy and Caryl Chinn, went on a dumpling crawl in the San Gabriel Valley. As they ate and posted food photos, they coined the hashtag #DumplingMafia. Their social media followers have repeatedly asked how to join the Dumpling Mafia. The limited edition Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) digital collectibles were created by native Angeleno artist Narrator. The NFT's are minted in partnership with Coin Cloud, the industry-leading digital currency machine (DCM) on the world's largest and fastest-growing network of 100% two-way DCMs, the next generation of the Bitcoin ATM.Photo Courtesy of Dumpling Mafia NFT.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Tech Bites by becoming a member!Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

Part 2 of Episode 17! Our special collaboration with The Asian Soup Podcast continues as we touch on many topics about life in Australia as an Asian.  Our SOUPER friends, Roxane and Julia, join us again from Sydney and we dive deeper into the similarities and differences growing up halfway around the world. Curtis, Mandy, and Madison also share their Asian American experiences and make plans for a hypothetical but hopefully real meet-up in the future! Also, you can tell from this picture that we were on opposite sides of the world because we have half the group wearing blankets and sweaters in the pitch black of winter while the other group is wearing tank tops and dresses on a bright Aussie summer day before Christmas! Did you grow up Asian where you weren't part of the dominant culture? Share with us your thoughts at Infatuasianpodcast@gmail.com Please give us a review or rating at Apple Podcasts or Spotify!  And follow us over on Instagram @theinfatuasianpodcast More episodes coming soon! We'll be talking Tony Leung films as well as having Chef Shirley Chung from Top Chef season 11 and 14 (co-hosted by my favorite sister Caryl!) Music: Rose and Onew from JTBC's "Sea of Hope"  바라던 바다  #asian #AsianAmerican #asianpodcast #asianamericanpodcast #asianaussie #asiandiaspora #infatuasian #infatuasianpodcast #spotifypodcasts #applepodcasts #representationmatters 

In this episode I talk with Andy Wang about NFTs and Dumpling Mafia. See all things Dumpling Mafia here: https://www.dumplingmafianft.com -You can also mint one here too as of November 21st, 2021) Follow Andy Wang on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/andywangnyla Follow Dumpling Mafia on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/dumplingmafianft Check out Dumpling Mafia on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Dumpling_Mafia See Dumpling Mafia on OpenSea here: https://opensea.io/collection/dumpling-mafia Follow Caryl Chinn here: https://www.instagram.com/carylchinn Check out Chef Shirley Chung here: https://www.instagram.com/chfshirleychung Ms. Chi: https://mschicafe.com See the artist Narrator here: https://www.instagram.com/__narrator__ Powered by Coin Cloud: https://www.coin.cloud/ "Dumpling Mafia members will be invited to a virtual Lunar New Year event with Chung and an auction of special NFT art to benefit #StopAsianHate organizations. Members will also be entered into drawings for giveaways and in-person parties with food from Chung." See the La Food Gang here: https://www.lafoodgang.com Things discussed in this interview: OpenSea: https://opensea.io Coin Base: https://www.coinbase.com Meta Mask: https://metamask.io Bored Ape Yacht Club: https://opensea.io/collection/boredapeyachtclub CryptoPunks: https://opensea.io/collection/cryptopunks Gutter Cat Gang: https://opensea.io/collection/guttercatgang Damien Hirst - The Currency: https://niftys.com/events/the-currency Cool Cats: https://www.coolcatsnft.com/

