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| Born | March 29, 1964 Newport Beach, California, U.S. |
| Cooking style | Chinese |
| Education | Le Cordon Bleu |
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Ming Tsai (born March 29, 1964, Newport Beach, California) is an American fusion cuisine chef and restaurateur who currently hosts two cooking shows – Ming's Quest on the Fine Living television channel and Simply Ming on American Public Television – and formerly hosted East Meets West on the Food Network, for which he won an Emmy Award. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Chinese cuisine ( Traditional Chinese: 中國菜 Simplified Chinese: 中国菜 originated from the various regions of China and has become widespread in Le Cordon Bleu ( French for " Blue ribbon " is the world's largest hospitality education institution with over 22000 students and a presence in 20 countries Wellesley is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Simply Ming is a television cooking show hosted by chef Ming Tsai, and is produced by WGBH, Boston and Ming East-West LLC. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Fusion cuisine combines elements of various culinary traditions while not fitting specifically into any A chef is a person who cooks professionally In a professional kitchen setting the term is used only for the one person in charge of everyone else in the kitchen the executive A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. Fine Living is an American speciality Television channel owned by Scripps Networks Interactive. The term television channel generally refers to either a Television station or its cable / satellite counterpart (both outlined below Simply Ming is a television cooking show hosted by chef Ming Tsai, and is produced by WGBH, Boston and Ming East-West LLC. American Public Television ( APT) is the largest of the Television syndication distributors of programming for public television stations in the United States East Meets West is also the name of a Podcast. East Meets West is a popular cooking show on the Food Network hosted by Food Network is a cable network that airs specials and recurring (episodic programs about food and cooking He has also appeared as a challenger chef on the Food Network's Iron Chef America beating Iron Chef Bobby Flay in "Battle Duck" and was a judge for Cooking Under Fire on the PBS network. Iron Chef America The Series is an American Cooking show based on Fuji Television 's Iron Chef, and is the second American Iron Chef is a Japanese television program produced by FujiTV. Robert William Flay (born December 10, 1964 where he was raised and continues to live The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the
In 1998, Tsai, along with his wife Polly (neé Talbott), opened his first restaurant, Blue Ginger, in Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S.. Wellesley is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He is the author of three cookbooks: Blue Ginger, Simply Ming, and Ming's Master Recipes. A cookbook is a Book that contains information on Cooking, and/or a list of Recipes It may also contain information on ingredient origin freshness
During the summer of 2004, Ming Tsai participated in a "Zoom Out" on ZOOM, a show sponsored by PBS. ZOOM was an American Educational Television show, created almost entirely by Children, which aired on PBS from In addition, he has been a guest star on the PBS children's television show Arthur. Arthur is a long-running American and Canadian educational Television series for children, that airs on PBS in the United States Tsai recently guest starred on an episode of Top Chef. Top Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the Cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each
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Education
Tsai is a Dayton, Ohio native (his family having moved there from Newport Beach, California), where he graduated from The Miami Valley School. Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the County seat and largest city of Montgomery County. The Miami Valley School (MVS is Dayton Ohio 's only independent college preparatory school for grades Pre-K through 12 He grew up working with his parents Steve and Iris in their family restaurant, Mandarin Kitchen.
From Dayton, Tsai also attended Phillips Academy and Yale University where he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering. Phillips Academy (also known as Phillips Andover or PA or simply Andover) is a co-educational University preparatory school for boarding Mechanical Engineering is an Engineering discipline that involves the application of principles of physics for analysis Design, Manufacturing Later, he received a master's degree in hotel administration and hospitality marketing from Cornell University. Hotel administration has begun to become a popular major at universities in the United States.
Family
Ming's maternal grandfather is the renowned Chinese conductor Dr. Baochen Li, his paternal grandfather graduated from the Department of Economics at Beijing University, and his uncle and brother are mechanical engineers. Peking University ( of Beijing, colloquially known in Chinese as Beida (北大 Běidà) is the first formally established university and the first [1]
Ming's father, Dr. Stephen W. Tsai, is a Professor Research Emeritus, Aeronautics and Astronautics, at Stanford University and is also a graduate of Yale University. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in [2]
Sports
Tsai was a formidable squash player at Yale, playing No. Squash is a racquet sport that was formerly called squash racquets, a reference to the "squashable" soft ball used in the game (compared with the 2 for the team, and named as an All-Ivy League player in 1986. While attending culinary school in France, Tsai played professionally on the European circuit. After returning to the U. S. Tsai was an elite player known for his speed, conditioning, and tenacity. His squash coach at Yale, David Talbott, is now his brother-in-law, as is the legendary Mark Talbott, a former World No. Mark Talbott is a squash coach and former professional squash player from the United States. 1 hardball squash player. Hardball squash is a format of the indoor Racquet sport squash which was first developed in North America in the late-nineteenth century and early-twentieth In 2004, Tsai played a celebrity squash match against professional golfer Brad Faxon at a Boston squash club. Amateur wins (3 1980 New England Amateur 1981 New England Amateur 1982 Sunnehanna Amateur Professional wins In 2005, he played against Mark Talbott in a charity match at a squash club in San Francisco.
Trivia
- Ming Tsai's Chinese name is 蔡明昊 (Pinyin: Cài Mínghào). A Chinese character, also known as a Han character ( is a Logogram used in writing Chinese (hanzi Japanese ( Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use
- In his PBS show Simply Ming, until the 2007-2008 season, Tsai often used ceramic cooking knives manufactured by Kyocera. Simply Ming is a television cooking show hosted by chef Ming Tsai, and is produced by WGBH, Boston and Ming East-West LLC. The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word κεραμικός ( keramikos) is a Japanese company based in Kyoto, Japan. The company was founded as in 1959 by Kazuo Inamori.
- On occasion, usually when in the Boston area doing business in his restaurant Blue Ginger, Tsai can be heard on the radio station WAAF 107. 3 as a call in and sometimes as an in-studio guest on "The Hillman Morning Show", in November, 2006, he was part of an "Egg Nog Challenge" against another well known Chef and Morning Show Regular Spaz.
- In 2000, Ming was #16 on People Magazines Most Beautiful People list.
Notes
Ming Tsai is a Boston Celtics fan.
- ^ Chen, Te, "Blue Ginger's Renowned Chef: Ming Tsai", The Epoch Times, Boston Staff, November 11, 2007. The Epoch Times ( is a privately owned general-interest newspaper originally published in Chinese.
- ^ Dr. Stephen W. Tsai's webpage at Stanford University
http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/gallery/06_08_08_pregame_photos?pg=7
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