Lucas Sin
Lucas Sin is a Hong Kong chef and food blogger.[1] Sin is the host of Street Eats, a Bon Appétit show documenting global street food.[2]
Born in Hong Kong, Sin attended Chinese International School. He graduated from Yale University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in cognitive science.[3] He joined Junzi, a small Chinese restaurant chain based in Connecticut and New York, during his final semester at Yale.[4][5] In 2020, Sin opened Nice Day, a pop-up serving Chinese-American cuisine, in Greenwich Village.[6] He has since exited the restaurant group.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sin hosted a street-food series on YouTube for Bon Appétit and developed new restaurant concepts in response to industry disruptions. In 2020 he opened Nice Day, a Chinese-American pop-up restaurant in New York City, which aimed to reinterpret classic American Chinese dishes while addressing the economic challenges facing Chinese restaurants during the pandemic.[7][8]
During this period, he also launched creative initiatives such as delivery tasting menus accompanied by online demonstrations and educational content about Chinese cuisine, partly intended to counter anti-Asian sentiment associated with the pandemic.[9] Junzi Kitchen additionally provided meals to healthcare workers funded through donations.[10]
Sin later described the pandemic period as influential in shaping his focus on Chinese culinary heritage and American Chinese cuisine, which informed subsequent projects including media work and research travel.[11]
In 2024, Street Eats won the 2024 James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Award.[12]
Publications
[edit]- Cha Chaan Teng: Comfort Food from Hong Kong's Iconic Diners (2026)[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ Morgan, Richard (2020-08-18). "In This Dinner Series, Chinese Food Is at Home Worldwide". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ↑ Kim, June (2023-07-07). "Watch Street Eats, a New Travel Show From Bon Appétit". Bon Appétit. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ↑ Kipnis, Daniel (2015-09-18). ""Everyone Loves Food" with Lucas Sin". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ↑ Fabricant, Florence (2020-08-25). "Nice Day Opens in Greenwich Village". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ↑ Krishna, Priya (2020-09-10). "Opinion | How to Save Restaurants". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ↑ Warerkar, Tanay (2020-08-21). "Junzi Kitchen Reworks American-Chinese Classics At New Greenwich Village Pop-Up". Eater NY. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ↑ Fabricant, Florence (2020-08-25). "Nice Day Opens in Greenwich Village". The New York Times.
- ↑ Warerkar, Tanay (2020-08-21). "Junzi Kitchen Reworks American-Chinese Classics at New Greenwich Village Pop-Up". Eater.
- ↑ "A Chinese Chef's Tasting-Menu Deliveries, with a Side of Instagram Live". The New Yorker. 2020-04-27.
- ↑ "A Chinese Chef's Tasting-Menu Deliveries, with a Side of Instagram Live". The New Yorker. 2020-04-27.
- ↑ Kummer, Corby (January 2025). "Culinary quest". Yale Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ↑ Eater Staff (2024-06-08). "Here Are the 2024 James Beard Foundation Media Award Winners". Eater. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ↑ "Cha Chaan Teng: Comfort Food from Hong Kong's Iconic Diners". Kitchen Arts & Letters. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
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