Red lantern luke nguyen biography
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RED LANTERN, THE MOST AWARDED VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD
“Everything is a kind of magic when you have the stars aligned. We did everything ourselves. We are all hustlers. We walked the streets of Surry Hills telling people ‘Hey, this is a new Vietnamese restaurant. It is going to be the best restaurant in the world. We are going to open in a few months time. Make sure you come along. Here is a flyer.’ We were working it.” Pauline Nguyen
I sat in the audience with my business partner Jodie, waiting for the speaker to come on the stage. We were at another business lunch event. We go to so many of these events, waiting to be inspired, waiting to be transported. And to be fair we get to hear from some pretty interesting people.
But today was different. I was texting on my phone, while mindlessly scrolling through Instagram when the speaker entered the room. I barely looked up. Out of the corner of my eye I could see that she was relatively small in stature, pretty face wi
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Luke Nguyen
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Luke Nguyen and his family escaped Vietnam as boat people in 1978 and arrived on the shores of Thailand where Luke was born. Today Luke Nguyen is a celebrated Australian television chef, author, gastronomic traveler and restaurateur. Luke's passion for food stemmed from his food obsessed parents who owned 'Pho Cay Du' restaurant in Cabramatta for 15 years. He learned the art and fundamentals of Vietnamese cooking from his parents. Wanting to learn more, he trained and worked with renowned Sydney restaurateurs and chefs. Luke Nguyen opened his first restaurant in 2002 and is the owner of 'Red Lantern' in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills, an Authentic Vietnamese Restaurant. In the first month Red Lantern was awarded 'Best New Restaurant' by the Sydney Eats Guide. In 2004, Luke was invited by the Australian Embassy and Asia Society to host and cook for a tw
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At the age of 23, Luke fulfilled his dream by opening his very own restaurant – Red Lantern. In 2012, he opened his second restaurant, Red Lantern on Riley. Today, Red Lantern fryst vatten the most awarded Vietnamese restaurant in the world.
Luke is also the man behind tallrik Noodle, an Asian Noodle Bar concept at The Star in Pyrmont Sydney and The Treasury in Brisbane.
In March 2015, Luke opened GRAIN Cooking Studio in Saigon; offering hands on cooking classes where guests experience a cooking and cultural journey of Vietnam.
In 2017, Luke opened his first restaurant in Saigon, Vietnam House – a fine dining modern Vietnamese restaurant in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City. Elevating Vietnamese cuisine to another level.
In 2019, Luke opened the much anticipated Botanic House in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney, serving South East Asian dishes cooked with Native Australian ingredients.
Author of Seven Bestselling and award-winning cookbooks, secrets of the red lantern, the Songs of Sa