# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-lee-q23017059
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:37:49.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-lee-q23017059"
name: "Edward Lee"
slug: "edward-lee-q23017059"
description: "Edward Lee, Korean name Lee Kyun (Korean: 이균), is an American chef, author and restaurateur. He has made numerous television appearances on shows including The Mind of a Chef, Iron Chef America, Top Chef, MasterChef, and Culinary Class Wars. Lee owns multiple restaurants in Louisville, Kentucky and Washington, D.C. and has received several James Beard Foundation Award nominations. In 2019, Lee was awarded the James Beard Foundation Award for his book Buttermilk Graffiti, as well as the James Beard Humanitarian Award for his nonprofit organization, the LEE Initiative, in 2024. Buttermilk Graffiti was recognized for its exploration of immigrant food cultures across the United States and was based on Lee's cross-country travels documenting regional cuisines and personal narratives."
tagline: "Korean-American chef, restaurateur author and television personality"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Visiting_Chef_Edward_Lee_prepares_food_in_the_White_House_Kitchen_on_April_26%2C_2023_for_the_official_State_Dinner_for_the_Republic_of_Korea_-_F20230426ES-1770_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1972-07-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.437569333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/chefedwardlee/"
    handle:    "chefedwardlee"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2615067/"
    handle:    "nm2615067"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%84%9B%E5%BE%B7%E8%8F%AF%C2%B7%E6%9D%8E_(%E5%BB%9A%E5%B8%AB)"
    title: "愛德華·李 (廚師)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lee_(chef)"
    title: "Edward Lee (chef)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lee_(coci%C3%B1eiro)"
    title: "Edward Lee (cociñeiro)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lee"
    title: "Edward Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EB%93%9C%EC%9B%8C%EB%93%9C_%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "에드워드 리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lee_(cef)"
    title: "Edward Lee (cef)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23017059"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4316981"
    title: "Lee Edward"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump