BEARD HOUSE FELLOWS PRESENTED BY CAPITAL ONE: BEARD BOX BY: SHI LIN WONG

The Beard House Fellows program presented by Capital One re-envisions the potential of the James Beard House into a hub of training and professional development for talented emerging chefs. Each Fellow has a residence at the Beard House where JBF provides hard skills training along with the opportunity to develop a meal kit, in collaboration with Great Performances, that is available nationwide.

Shi Lin Wong cites her father as the inspiration behind her career. As a child she watched him pursue multiple types of job in the industry, from being a fishmonger to working as a server at Nobu and Morimoto, to owning his own restaurant. During her time at Food & Finance High School, Shi Lin participated in C-CAP's cooking competition and won a scholarship that allowed her to attend New York City College of Technology for her bachelor’s degree in hospitality and management. After graduating, Shi Lin worked in the kitchen at Gramercy Tavern, and spent part of the pandemic working at Kopitiam while hosting cooking & gaming streams on Twitch, a live-streaming platform, where she raised money for the charity Games for Love. Today, Shi Lin works as a line cook at Chambers, she's now focused on using food and cooking to dig into Malaysian cuisine and hopes one day to open her own place to showcase her heritage.