Dan Hong

Hong's parents were born in Vietnam. His mother Angie came to Australia under the Colombo Plan to study chemical engineering. His father was a postgraduate electrical engineering student. They subsequently opened a number of Vietnamese restaurants in Sydney called Thanh Binh.[1]

Hong attended Epping West Public School and Barker College but showed little interest in schooling.[1] After attending a cooking school in Chatswood, Hong undertook a traineeship at the InterContinental Hotel and went on to an apprenticeship at Longrain, Pello Restaurant and Marque.[2]

Once qualified, Hong joined Tetsuya's as chef de partie followed by Bentley Restaurant and Bar as sous chef. After working with Wylie Dufresne at wd~50 in New York, he joined Lotus as head chef.[2]

In 2008, Hong won the Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year Award.[3]

Hong is the executive chef at a number of restaurants, including Ms G's, Mr Wong, Papi Chulo and El Loco.[1] Mr. Wong has won multiple awards and hats.[4]

In 2016, Hong was the host of ABC iView series Shelfie which followed him as he ventured inside the kitchens of everyday Australians.[5] Together with Melissa Leong and Mark Olive, Hong is a co-host and judge of the Australian television cooking competition The Chefs' Line.[6] In August 2022 SBS Food screened The Streets with Dan Hong in which he explores street food from around the world.[7]

• Hong, Dan; Leong, Melissa (March 2021). Mr Hong. Murdoch Books. ISBN 9781922351593. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

• High school dropout to high-flyer: How chef Dan Hong found his groove, Good Food, 28 May 2018
• Sydney native and Ms. G’s chef Dan Hong on his hometown favorites, Eats Abroad, 24 February 2016