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Luke Nguyen
Nguyen (right) with Jeff Rowley
Born (1978-09-08) September 8, 1978 (age 46)
Thailand
NationalityVietnamese–Australian
OccupationChef
Spouse(s)Suzanna Boyd (separated)
Lynne
Children2

Luke Nguyen (Template:Lang-vi; born 8 September 1978) is a Vietnamese–Australian chef and restaurateur, best known as the host of the television series, Luke Nguyen's Vietnam and Luke Nguyen's France.[1] The former is a food documentary in which he travels through Vietnam, cooking in the ad hoc manner of the street vendors in the country, usually preparing the dish on the footpaths,[2] and the latter is an exploration of the French influence on Vietnamese cuisine.[3] He is a judge on the television series MasterChef Vietnam.

Career and television appearances

Following his first two series, the 10-episode Luke Nguyen's United Kingdom,[4] first aired on 14 May 2015 with the London episode in which he toured the city's food markets with his brother, Lewis.

In his most recent series, the 8 episode Luke Nguyen's Street Food Asia,[5] first aired on 1 September 2016 he explores street food in Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta.

Nguyen has appeared multiple times on the competitive cooking show MasterChef Australia as a guest chef, including season 2 episode 8, and season 8 episode 31.[6]

Nguyen appeared on the season 7, episode 3 of the SBS genealogy series, Who Do You Think You Are? in which he learned of his previously unknown Hakka Chinese ancestry through his maternal grandfather, an immigrant from Guangdong. Though his mother had known about this for decades, for unspecified reasons she had hidden this information from Nguyen. The program also revealed information about the involvement of Nguyen's ancestors during the Indochina and Vietnam Wars.[7]

Restaurants

He is the owner of Red Lantern restaurant in Surry Hills, Sydney and Vietnam House restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City and is the author of a number of cookbooks.

He is also the man behind the restaurant Fat Noodle situated in the Star Casino Sydney and Treasury Casino in Brisbane.[8]

Books

Luke is the author of five bestselling and award-winning cookbooks: Secrets Of The Red Lantern, The Songs of Sapa, Indochine, Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong and The Food Of Vietnam <https://www.dymocks.com.au/authors/luke-nguyen>.

Philanthropy

In 2009, Luke Nguyen and his then-partner, Suzanna Boyd founded the Little Lantern Foundation in Hoi An, which gives disadvantaged youths an opportunity to undertake a hospitality training program in Little Lantern's operating hotel – restaurant and bar.


Awards

He was the youngest person inducted into the Sydney Morning Herald's Food Hall of Fame for his role as a presenter and creator of a television series. He has also been awarded Chef of the Year in Vietnam<https://www.ethnicbusinessawards.com/blog/lukenguyenstory>.

In 2021, [Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam], a television series which aired on SBS in 2020, was named Best Lifestyle Program in the Asian Television awards <https://www.mediaweek.com.au/luke-nguyen-creative-media-and-sbs-win-asian-television-award-for-railway-vietnam/>. The series was filmed in 10 locations over 35 days, often in challenging circumstances, and was in post-production for a further six months <https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2021/01/26/luke-nguyens-railway-vietnam-wins-prestigious-asian-tv-award/>.

Luke's restaurant, Red lantern, has won the ‘Best Asian Restaurant’ award by Restaurant and Catering Association many times <https://www.ethnicbusinessawards.com/blog/lukenguyenstory>.

Advertising

Luke Nguyen has been the face for various advertising campaigns. He is the ambassador for 'Pork Australia' promoting Pork in Australian households and restaurants <https://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=20610>.

Personal Life

In 1977, Luke Nguyen’s family escaped Vietnam by boat to Thailand in search of a new life. Upon arriving in Thailand, they were sent to live in Thai refugee camp. It was in one such camp that Luke was born.<https://www.ethnicbusinessawards.com/blog/lukenguyenstory>

A year later, Luke’s family journeyed to Australia and settled in Cabramatta, Sydney.

Luke's passion for food stemmed from his food obsessed parents who owned 'Pho Cay Du' restaurant in Cabramatta for 15 years. He learned the art and fundamentals of Vietnamese cooking from his parents <https://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=20610>.

References

  1. ^ Luke Nguyen's Vietnam
  2. ^ Luke Nguyen's Vietnam on SBS
  3. ^ Nguyen's France
  4. ^ Luke Nguyen's United Kingdom
  5. ^ Luke Nguyen's Street Food Asia
  6. ^ "MasterChef - S8 Ep. 31".
  7. ^ 10 things you didn’t know about Luke Nguyen
  8. ^ "W88.COM - NHÀ CÁI W88 - TỶ LỆ CÁ CƯỢC TRỰC TUYẾN - W88.COM". W88 (in Vietnamese). 2020-05-10. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
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