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Danny Bowien

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Danny Bowien in Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse (2016)
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Danny Bowien is the chef and co-founder of "Mission Chinese Food" in San Francisco and New York and "Mission Cantina" in New York. In 2008 he won the Pesto World Championship in Genoa, Italy, and in 2013 the James Beard Foundation named him Rising Star Chef of the Year. He is also the co-author of The Mission Chinese Food Cookbook. He was born in Korea, raised in Oklahoma, and now lives in New York City with his wife, Youngmi, and their son, Mino.

AWARDS: 2013 - The James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef of the Year. 2012 - The New York Times named Mission Chinese Food the best new restaurant in New York City 2011 - Mission Chinese Food in San Francisco named one of the best new restaurants in the US by Bon Appétit and GQ 2008 - Won the Pesto World Championship in Genoa, Italy
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    Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse (2016)
    Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Self
    The Mind of a Chef (2012)
    The Mind of a Chef
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Self
    Chopped (2007)
    Chopped
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Self - Judge
    • Self - Chef & Restaurateur
    Wasted! The Story of Food Waste (2017)
    Wasted! The Story of Food Waste
    7.5
    • Self
    • 2017

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    • Chopped (2007)
      Chopped
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Self - Judge
      • Self - Chef & Restaurateur
      • 2022
    • Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie in Today (1952)
      Today
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Self - Guest (as Chef Danny Bowien)
      • 2022
    • Dishmantled (2020)
      Dishmantled
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Self - Judge
      • 2020–2021
    • Robin Givens, Dave Coulier, Brian Posehn, Shannon Akins, Leo Lech, Sonja Morgan, Steven Crowley, Johnny 'Bananas' Devenanzio, Bridget Everett, Asaf Goren, Wells Adams, Mandy Thornton, Ann Odogwu, and Hazell Mckenzie in Worst Cooks in America (2010)
      Worst Cooks in America
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Self - Judge
      • 2020–2021
    • Top Chef Canada (2011)
      Top Chef Canada
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Self - Guest Judge
      • 2018
    • The Mind of a Chef (2012)
      The Mind of a Chef
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2016–2017
    • Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
      Late Night with Seth Meyers
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Self (as Chef Danny Bowien)
      • 2017
    • Wasted! The Story of Food Waste (2017)
      Wasted! The Story of Food Waste
      7.5
      • Self
      • 2017
    • Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse (2016)
      Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2016
    • Gelinaz! (2016)
      Gelinaz!
      TV Short
      • Self
      • 2016
    • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
      The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Self (as Chef Danny Bowien)
      • 2015
    • Jimmy Fallon in Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009)
      Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2013
    • The Layover (2011)
      The Layover
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2012

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      In 2008, he won the World Pesto Championship in Genoa, Italy.

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