Erling Wu-Bower
Erling Wu-Bower is chef partner [1] at Maxwells Trading in Chicago.[2][3] He is a four-time James Beard Award finalist.[4]
Education
[edit]Wu-Bower attended the University of Notre Dame to study philosophy.
Career
[edit]Wu-Bower began his career with Paul Kahan at avec. He worked at The Publican from its inception followed by serving as opening chef de cuisine at Nico Osteria.[5] Wu-Bower has worked at The Outpost and Green Dolphin Street in Chicago, and Cetrella in Half Moon Bay, California. He has staged at Quince in San Francisco. In 2018, Wu-Bower opened Pacific Standard Time in Chicago.[6]
Personal life
[edit]His mother is cookbook author and food writer Olivia Wu, who emigrated from China as a child.[7]
Awards and honors
[edit]Wu-Bower was nominated as a finalist for Best Chef: Great Lakes at the 2025 James Beard Awards.[8][9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Acclaimed Chef Erling Wu-Bower Is Opening a New Restaurant Ashok Selvam, November 10, 2023
- ^ "Episode #79 - Erling Wu-Bower of Underscore Hospitality". Joiners.
- ^ Here Are Chicago’s 2025 James Beard Award Finalists Block Club Chicago, Leen Yassine, April 2, 2025
- ^ "Erling Wu-Bower". Chicago Gourmet.
- ^ Nickens, T. Edward (July 2021). "Chef Erling Wu-Bower's Louisiana Roots". Garden & Gun.
- ^ Erling Wu-Bower Celebrates Lunar New Year – and His Mother's Cooking – with Star Chefs at Maxwells Trading WTTW, Daniel Hautzinger, January 16, 2025
- ^ OUR CHICAGO: THE CITY'S JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEES ABC7, Kay Cesinger 15 June 2025
- ^ The James Beard Awards are back. Here’s where you can mingle with chefs. Courtney Kueppers, WBEZ/ Chicago Sun-Times, June 10, 2025
- ^ Here Are Chicago’s 2025 James Beard Award Finalists Block Club Chicago, Leen Yassine, April 2, 2025
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