The chef joined Twitter in 2011 and has over 40 thousand followers on the social media platform.Īccording to sources, Ming's net worth is estimated to be about 10 million dollars.Ī 51-year old is one of the most famous chefs in the United States. According to sources Ming Tsai is a descendant of Qin Shi Huang, a famous king of the Qin state. The couple has two boys – Henry and David who were named after a famous writer David Henry Hwang. Tsai has a wife Polly and they have been married for a very long time now.
#Ming tsai professional#
Chef Ming Tsais journey to the world of professional cooking. Besides English, he is able to communicate in French, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. For Ming Tsai, with all the many roads he could have taken in life, the choice to pursue cooking was a return to the roots of sorts, but only to touch base and then forge a new path forward, for himself and for Chinese cuisine. Ming Tsai can speak four different languages. After becoming a celebrity chef Ming Tsai has played squash against different sports personalities in various charity events or exhibitions. While he was in culinary school in Paris, Ming played as a professional. While attending Yale University, Ming was a squash played and was considered to be a good one. She visited Japan for the first time at the age of eleven. Her family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii when she was seven years old. Tsai and a great-granddaughter of Chinese composer Lee Pao-Chen. He wrote 5 books about cooking to share his experience and ideas he acquired during his long career as a chef. Is Lauren Tsai related to Ming Tsai She is a niece of American restaurateur Ming Tsai, a granddaughter of American engineer Stephen W. He did manage to reach a semi-final of Iron Chef, a competition hosted on the Food Network.īesides his work in television Ming is also a published author. He participated in numerous cooking competitions which were broadcasted on television but never won any of them. The show focused on a mixing from both Asian and European cuisine and what kind of dishes can be made when the two are put together. Ming Tsai was also a host of a cooking program East Meets West for five years. In 1998, he had a long discussion with his wife and together they decided to open a restaurant.
#Ming tsai tv#
The chef decided that the best course of action for him was to start his own TV show and share recipes with the viewers. Ming first appeared on television during Sara Moulton's cooking program to fill her absence from the show.