Peter Cuong Franklin is a Vietnamese American chef and founder of Anan Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Chôm Chôm in Hong Kong, specializing in "Cuisine Mới" (new Vietnamese cuisine).[1][2][3] Born in Da Lat, Vietnam, Franklin fled Ho Chi Minh City as a child refugee on April 29, 1975 during the Fall of Saigon.[4][5] He was later adopted by an American family, attending Fairfield College Preparatory School and Yale University.[6][7]
Peter Cuong Franklin | |
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Born | Outside of Da Lat, South Vietnam |
Education | Yale University (BS) Le Cordon Bleu |
Franklin worked at Morgan Stanley as an investment banker prior to enrolling at Le Cordon Bleu in 2008.[8] He trained as a chef at Nahm in Bangkok, Caprice in Hong Kong, and Next and Alinea in Chicago. Franklin opened Chôm Chôm in Hong Kong's SoHo district in 2011.[4] In 2017, Franklin opened Anan Saigon, a modern Vietnamese restaurant located in a tube house in Ho Chi Minh City's old market (Chợ Cu).[9][10][11][12] Anan was the first restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City to be awarded Asia's 50 Best Restaurants in 2021.[9][13][14]
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