Awards & Recognition
★James Beard Award - Best Chef Northeast (2002)
★Emmy Award - Outstanding Service Show Host (1999)
★Emmy Award - East Meets West (1998)
★Esquire Magazine Chef of the Year (1998)
★Culinary Hall of Fame induction for Blue Ginger (2012)
★Food Allergy Research & Education lifetime achievement award (2012)
★Multiple Emmy nominations for Simply Ming
★Bronze Telly Awards for Simply Ming
Notable Facts
→James Beard Award-winning chef and Emmy Award-winning TV host
→Hosts longest-running PBS cooking show Simply Ming (18+ seasons)
→Iron Chef on Netflix's Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend (2022)
→Founded MingsBings frozen food company with national retail distribution
→Yale mechanical engineering graduate, Cornell hospitality MBA
→Trained at Le Cordon Bleu Paris under Pierre Hermé
→Founded Blue Ginger (1998-2017) and Blue Dragon restaurants
→Author of 5 published cookbooks
→Chairman of National Advisory Board for Family Reach cancer charity
→873K TikTok followers, 240K Instagram followers, 200M+ video views
→Food allergy advocate, developed first restaurant allergy reference system
→Currently chef/partner at BāBā restaurant in Big Sky, Montana