Paul qui chef biography

American chef

Paul Qui (born August 14, 1980) is a Texas-based Top Chef winner and James Beard award recipient. He operates restaurants East Side King (Austin), Thai Kun (Austin) and Pao (Miami).

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In 2011, he won the ninth season of reality television cooking competition Top Chef. Qui is also a winner of the James Beard Award.^[1][2]

Biography

Paul Qui was born in Manila, Philippines and moved to the United States as a child.^[3] He attended high school in Springfield, Virginia^[4] and completed his culinary training at Le Cordon Bleu in Austin, Texas.^[5] His initial forays into cooking professionally led to a job with Tyson Cole, chef/owner of Uchi and Uchiko restaurants in Austin.

During his time in the kitchen, Cole became Qui's mentor, and Qui eventually worked his way up to become the chef de cuisine and executive chef at Uchiko.^[6]

Qui was one of 29 contestants who appeared on Top Chef Season 9 i Chef Paul Qui's Story of Passion and Culinary Philosophy XUKAW