Hung Huynh was born on January 25,1978 and is a Vietnamese-born American chef, best known as the winner of the third season of Top Chef, a reality cooking competition series on Bravo.
12 Facts About Hung Huynh
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Hung Huynh was the Executive Chef at Catch, The General, and Catch Miami.
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Hung Huynh has a degree from the Culinary Institute of America; he cooked at restaurants including Per Se and Gilt in NYC, and at the time of season three Top Chef's airing, he was the executive sous chef at the Guy Savoy restaurant in Las Vegas.
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Hung Huynh served as a guest judge in episode 12 of season four and in the quickfire challenge of the eighth episode of season five of Top Chef.
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Hung Huynh appeared in September 2010 on the finale of season seven of Top Chef and assisted Angelo Sosa as his sous chef.
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Hung Huynh participated in the 2008 Bocuse d'Or USA culinary contest, competing to represent the US in the 2009 international Bocuse d'Or.
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Hung Huynh opened The General, Catch, and Catch Miami with the EMM Group.
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Later in 2018, Hung Huynh joined Earl Enterprises, the parent company of Planet Hollywood, as a Partner of Asian Concepts.
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Hung Huynh helped to launch and develop the fast-casual concept Asian Street Eats by Chef Hung Huynh, which is inspired by flavors from street vendors throughout Asia.
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Hung Huynh was no longer employed by Earl Enterprises as of December 2020.
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In July 2021, Hung Huynh was hired as executive chef at a new pan-Mediterranean restaurant, Ava MediterrAegean in Winter Park, Florida.
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In March 2022, Hung Huynh signed on as the new Director of Culinary Innovation for Orlando-based Omei Restaurant Group.