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Years	Place	City	Position
--	Le Connoisseur	Toronto	--
--	Le Trou Normand	Toronto	--
1984 - 1987	Peter Pan	Toronto	Chef
1986 - 1987	Lela	Toronto	Chef
2010 - 2015	Lee Lounge	Toronto	Chef & Co-owner
1987 - 1997	Lotus	Toronto	Chef & Owner
2000 - 2008	Susur	Toronto	Chef & Owner
2004 - Present	Lee	Toronto	Chef & Owner
2015 - Present	Lee Kitchen	Mississauga	Chef & Proprietor
2011	Northern Alberta Institute of Technology	Edmonton	Chef in Residence
2015 - 2018	Fring's	Toronto	Co-owner/Partner
2017 - Present	Kid lee	Toronto	Co-owner/Partner
1998 - 1999	Tung Lok Group Executive Culinary Consultant, overseeing 21 restaurants in the Tung Lok Group.	Singapore	Consultant
2005 - 2006	Buddakan	New York	Consultant
1997 - 1998	Club Chinois	Singapore	Consulting Chef
1996 - 1997	Hemispheres	Toronto	Consulting Chef
1997	The Ritz-Carlton Singapore	Singapore	Consulting Chef
[1978 - 1979]	The Westbury Hotel	Toronto	Cook
1990	Oceans September/October	Toronto	Executive Chef
2008 - 2011	Shang	New York	Executive Chef Partner
2009 - 2013	Zentan	Washington	Executive Chef
2010 - 2014	Chinois by Susur Lee	Singapore	Executive Chef
2014 - Present	TungLok Heen	Singapore	Executive Chef
2011 - 2017	Bent	Toronto	Executive Chef & Partner
2014 - 2018	Luckee	Toronto	Executive Chef & Partner
1987	La Bastille	Toronto	Guest Chef
1998	Prague Deli Worked "covertly", part-time	Toronto	Kitchen Hand
2008 - 2010	Madeline's	Toronto	Partner
1972 - 1978	The Peninsula Hotel - Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Saucier Apprentice/Commis

Last updated: 2022-02-21

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In 1999, Susur Lee was named one of the top 10 chefs in the world by Food and Wine magazine.
In 2006, Susur Lee appeared on Iron Chef America and battled Iron Chef Bobby Flay to a draw. The secret ingredient was bacon.

Singapore slaw

Susur: A Culinary Life, Ten Speed Press (2005, Hardcover, 256 pages)

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