Lucas Sin

About the Author

Lucas Sin is a chef and writer from Hong Kong. He began his culinary career at sixteen, cooking in Hong Kong, before running restaurants out of his dorm room at Yale. He went on to cook at Modernist Cuisine in Seattle, Kikunoi Honten in Kyoto, and Michelin-starred kitchens in Hong Kong and New York before cofounding Junzi Kitchen and Nice Day Chinese, two casual Chinese restaurant brands with a focus on everyday Chinese cooking. He has been named a Forbes 30 Under 30, a Food & Wine Best New Chef, a Star Chefs Rising Star, and an Eater Young Gun. He divides his time between New York and Hong Kong. Online, he serves as a culinary educator on YouTube for National Geographic, Food52, and Bon Appétit, for which he won a James Beard Media Award.