Edward Lee
American chef
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| February 14 2025 | Premiered his South Korean travel and food show, Edward Lee's Country Cook, on tvN. |
| January 2025 | Lee was awarded the Stepping Stone Award by the Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI) for his efforts in spreading awareness of Korean culture. |
| 2024 | Lee participated in the Netflix cooking competition show Culinary Class Wars, finishing as runner-up and revealing his Korean first name, Kyun. |
| 2024 | Received the James Beard Humanitarian Award for his nonprofit organization, the LEE Initiative. |
| December 2024 | Lee appeared on the reboot of the Korean show 'Please Take Care of My Refrigerator'. |
| November 2024 | Lee opened Shia, a fine dining restaurant in Washington, D.C. serving Korean American fusion cuisine with environmentally conscious practices. |
| April 2 2024 | Published 'Bourbon Land: A Spirited Love Letter to My Old Kentucky Whiskey, with 50 recipes', a book celebrating Kentucky's bourbon culture and culinary traditions. |
| 2023 | Lee opened Nami Modern Korean Steakhouse in Louisville, which was named on USA Today's best restaurants list of 2024. |
| April 26 2023 | Lee was selected as the guest chef for the state dinner at the White House during South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's visit to the United States. |
| 2021 | Appeared in The Next Thing You Eat series, specifically in the episode 'Restaurants: A Reckoning' |
| 2021 | Received the Muhammad Ali Kentucky Humanitarian Award. |
| 2020 | Lee closed Milkwood restaurant and briefly reopened it as McAtee Community Kitchen to help feed neighborhoods in Louisville during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | Appeared as a guest judge in 1 episode of Top Chef: Kentucky |
| 2019 | Awarded the James Beard Foundation Award for his book Buttermilk Graffiti. |
| April 17 2018 | Released his second book 'Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine', documenting his exploration of American culinary diversity. |
| 2017 | Lee opened a second Succotash restaurant location in Washington, D.C. |
| 2017 | Lee founded the LEE Initiative (Let's Empower Employment) to address diversity issues in the restaurant industry, creating programs like Smoke and Soul and Women Chefs in Kentucky. |
| 2017 | Lee served as chef judge for the American adaptation of Culinary Genius. |
| 2015 | Received a Daytime Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Culinary Host for his work in The Mind of a Chef television program. |
| 2015 | Lee opened the first Succotash restaurant location in National Harbor, combining Southern and Asian cuisine. |
| 2015 | Lee's culinary training program trainees launched a pop-up diner called Smoke & Soul. |
| 2014 | Featured in 7 episodes of The Mind of a Chef documentary series |
| 2014 | Lee partnered with YouthBuild and IDEAS 40203 to create a culinary training program in Louisville's Smoketown neighborhood, aimed at training youth in restaurant industry skills. |
| May 16 2013 | Published his first cookbook 'Smoke and Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen', which explored his culinary perspective on Southern cuisine. |
| 2011 | Began being named as a James Beard Award Finalist for Best Chef. |
| 2011 | Lee competed on season 9 of Top Chef, winning two elimination challenges and finishing fifth in the competition. |
| 2010 | Edward Lee appeared as himself in 2 episodes of Iron Chef America |
| 2010 | Lee appeared on Season 8 of Iron Chef America. |
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