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Alvin Cailan (born 1983) is an American chef, author,[5] and television host; of Filipino-American ethnicity. He is the 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] Cailan was named the head chef of Umami Burger in 2021.

Alvin Cailan
Born	January 1983[1][2] Los Angeles County, California[3]
Education	California State University Oregon Culinary Institute
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s) Eggslut (multiple locations),[4] Umami Burger
Website	www.alvincailan.com

Early life and education

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]

Cailan studied business at California State University, Fullerton. 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

After culinary school Cailan worked at Olympia Provisions in Portland, Oregon; followed by Bouchon, and The French Laundry in Yountville, California.[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]

Cailan's cookbook titled Amboy: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in August 2020.[5]

In 2021, Cailan was named the new head chef of Umami Burger.[14]

References

Further reading

• Sedacca, Matthew (2018-06-22). "How Alvin Cailan, Chef and Restaurateur, Spends His Sundays". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
• Chun, Paulo (2018-04-16). "#RedefineAtoZ: Alvin Cailan, the Chef Who's Using Food to Share Culture". NBCNews. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
• Phillips, Justin (2019-12-12). "Marshawn Lynch partners with celebrity chef Alvin Cailan on new 'Beastmode Burger' pop-up". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
• Boster, Mark (2016-01-06). "Eggslut's Alvin Cailan to open kitchen incubator in Chinatown". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-03-12.

External links

• Alvin Cailan at IMDb

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