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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★James Beard Award for Outstanding Host (2020)
★Emmy Award for 'Broken Bread' (2020)
★Food & Wine Best New Chef (2010)
★TIME 100 Most Influential People (2011, 2016)
★Los Angeles Times Restaurant of the Year for LocoL (2017)
★California Museum Hall of Fame inductee (2022)
Notable Facts
→Pioneer of the modern food truck movement with Kogi BBQ
→CIA-trained chef who worked at Le Bernardin and Beverly Hilton
→Co-founder of multiple restaurants including Kogi BBQ, Chego!, Best Friend at Park MGM
→Netflix co-host of 'The Chef Show' with Jon Favreau
→Founded LocoL to bring healthy fast food to underserved communities
→Has 510k Instagram followers
→Published cookbook/memoir 'L.A. Son' became NY Times bestseller
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