OUTBURN ONLINE
May 10, 2021
Chef Brian Tsao is not your typical chef. He loves his metal licks as much as his tasty licks. As the son of a Chinese father and Korean mother, he grew up in Flushing, Queens, NY into a family rich with Asian heritage and culinary traditions. At age 15 Tsao journeyed to Beijing to study at the prestigious World Youth Academy without even knowing Chinese. He spent six years in China, traveling Asia extensively learning about the cuisines of each region
Tsao has led the kitchen as Chef De Cuisine of Beauty and Essex NYC. Prior to that, Tsao’s role as Executive Chef of Mira Sushi and Izakaya led to a victory over Bobby Flay on the first season of his eponymous Food Network show,