Alvin Cailan
Alvin Cailan | |
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Born | January, 1983[2][3] |
Education | California State University Oregon Culinary Institute |
Culinary career | |
Website | www |
Alvin Cailan is a Filipino-American chef, author [5] and former host of First We Feast’s The Burger Show which airs on YouTube[1] and Hulu.[6] Cailan launched Eggslut, a food truck that specialized in egg sandwiches.[3] The food truck quickly became popular and often had waits that stretched to two hours long.[3][7] Eggslut has brick-and-mortar locations, including at Los Angeles' Grand Central Market and Venice, Glendale, and Las Vegas.[8]
Early life
Alvin Cailan grew up in Pico Rivera, California in a Filipino household.[9][3] To keep him out of trouble, Cailan’s parents got him a job washing dishes at a retreat house,[3] a kitchen that fed 150 people everyday. By the time he was a senior in high school, Cailan was cooking and serving as kitchen manager.[8]
Education
Cailan studied business at California State University. After graduating, he worked for a construction company. The company was corrupt and paid Cailan two years severance so he would not be a whistleblower regarding the company's business practices. He then moved to Oregon and attended the Oregon Culinary Institute.[8]
Career
After culinary school Cailan worked at Olympia Provisions, Bouchon, and The French Laundry.[7] In 2010 Cailan founded Eggslut, an egg sandwich foodtruck in Los Angeles, with his cousin.[10][11] After two year Eggslut opened its first brick-and-mortar location in Los Angeles's Grand Central Market.[10] As of 2020 Eggslut had eight locations around the world including in Tokyo, London and Kuwait.[12] A cookbook titled Amboy: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream is set to be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2020.[13][14]
References
- ^ a b "EPISODE 85 ALVIN CAILAN: FROM BURGERS TO THE BURGER SHOW". Heritage Radio Network. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ Sedacca, Matthew. "How Alvin Cailan, Chef and Restaurateur, Spends His Sundays". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Eggslut's Alvin Cailan Tries Healthy Indulgence at Paper Planes". NYTimes. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Amboy NYC". alvincailan.com. alvincailan.com. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Cailan, Alvin". Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Watch The Burger Show Streaming Online". HULU. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b "ALVIN CAILAN". ChefsFeed. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Rising Star Chef Alvin Cailan of eggslut - Biography". starchefs. September 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "#RedefineAtoZ: Alvin Cailan, the Chef Who's Using Food to Share Culture". NBCNews. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Special Sauce: Eggslut's Alvin Cailan on Ruckus-Causing as a Career Path". Serious Eats. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Eggslut London: A first taste as LA's hottest bun arrives on Portobello Road". Evening Standard. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "eggslut locations". Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Amboy: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream". WorldCat. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Alvin Cailan". Retrieved 12 March 2020.
Further reading
- Sedacca, Matthew (2018-06-22). "How Alvin Cailan, Chef and Restaurateur, Spends His Sundays". NYTimes. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- Chun, Paulo (2018-04-16). "#RedefineAtoZ: Alvin Cailan, the Chef Who's Using Food to Share Culture". NBCNews. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- Phillips, Justin (2019-12-12). "Marshawn Lynch partners with celebrity chef Alvin Cailan on new 'Beastmode Burger' pop-up". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- Boster, Mark (2016-01-06). "Eggslut's Alvin Cailan to open kitchen incubator in Chinatown". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
External links
- Alvin Cailan at IMDb
- American male chefs
- American restaurateurs
- Living people
- American television chefs
- American people of Filipino descent
- American YouTubers
- California State University alumni
- People from Pico Rivera, California
- 21st-century American businesspeople
- American cookbook writers
- Chefs from California
- Businesspeople from Los Angeles
- 1983 births