Hi! In this episode of Chinese Food Fight Club, we check in with Lydia and Leo Lee, the mom-and-pop team behind Cantonese barbecue restaurant RiceBox in downtown Los Angeles. Lydia and Leo Lee opened RiceBox in 2018 and quickly turned their tiny restaurant into a game-changing standard-bearer for contemporary Cantonese barbecue, including what Los Angeles magazine named as the city's best char siu in 2020. The success of RiceBox involves a family recipe from a Hong Kong restaurant that Lydia's grandfather owned. But the restaurant's ascension is also largely due to Leo's cooking experience and creativity, which has led to innovations like merging Cantonese roast pork with porchetta. Leo was born and raised in Mexicali, Mexico, where his parents had a Chinese restaurant. He then graduated from The Culinary Institute of America in New York and worked at the Patina Restaurant Group in LA before opening RiceBox with Lydia, who grew up in Hong Kong and Vancouver. The Lees are also new parents, who had their son, Ari, during the pandemic. Chinese Food Fight Club is a multimedia platform and consultancy inspired by a dining club created by Andy Wang and Danica Lo at Legend in New York City in 2011. Our mission is to connect the Chinese-American community with other Asian communities while amplifying the stories of Asian and Asian-American creators, chefs, artists, activists, policy-makers, technologists, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. You can find us elsewhere on the internet at Instagram and you can watch these episodes on YouTube. Stuff we mention in this video: • Los Angeles magazine's Best of LA 2020 • LA Food Gang's Clubhouse fundraiser and Pop Off LA events • The Culinary Institute of America • Patina Restaurant Group • Anti-Asian hate incidents experienced by restaurants and other small businesses • The Chinese community in Mexicali • The San Gabriel Valley • RiceBox's holiday baked chicken • Chrissy Teigen and the power of her Instagram posts • Yu Tsai • Phil Rosenthal • Bling Empire • Delicious Food Corner • Alice's Kitchen • Golden Deli • Ms. Chi and Shirley Chung

Hi! In this episode we catch up with the Dumpling Mafia—co-host Andy Wang, Chef Shirley Chung, and Caryl Chinn—culinary pros who, in their spare time, have made it a mission to eat all the best Chinese food in Los Angeles and its environs. This autumn, the Dumpling Mafia will launch its first NFT project in collaboration with street artist Narrator and digital currency machine operator CoinCloud. Shirley Chung was born and raised in Beijing and immigrated to the United States for college. She worked in Silicon Valley before enrolling at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. Chung has worked for Thomas Keller, Guy Savoy, and Mario Batali—she opened CarneVino in Los Angeles as Chef de Cuisine for the Batali Group; the restaurant garnered multiple international awards for Best Steak House. She was a finalist on season 11 of Top Chef in New Orleans and was the runner up in season 14. Her newest restaurant concept is Ms Chi Cafe, which is located in Culver City. Caryl Chinn spent 16 years in New York, where she was the Senior Special Events Director at Bon Appetit magazine. She later worked for brands such as American Express, Godiva Chocolate, and the New York Yankees. She collaborated with festival founder Lee Schrager on the establishment of the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival and produced the first four years of the festival, which, to date, has raised millions of dollars fo charity. In 2010, Chinn founded Caryl Chinn Culinary Consulting. She is on the Advisory Board of C-CAP LA (Careers through Culinary Arts Program), and is on the Culinary Council for the Food Bank for New York City. Chinn graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a BA in History. About us: Chinese Food Fight Club is a multimedia platform and consultancy inspired by a dining club created by Andy Wang and Danica Lo at Legend in New York City in 2011. Our mission is to connect the Chinese-American community with other Asian communities while amplifying the stories of Asian and Asian-American creators, chefs, artists, activists, policy-makers, technologists, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. Thank you so much for watching! Please like and subscribe for future episodes! You can listen to the Chinese Food Fight Club podcast on your favorite podcast platform—such as Apple Podcasts or Spotify—and you can find us elsewhere online on Instagram and at chinesefoodfightclub.com. You can also watch these episodes on YouTube. Stuff we mention: • Dumpling Mafia NFT • Westfield Santa Anita mall • Qing Dao Bread Food • China Poblano by Jose Andres • Las Vegas Chinatown Plaza • Chengdu Taste Las Vegas • James Beard Foundation Awards • New York Wine & Food Festival • Pop Off LA fundraiser • Moo's Craft Barbecue • Ricebox • Anajak Thai

