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#9 Charles Phan

• Charles Phan is the chef-owner of Slanted Door located in San Francisco.
• The Slanted Door was nominated for the Outstanding Restaurant Award in the annual and prestigious James Beard Awards for 2008.
  
• He specializes in cooking Vietnamese inspired cuisine.
• He began his career successfully, being named one of Food & Wine's America's Best New Chefs in 2004.
• Chef Phan is often featured in top food magazines and is receiving growing interest and praise from the culinary community.
• His story is an inspiring one for he immigrated as part of the Vietnam War refugee wave.
• He has worked to elevate Vietnamese cuisine into fine dining.
  

Further Information:
http://www.slanteddoor.com/phan_story.html

For Recipes:
http://sfgourmet.blogspot.com/2005/08/food-wine-magazine-charles-phan.html