The Duc Ngo

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The Duc Ngo (born July 12, 1974 in Hanoi ) is a German cook and restaurateur of Vietnamese descent.

Life

The Duc Ngo came to Spandau in West Berlin as a refugee in 1979 . The paternal family members were Chinese. They had a small household goods store in Hanoi Market. Due to the displacement of people of Chinese origin from Vietnam, the family fled to Hong Kong after the father had died in an accident shortly before. There was an opportunity to leave the country to Germany. The mother later married a German in West Berlin and moved in with him in 1987 with the three children. In 1994 Duc did his Abitur at the Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasium in Wilmersdorf .

Career

Duc already had a job at McDonald’s in his youth and was interested in Japanese cuisine, which is why he began studying Japanese Studies at the Free University of Berlin and also worked for Tillmann Zorn at “Sachiko Sushi Berlin”. In 1998 he worked as a sushi chef in Moscow for two months. After his return, he used the earnings from his employment to finance his own restaurant. He opened this, the “Kuchi”, in January 1999, then the “Next to Kuchi” and the “Kuchi II”. In winter 2005 he opened the gourmet restaurant “Shiro i Shiro”, which was voted one of the 50 best new openings in the world in 2006, but had to close three years later. He then cooked Spanish tapas , Peruvian ceviche and Japanese dishes in his “Cantina” in the “Bar Tausend” on Schiffbauerdamm . He also runs the “Moriki” in Frankfurt am Main , two “Cocolo” restaurants in Berlin, as well as the “Madame Ngo” on Kantstrasse and his new “Cantina” and the “893”. He now runs eleven restaurants in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main and Baden-Baden. It employs around 100 people in total.

Media appearances

In 2018 he was seen as Tim Mälzer's opponent in the second episode of the third season Kitchen Impossible . Also in Knife Fight Club and Ready to beef! , also at VOX and at Mälzer's side.

Awards

In 2017 he was named "Gastronomic Innovator of the Year 2017" by the Berlin Partner business development agency.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kitchen Impossible 2018: The Duc Ngo .
  2. ↑ Tina Hüttl: Chef on gastro-ideas: "As an Asian you are a cigarette mafia, snack bar or nail salon". In: berliner-zeitung.de. February 11, 2018, accessed on February 22, 2018 (detailed interview).
  3. ^ A b Franz Michael Rohm: From refugee to restaurateur: The Duke of Kantstrasse .
  4. ↑ Germany's 17 best sushi chefs. (PDF; p. 17) In: docplayer.org. Global Sushi Challenge, 2017, accessed February 22, 2018 .
  5. ^ Franz Michael Rohm: The eleventh stroke of The Duc Ngo .
  6. ↑ DWDL.de GmbH: Vox "Knife Fight Club" with maltsters and Rough - DWDL.de .
  7. ↑ https://www.tv4wochen.de/fernsehprogramm/sendungsdetails/8633850/ready-to-beef-tristan-brandt-vs-the-duc-ngo.html
  8. ↑ Elmar Schütze: Award: These are the best chefs in Berlin. In: berliner-zeitung.de. September 6, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Berlin master chefs. In: berlin-partner.de. Retrieved January 29, 2018 .
  10. ↑ “The Duc Ngo honored as“ Gastronomic Innovator ”at Gala Berliner Meisterköche” FAZ from October 24, 2017
personal data
SURNAME The Duc Ngo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cook of Vietnamese descent
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanoi