Michael “Bao” Huynh was Iron Chef Vietnam; he was a vaunted James Beard award winner. The San Diego food scene was atwitter with excitement when it was announced that Huynh had been tapped to run Sovereign Vietnamese Kitchen + Bar (467 Fifth Ave.) in the Gaslamp, the latest in local restaurateur Alex Thao’s mini-empire of Asian restaurants.
However, before the establishment opened, Huynh had mysteriously become Sovereign’s former chef. By the time Sovereign unlocked its doors in early July, word had crept out that the celebrated chef had left the establishment.
Read more at: http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/article-14465-a-premature-evacuation-at-sovereign-kitchen.html
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