Charles Phan, a refugee from war-ravaged Vietnam who, after learning traditional recipes from his aunt and mother, elevated Vietnamese cuisine in the United States through his acclaimed San ...

By Kim Severson Charles Phan, a self-taught chef whose family fled Vietnam when he was a teenager and whose sleek restaurant helped change America’s perception of Asian food by replacing menus ...

Charles Phan cooks in his kitchen with a wok in 2012. Courtesy of Eric Wolfinger. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere. Sign up Charles ...

He began his role with CBS Bay Area in 2015. Charles Phan, the acclaimed San Francisco chef and restaurant owner who won two James Beard awards with the innovative food at his Vietnamese ...

Looking on at left is executive chef Charles Phan of The Slanted Door restaurant. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file) (Eric Risberg, AP2009) Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator ...

Award-winning San Francisco chef Charles Phan, a trailblazer whose modern interpretations of Vietnamese cuisine at the Slanted Door captivated the Bay Area and influenced restaurants around the ...

A remarkable story Born in South Vietnam in 1962, Phan and his family fled the country after the U.S. withdrawal from the Vietnam War and fall of Saigon when he was 13 years old. They briefly ...