Alvin Cailan

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Alvin Cailan
BornJanuary, 1983[1][2]
Los Angeles County, California[3]
EducationCalifornia State University
Oregon Culinary Institute
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s)
Websitewww.alvincailan.com

Alvin Cailan is a Filipino-American chef, author[5] and host of First We Feast’s The Burger Show which airs on YouTube[4] and Hulu.[6] Cailan launched Eggslut, a food truck that specialized in egg sandwiches.[2] The food truck quickly became popular and often had waits that stretched to two hours long.[2][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][2] To keep him out of trouble, Cailan’s parents got him a job washing dishes at a retreat house,[2] a kitchen that fed 150 people every day. 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, Fullerton. 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[]

Eggslut in Las Vegas

After culinary school Cailan worked at Olympia Provisions, Bouchon, and The French Laundry.[7] In 2011 Cailan founded Eggslut, an egg sandwich food truck in Los Angeles, with his cousin.[10][11]In 2013, Eggslut opened its first brick-and-mortar location in Los Angeles's Grand Central Market.[10] MSNBC declared Eggslut the most Instagrammed restaurants in the world, and Bon Appétit named it one of the Top 50 best Restaurants in the United States.[12] As of 2020 Eggslut has eight locations around the world including in Tokyo, London, Kuwait, and Korea.[13] Alvin's cookbook titled Amboy: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in August 2020.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Sedacca, Matthew (22 June 2018). "How Alvin Cailan, Chef and Restaurateur, Spends His Sundays". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Eggslut's Alvin Cailan Tries Healthy Indulgence at Paper Planes". The New York Times. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Amboy NYC". alvincailan.com. alvincailan.com. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "EPISODE 85 ALVIN CAILAN: FROM BURGERS TO THE BURGER SHOW". Heritage Radio Network. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Amboy: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream. WorldCat. OCLC 1105151469.
  6. ^ "Watch The Burger Show Streaming Online". HULU. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "ALVIN CAILAN". ChefsFeed. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Rising Star Chef Alvin Cailan of eggslut - Biography". starchefs. September 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  9. ^ "#RedefineAtoZ: Alvin Cailan, the Chef Who's Using Food to Share Culture". NBCNews. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "Special Sauce: Eggslut's Alvin Cailan on Ruckus-Causing as a Career Path". Serious Eats. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Eggslut London: A first taste as LA's hottest bun arrives on Portobello Road". Evening Standard. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  12. ^ Cailan, Alvin (2020). Amboy, Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 10. ISBN 978-1328931733.
  13. ^ "eggslut locations". Retrieved 12 March 2020.

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