Hi! Welcome to Chinese Food Fight Club, a new podcast that grew out of the numerous dinners that Danica Lo and Andy Wang had at Legend, a Sichuan restaurant in New York City. In our inaugural episode, we tell the origin story of Chinese Food Fight Club and explain how a neighborhood restaurant turned into an of-the-moment gathering place where Danica and Andy ate with strangers and then with a wide range of friends from different backgrounds and industries. These dinners sparked lifelong friendships, spinoff dining groups and even startup businesses while helping Danica and Andy connect with their own heritage in profound ways. The impact of these unforgettable meals keeps growing over time, even though Danica and Andy now live in different cities and Legend closed in 2018. Former Legend chef Ding Gen Wang's food is available at Chef Wang in New Hyde Park, Long Island. About us: Chinese Food Fight Club is a multimedia platform and consultancy inspired by a dining club created by Andy Wang and Danica Lo at Legend in New York City in 2011. Our mission is to connect the Chinese-American community with other Asian communities while amplifying the stories of Asian and Asian-American creators, chefs, artists, activists, policy-makers, technologists, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. Thank you so much for watching! Please like and subscribe for future episodes! You can listen to the Chinese Food Fight Club podcast on your favorite podcast platform—such as Apple Podcasts or Spotify—and you can find us elsewhere online on Instagram and at chinesefoodfightclub.com. You can also watch these episodes on YouTube. Stuff we mention in this video: • How Chinese Food Fight Club started • Working with David Landsel at the New York Post • Szechuan Gourmet • Wu Liang Ye • Margon • Midtown Lunch • Chowhound • David Chang's Twitter account • Momofuku • Garrett Snyder on Northern Thai Food Club • Josh Wesson • Jeff Zalaznick of Major Food Group and Carbone • Catch • Eater New York • Legend in the New York Times • Dumpling Mafia and the Dumpling Mafia NFTs with Shirley Chung and Caryl Chinn • LA Food Gang with Crystal Coser • Napkin Killa • Yu Bo • RiceBox • Daniel Dae Kim's activism • The Dolar Shop • Lao Gan Ma • Fly By Jing

In this week's episode of Living in the Sprawl: Southern California's Most Adventurous Podcast, host Jon Steinberg shares his top ten list of Southern California based Bravo's Top Chef contestants and their noteworthy restaurants. His list includes Ramen Hood by Ilan Hall, Sweetfin Poke by Dakota Weiss, Herb and Wood from Brian Malarkey, Pasta Bar from Philip Franklin Lee, Scopa Italian Roots from Antonia Lafosa, Ms. Chi from Shirley Chung, Playa Provisions from Brooke Williamson, Juniper and Ivy from Richard Blaise, Vaca from Amar Santana, and Nightshade from Mei Lin.Instagram: @livinginthesprawlpodcastEmail: livinginthesprawlpodcast@gmail.comCheck out our favorite CBD gummy company...it helps us get better sleep and stay chill. https://www.justcbdstore.com?aff=645Check out Goldbelly for all your favorite US foods to satisfy those cravings or bring back some nostalgia. Our favorites include Junior's Chessecakes from New York, Lou Malnati's deep dish pizza from Chicago and a philly cheesesteak from Pat's. Use the link https://goldbelly.pxf.io/c/2974077/1032087/13451 to check out all of the options and let them know we sent you.Use code "SPRAWL" for (2) free meals and free delivery on your first Everytable subscription. Support the podcast and future exploration adventures. We are working on unique perks and will give you a shout out on the podcast to thank you for your contribution!Living in the Sprawl: Southern California's Most Adventurous Podcast is on Podfanhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/sprawl  Looking to start a podcast? Buzzsprout is the best and easiest way to launch, promote and track your podcast...trust me, I did a lot of research beforehand. Let Buzzsprout know we sent you, support the show and get a $20 Amazon gift card when you sign up.  https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1735110Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/livinginthesprawlpodcast)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/livinginthesprawlpodcast)

