Bobby Chinn

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Bobby Chinn
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Alma materRichmond College (B.A.)
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  • Chef
  • TV host
  • restaurateur
  • author
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RelativesSaad el-Shazly (maternal grandfather)

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Bobby Chinn is a New Zealand[1] chef, television presenter, restaurateur and cookbook author.[2][3] He is the host of Discovery TLC's World Cafe,[4] and as a judge on MBC's Top Chef Middle East.[5] He opened two restaurants in Vietnam – Restaurant Bobby Chinn in Hanoi (2001) and Bobby Chinn Saigon in Ho Chi Minh (2011), then relocated to London in 2014 and opened the House of Ho Vietnamese restaurant.[6]

Early life and education

Bobby Chinn was born in New Zealand to a Chinese-American father and an Egyptian mother.[7] His grandfather was Egyptian military commander Saad El Shazly.[8]

Chinn was educated at St. George's College in Cairo[9] and Millfield in England[10] before graduating from the Urban School of San Francisco.[11] Chinn then graduated from Richmond College in London in 1986, where he earned a BA in finance and economics.[12] In 2020 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Liberal Arts from Richmond College.[13]

After graduating, Chinn worked as a research analyst in Boca Raton, Florida, then a hedge fund in San Francisco, before moving to New York City where he worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.[14]

Career

Chinn's culinary career began at the Elka Restaurant in the Miyako Hotel in San Francisco,[15] working under notable chefs Elka Gilmore and Traci Des Jardins. His big break came from Hubert Keller of Fleur de Lys, where he worked the pantry for a year.[16] He was part of the opening team at the Coconut Grove on Van Ness Avenue, where he became the saucier, but succumbed to a back injury. He work-staged in France, then returned to San Francisco for back surgery.

In 1995, Chinn moved to Ho Chi Minh City[17] and worked at La Camargue restaurant. Within six months, he had opened his own restaurant, Saigon Joe's, and moved to Hanoi to open another restaurant, Miro. In 1997, he opened the Red Onion, overlooking the infamous "Hanoi Hilton".[18] The success of the restaurant gave him the opportunity to open his eponymous restaurant in 2001, Restaurant Bobby Chinn.[19]

In 2014, Chinn moved to London and launched a modern Vietnamese concept at the House of Ho, which occupies the former site of the 2i's Coffee Bar, Soho.[20]

Television

Chinn's television career was launched with his first solo TV show, World Café Asia, on TLC.[21][4] For the second season, World Café Middle East, Chinn won "Best Entertainment Presenter" at the Asia Television Awards in 2007.[22]

Chinn is a permanent judge on MBC's Top Chef Middle East.[23]

Cookbook

Chin's cookbook, Wild Wild East: Recipes & Stories from Vietnam was released in 2007. It is both a guide to Vietnamese food and a diary of Chinn's adventures in Vietnam. In the foreword, Anthony Bourdain claims that "what Bobby doesn’t know about Southeast Asian food is not worth knowing".[24]

Ambassador roles

  • In 2012, he was appointed WWF Ambassador for Sustainable Seafood.[25] As WWF's Sustainable Seafood Ambassador for the Coral Triangle, he helped WWF raise awareness on the importance of responsible seafood consumption, particularly in the Coral Triangle region, to help alleviate pressures on coastal and marine environments and dwindling fish populations.
  • In 2014, he was appointed Tourism Ambassador for Vietnam in Europe.[26]
  • In 2021, he was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the Naomi Tami Memorial Fund.[27]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top Chef Middle East celebrity chef Bobby Chinn sets the record straight, once and for all". E. Nina Rothe. December 10, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sesser, Stan (October 27, 2000). "Hanoi's Red Onion Bistro Has the Heart of San Francisco". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved March 8, 2021. ...Mr. Chinn is...[a]n American citizen...born in New Zealand...
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kaufman, Deborah, ed. (2003). Fodor's Vietnam (3 ed.). New York: Random House. p. 41. ISBN 1-4000-1101-9. Hanoi's most gregarious chef, American Bobby Chinn...
  4. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."World Cafe 2".
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top Chef - MBC 1 - MBC.net".
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.BigHospitality.co.uk. "Bobby Chinn heads to the UK for new Vietnamese restaurant in London".
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Though part-Egyptian, chef Bobby Chinn avoids local cuisine in the kitchen". April 7, 2013.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A True Culinary Artisan". insight-egypt.com. Insight Egypt. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bobby Chinn: What I Did Next". Podtail. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Heiter, Celeste. "The Pharaoh of Fine Dining in the Far East". Things Asian Press. Retrieved August 4, 2003.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Urban School Alumni Association". Urban School Blue Notes. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  12. ^ Lippoldt, Karen, "From Wall Street to master chef: Bobby Chinn" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Richmond College Alumni news, October, 2013
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS". Richmond. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Post, The Jakarta. "Bobby Chinn: All grown up".
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Culinary Escapades". Telegraph India. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chinn up!". BBC Good Food Middle East. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Heiter, Celeste (August 4, 2003). "The Pharaoh of Fine Dining in the Far East". thingsasian.com. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."CNN - y: 'Hanoi Hilton' now holds only painful memories - April 27, 2000". Archived from the original on January 7, 2002.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."full biography". Deborah McKenna. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."THE HISTORY OF THE 2i's COFFEE BAR". June 5, 2009.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Interview with: Celebrity Egyptian/Chinese Chef Bobby Chinn". ahramonline. April 20, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bobby Chinn: Cooking's a gas - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ahmad, Tarek (September 19, 2016). "Top Chef Middle East set to dish up Arab talent". Al Arabiya English. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bobby Chinn (2008). Wild, Wild East: Recipes & Stories from Vietnam. Barron's. ISBN 978-0-7641-6149-0.
  25. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Promoting sustainable seafood production". November 1, 2013.
  26. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bobby Chinn named Vietnam tourism ambassador in Europe". July 18, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  27. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bobby Chinn Goodwill Ambassador". Naomi Tami Memorial Fund. Naomi Tami Memorial Scholarship Fund. Retrieved May 1, 2022.

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