Nite Yun
| Nite Yun | |
|---|---|
| Khmer name | ណែត យុន |
| Roles | Chef; Author |
| Active | since 2014 |
| Based in | United States |
| Recognition | Eater Young Guns, 2018 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nite_Yun); Eater Award for Breakout Star of the Year, 2018 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nite_Yun); Food & Wine Best New Chefs, 2019 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nite_Yun); Time 100 Next, 2019 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nite_Yun); Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Culinary Arts, 2019 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nite_Yun) |
| Subjects | Food & Foodways; Migration & Diaspora; Music & Sound; Work & Livelihoods |
Cambodian American chef and restaurateur in San Francisco and author of the cookbook My Cambodia.
Nite Yun is a Cambodian American chef and restaurateur who owns Lunette, a Cambodian counter-service restaurant in San Francisco's Ferry Building. She joined the La Cocina food entrepreneur incubator in May 2014 and opened the Oakland restaurant Nyum Bai, which operated from 2018 to 2022 and presented Cambodian food alongside Cambodian music. Her cookbook My Cambodia, written with Tien Nguyen, was published in 2025. (Wikipedia: Nite Yun; Bon Appetit; The San Francisco Standard)
Works
- My Cambodia(Book)