Prior to joining Top Chef Season 11, she was the Executive Chef for China Poblano by Jose Andres which was nominated for Best New Restaurant Award by James Beard in 2011. Trained in classic French and Italian cuisine, Chef Shirley has worked and opened restaurants for many famed chefs such as Thomas Keller, Guy Savoy and Mario Batali. Although she didn’t take home the title, she has won many fans all over the country. Her fearless passion in taking a traditional Chinese dish and ‘modernize’ it with her own creativity won her 4 quick-fire challenges and got her to the semi-final. I’ve been a huge fan of Chef Shirley since I saw her on Top Chef Season 11. But in my humble opinion, chef Shirley’s talent and craft coupled with Stacie’s vase experience in restaurant and hospitality industry are what will take Twenty Eight to the long road of success. And everyone knows 8 is an extremely desired lucky number because it rhymes in Chinese as ‘prosperity and wealth’. The number 2 is considered lucky because ‘all good thing comes in pairs’. Why the name Twenty Eight? It holds a special meaning for both partners, Stacie Tran and Chef Shirley. It was the age that Chef Shirley started cooking and it also has significant meaning in Chinese Culture. Irvine is lucky to have a new modern Chinese restaurant by celebrity chef Shirley Chung who calls her culinary style as ‘cooking without borders’. Twenty Eight is short for Twenty Eight Restaurant and Lounge which recently grand opened on December 28, 2014.
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