Michael Hung

Executive Chef Michael Hung began his culinary career in New York City, dropping out of culinary school to do extended stages at acclaimed restaurants Daniel and Aquavit. Hung followed his heart to San Francisco in 2005 and joined Traci Des Jardins’s James Beard Award-winning team at Jardiniere before going on to work at other Bay area restaurants, including a stint as Executive Chef of Bushi-tei. He has been fortunate to work on Pixar’s Academy Award-winning animated movie, “Ratatouille.” earning himself a film credit as ‘Menu Chef’ and Consultant, alongside legendary chefs Thomas Keller and Guy Savoy. Prior to joining the team at Coastal Luxury Management, Michael led the kitchen as Chef de Cuisine at Roland Passot’s San Francisco Chronicle Four-Starred and Michelin One-Starred restaurant, La Folie in San Francisco, CA. In addition to his work at La Folie, he also ran and founded the philanthropic pop-up dinner series, Red Sparrow. In December of 2013, Hung joined the team at Coastal Luxury Management to become the Executive Chef of their newest restaurant located in Downtown Los Angeles that is slated to open in early 2014, named Faith & Flower. Outside of the kitchen, Michael was recently enrolled at the University of San Francisco where he earned a Masters in Fine Arts in the craft of fiction.