Faith & Flower Executive Chef Michael Hung began his culinary career in New York City, where he dropped out of culinary school to do extended stages at acclaimed restaurants Daniel and Aquavit. Michael followed his heart to San Francisco in 2005 and joined Traci Des Jardins’s James Beard Award-winning team at Jardiniere.
He has been fortunate to work on Pixar’s Academy Award-winning animated movie, “Ratatouille,” earning himself a film credit as ‘Menu Chef’ and Consultant, alongside legendary chefs like Thomas Keller and Guy Savoy.
Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Michael led the kitchen as Chef de Cuisine at Roland Passot’s iconic San Francisco restaurant, La Folie. In his time there, he maintained La Folie’s 4-star San Francisco Chronicle and 1-star Michelin ratings.
Chef Michael joined the team at Coastal Luxury Management to become the Executive Chef of Faith & Flower, which opened in Downtown Los Angeles in the spring of 2014.
Over the past year, guided by Michael’s leadership, Faith & Flower has established itself as a premier restaurant, honored locally in Los Angeles Magazine’s Top 10 Best New Restaurants 2014, as well as in Esquire magazine as one of the nation’s Best New Restaurants 2014. Michael has most recently been nominated as one of Food & Wine’s 2015 People’s Choice Best New Chefs.
Outside of the kitchen, Michael is a student in the art of fiction writing. He earned a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of San Francisco Writing Program in 2013. His essays have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Inside Scoop and on CNN.com Blogs.
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