Edward Lee
✓ Source-basedfallingKorean-American chef, restaurateur author and television personality
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. C. and has received several James Beard Foundation Award nominations.
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Lee (second from right) presented at the State Dining Room of the White House by First Lady Jill Biden at the April 2023 State Dinner for President Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea, alongside White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford (middle) and pastry chef Susie Morrison (far right) (White House photograph by Adam Schultz)
Visiting Chef Edward Lee prepares food in the White House Kitchen on April 26, 2023, for the official State Dinner for the Republic of KoreaWriters from United States 6
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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.
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