Chef Shirley Chung is the chef and owner of the delicious Modern Chinese American restaurant, Ms. Chi's Cafe in Culver City California. A tenacious contestant on Bravo's Top Chef, she competed in Seasons 11 and 14, bringing her take on Chinese cuisine to the forefront. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Omaha's premier photographer discusses how he got out of chef life and into photography, working with celebrity chefs like Bobby Flay and Shirley Chung, and his ground-breaking Right Here, Right Now project in response to COVID-19. Subscribe, rate, and review my podcast wherever you get your podcasts so you don't miss an episode! Also follow up on Facebook, Twitter,  Instagram, AND my blog Restaurant Hoppen! A Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a digital media and commercial video production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network and learn more about our other services today on HurrdatMedia.com.

Most people know Shirley Chung from her time competing on Top Chef, but long before she made her TV debut Shirley was sharpening her knives under the tutelage of some of the best chefs in world. Following turns working with the likes Guy Savoy, Thomas Keller and Jose Andres, Shirley’s struck out on her own with the opening of her Culver City restaurant Ms Chi Cafe. From the archives we dig into one of our favorite performances from the legendary Annie Hart. Snacky Tunes is powered by Simplecast.

The "Top Chef" alum on spending a month in Italy and getting snobby about the food in Bologna, a big Ryanair gaffe, and her love of anything dough. Plus, the Chinese-Italian connection and her collaborations with Silvia Barban. (And listen to that pronunciation in the outro!) Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ Please subscribe to (and rate & review) this podcast in iTunes or the Podcasts app so you never miss an episode! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart-mouth/id1171755407?mt

Richard and Jazmin meet up with Shirley Chung and Casey Thompson in Newport Beach to talk about life after Top Chef and how they manage their businesses and brands in the culinary world.

Former Top Chef finalist Shirley Chung joins Minji to talk about growing up in China and the Bay Area, finding love, pursuing her passion for cooking, and how to be a badass female in a male dominated industry. For this episode's IMO, Minji and Shirley discuss how to deal with fake people. This week's guest: Shirley Chung (@chfshirleychung) Follow Minji on: Twitter (@minjeeeezy) Instagram (@minjeezy) Our theme song is "Set Free" by Travis Atreo Follow the show on Instagram and Twitter and support our Patreon

Recorded live at Opodz in Little Tokyo, Jeff and Phil welcome former Top Chef contestant Shirley Chung, who talks about her lifelong love of food, cooking with her heart and soul on TV's top culinary competition, and finally getting approval from her mom.

One of these women is America’s new Top Chef champion! We talk to Brooke and Shirley right before the big reveal about their experience on the cult cooking competition and how they bonded during this latest season, filmed in Charleston and Mexico. So who are these two women? Both were on Top Chef in previous seasons and returned for another chance at victory. Brooke is the co-owner and co-chef of Hudson House, The Tripel, Playa Provisions, and Da Kikokiko in Los Angeles, while Shirley is the chef-owner of Steamers Co., a seafood restaurant set to open later this year, also in Los Angeles. Tune in to hear what it's like behind the scenes of Top Chef and see if you can guess who had to pack their knives.

Shirley Chung - Season 11 of BravoTV "Top Chef" New Orleans, Mastermind and executive chef of TwentyEight restaurant in Irvine, CATHE JUICE:Learn how Shirley Chung landed on Bravo Network’s Top Chef Season 11 New Orleans.What really happens when the cameras turn off on Top Chef?Shirley talks about going from Silicon Valley to Cooking alongside America’s Top Rated Chef Thomas Keller of French Laundry.Shirley’s view on climbing the Culinary ladder.Shirley invites guests to taste her cooking at her first restaurant project TwentyEight in Irvine, CA.SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitter: @chfshirleychungFacebook: TwentyEightRestaurantLoungeInstagram: chfshirleychung

Get to know Top Chef finalist Shirley Chung. We talk about her food journey from becoming a chef to her culinary explorations across Asia after finding her culinary voice in New Orleans.