Ming Hao Tsai, an American celebrity chef and restaurateur who has been contributing to the culinary world for more than twenty years, has his excellence in east-west fusion cuisine. He believes that everyday meals should be healthy, affordable, tasty and easy to prepare.
Ming Tsai’s net Worth
Chef Ming Tsai’s major source of income is his shows and restaurants. He has appeared in various cooking shows and has strengthened his place as a celebrity chef and a successful tv personality. His restaurant, Blue Dragon, is in Boston, specializing in east-west cuisine with a traditional twist.
The restaurant, Blue Dragon, was named “Best New Restaurants 2013”. In addition to his restaurant, Ming Tsai has also been hosting and producing his show, Simply Ming, one of the longest-running cooking shows on PBS.
For this show, in the categories of “Lighting” and “Art Direction,” Chef Ming Tsai has received two bronze telly awards. Chef Ming Tsai is the proud author of his five cookbooks titled as
- Blue Ginger: East Meets West
- Cooking with Ming Tsai
- Simply Ming
- Ming’s Master Recipes
- Simply Ming
Chef Ming is a member of the Culinary Hall of Fame. He had appeared in cooking competition shows like The Next Iron Chef and Top Chef. Chef Ming has also recently founded a company called ‘Ming’s Bing’, which sells Bing, which is a flatbread type of ready-to-eat Chinese food.
With all these professions and achievements, the net worth of Chef Ming Tsai has been estimated to be $10 million. His salary or income per year is estimated to be 400 thousand dollars yearly.
Where Does Ming Tsai Live?
According to his social media accounts, Ming Tsai currently lives in Natick, Massachusetts, United States. He had spent his childhood alongside his parents in his family-owned restaurant, Mandarin Kitchen, in Dayton, Ohio where he found his love for cooking.
His experience there had taught him the ways of restaurants and how the art of making people happy through food. While attending Yale University to earn a degree in Mechanical engineering, he spent his summer there in Le Cordon Bleu, learning and honing his cooking skills.
His budding curiosity in the culinary world led him to Paris to train under famous pastry chef Pierre Herme and then to Osaka, Japan, with Sushi Master Kobayashi. He further completed his Master’s degree in Hotel Administration and Hospitality Marketing upon his return to California.
In 1998, Chef Ming established his first-ever restaurant specializing in east-west cuisine, namely “Blue Ginger” in Wellesley, Massachusetts. In the first year of its running, the restaurant has gained three stars from the Boston Globe.
His restaurant was further rated as one of the top 5 most popular restaurants in 2002. Furthermore, Blue Ginger was awarded “Ivy Award” for excellent deliverance of high-standard food, service and hospitality. However, after 19 years of running, Chef Ming made the decision to close down Blue Ginger to pursue other sides of the food industry.