Lovett welcomed internationally renowned chef Ming Tsai to campus on Wednesday, December 12. Ming spoke to our Lower School students in the Middle School Multipurpose Room about food, nutrition, and Chinese cuisine and culture. He also discussed the importance of giving back and said that "true success can only come to those who serve and give back to their communities and their world." This visit served as an enrichment to the Chinese culture and language program that begins in Grade 1 at Lovett.
Ming's love of cooking began at at early age when he spent many hours learning and cooking alongside his mother and father at their family restaurant, Mandarin Kitchen, in Dayton, Ohio.
Ming earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University, but recognized his true love of cooking while attending college. Shortly after attending Yale, he studied at Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris, trained under renowned pastry chef Pierre Herme in Paris and sushi master Kobayashi in Osaka. He went on to earn a Master's degree in Hotel Administration and Hospitality Marketing from Cornell University.
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Ming opened Blue Ginger restaurant in Wellesley, MA in 1998, has cooked on and hosted two Food Network programs, is the author of five cookbooks, and is the host and executive producer of the public television cooking show, Simply Ming.
Ming recently traveled to China with his wife, Lovett graduate Polly Talbott Ming-Tsai '82, their two sons, David, age 12, and Henry, age 10, and Ming's parents. He wrote about their culinary/cultural experiences while in China in the October issue of Cooking Light: http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking-101/meet-the-chef/ming-tsai-in-china....
