One of our own, Jet Tila, executive chef of Wazuzu, is helping Giada create a Thai meal for her husband Todd…Check out Jet on Giada at Home Saturday May 8th at 1pm on the Food Network!  We’re sure you’re in for a yummy treat. 

For those of you who don’ t know Jet -  Chef Jet’s Le Cordon Bleu education, coupled with his extensive knowledge of Asian gastronomy, have given him a wide range of ideas to draw upon and a broad framework to craft incomparable and innovative cuisine.   In culinary school, Jet began to develop his style by seeking novel and inventive ways to approach Eastern ingredients with classical French technique. He has also completed an intensive program of study at the California Sushi Academy.

In 1999, Jet was awarded Los Angeles Times “Best Recipe of the Year” for his Tom Yum Soup and his Tom Kha Gai soup was named one of the Ten Best recipes of 2000. Jet’s team also broke the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest stirfry at 1805 pounds in 2005.

Throughout his career, Jet has worked in various restaurant settings, from fine dining at Grace, to the hip and trendy Hungry Cat. He has also been a feature chef for the Hass Avocado Board, The Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion & Research Board, and Zespri (New Zealand) Kiwi Fruit. He is also the Asian Food Consultant to the Bon Appetit Management Company (bamco.com).   Additionally he opened the Pacific Café at Google headquarters in Silicon Valley.

Jet’s television appearances have included:

• Food TV’s “The Best Of”, “Food Finds”, & “The Secret Life Of…”
• The Travel Channel’s “No Reservations” with Chef Anthony Bourdain
• The Learning Channel’s (TLC) “Take Home chef” with Curtis Stone
• FINE LIVING’s “Shopping with Chefs” and “Weekend Entertaining”
• HGTV’s “Smart Solutions”
• DIY’s “Weekend Entertaining”
• PBS’s “Visiting With Huell Howser”

Now he hosts “Chasing the Yum” where he demystifies the exotic world of Asian cuisine by revealing step by step how to prepare traditional restaurant dishes in your home kitchen capturing not only the “yum,” but all the nutrition, too.

If you’d like to read more about Jet and the secrets in his kitchen, try our exclusive interview with Jet.  For a more hands on experience he will be teaching a six month series of cooking classes with chef Kuldeep Singh of Origin India at Whole Foods.