170 - Why is Design So Crucial to Success? Charles Phan - Executive Chef of the Slanted Door

Charles Phan is the Executive Chef and founder of The Slanted Door in San Francisco, California and The Slanted Door Group of restaurants.

Phan is known for combining Western and Vietnamese ingredients in breakthrough ways and was recognized as “Best Chef: California” by the James Beard Foundation in 2004. In the years that followed, Phan expanded his restaurant group with Out the Door, Hard Water, Rice and Bones at UC Berkeley, Slanted Door San Ramon, and Chuck’s Takeaway.

His popularity continued to grow with appearances on network television and two cookbooks, Vietnamese Home Cooking (2012) and The Slanted Door (2014).

Phan has received numerous nominations and awards. Notably, in 2014 The Slanted Door was recognized by the James Beard Foundation as an Outstanding Restaurant in America. His books won the IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) Cookbook Award for Chefs and Restaurants and for Photography, respectively.

Charles Phan lives in San Francisco with his wife and their three children.

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I served in the U.S. Marines in the 90's and graduated from the University of Southern California in 2000. Today, I work as an LA based producer and entrepreneur and am currently a founding partner at EAST Films.

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