Current Residency: New York, NY
Occupation: Chef/Instructor/Recipe Developer 

A New York based chef, instructor and recipe developer, Nini Nguyen was a frontrunner on “Top Chef” Season 16 in Kentucky but was eliminated during Restaurant Wars after being front of house. Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Nini combines her Vietnamese heritage and NOLA flair into a unique cooking style. Early in her career, she started as a pastry cook at restaurants like Coquette & Eleven Madison Park.  She later moved into savory cooking with the touring pop-up, Dinner Lab. She a...