Ming Tsai

Proprietor Of Blue Ginger And Host Of Public Television's Simply Ming

Chef Ming is Proprietor of Blue Ginger restaurant in Wellesley, MA.  He is currently the host and executive producer of the public television cooking show, SIMPLY MING, now in its sixth season. His SIMPLY MING video podcasts feature tutorials on everything from filleting fish to food allergy basics (available on ming.com and iTunes).

Ming began cooking for television audiences on the Food Network, where he was the 1998 Emmy Award-Winning host of East Meets West with Ming Tsai. Ming's Quest, his popular cooking adventure series, also aired on Food Network. In the summer of 2008, Ming traveled to the Beijing Olympics with NBC’s Today show to provide viewers with insight into food customs and traditions that define his Chinese heritage. 

In 1998 Ming opened Blue Ginger, and won widespread acclaimed for its innovative East-West cuisine.  In its first year, Blue Ginger received 3 stars from the Boston Globe, was named "Best New Restaurant" by Boston Magazine, was nominated by the James Beard Foundation as "Best New Restaurant 1998," and Esquire Magazine honored Ming as "Chef of the Year 1998."

The James Beard Foundation crowned Ming "2002 Best Chef Northeast" and, since 2002, the Zagat Restaurant Guide has rated Blue Ginger the "2nd Most Popular Boston Restaurant." In 2007, Blue Ginger received the Ivy Award from Restaurants & Institutions for its consistent achievement in meeting the highest standards for food, hospitality and service, and in 2009, Ming and Blue Ginger won the IFMA's Silver Plate Award in the Independent Restaurant category recognizing overall excellence in the industry.

Ming is a national spokesperson for the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN), working to further education and research on food allergies. Ming is proud to have developed the Food Allergy Reference Book, first used at Blue Ginger, a pioneering system that creates safeguards to help food-allergic people dine safely. For the past four years, he worked with Massachusetts Legislature to help write Bill S. 2701, which was recently signed into law. This groundbreaking legislation, the first of its kind in the US, requires local restaurants to comply with simple food allergy awareness guidelines.

Travelers may join Chef Ming in China in 2011.   For more information on Ming, visit www.ming.com, his information-based site focusing on East-West living, recipes, culinary gadgets and more.