Bobby Chinn
| Bobby Chinn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert Chinn 3 April 1964 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | Richmond College (B.A., Finance and Economics, 1986) |
| Occupation | Chef, TV Host, Restaurateur, Author |
Robert "Bobby" Chinn is an international chef, television presenter, restaurateur and cookbook author. He is a culinary celebrity across Asia and the Middle East, thanks to his role as host of Discovery TLC's "World Cafe", and now, as a judge on MBC's "Top Chef Middle East". He opened two award-winning restaurants in Vietnam – "Restaurant Bobby Chinn" in Hanoi (2001) and "Bobby Chinn Saigon" in Ho Chi Minh (2011), then relocated to London in 2014 and opened "The House of Ho" Vietnamese restaurant.
Bobby Chinn was born in Auckland, New Zealand to an Egyptian mother and a Chinese-American father. His culinary story began at the age of 10, as he began to explore Asian and North African recipes in his grandmothers’ kitchens.
He was educated in San Francisco USA, Cairo, Egypt, and London, England, where he attended Millfield, Somerset UK from 1977 to 1980 on a sports scholarship. Bobby attended the College of Marin, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California and Richmond College in London where he graduated with a BA in Finance and Economics (1986).
After graduating, Bobby worked as a research analyst in Boca Raton, Florida, then a hedge fund in San Francisco, before moving to New York City where he worked on the floor of the .
In 1990, he worked for Blue Shell, supplying Prince Edward Island mussels and oysters to the top restaurants in New York City. Chinn enrolled in the French Culinary Institute in New York, but dropped out in order to study improvisational comedy at The Groundings, Los Angeles. He then returned to San Francisco to pursue stand-up comedy, performing at The Holy City Zoo.
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