
Trill Burgers chef and co-owner Mike Pham appeared alongside Bun B on “Good Morning America” in 2022 as Trill Burgers won the title of “Best Burger in America”, and most recently won the “Burger: Impossible” episode of “Chopped” last week on Food Network.
The Vietnamese-American chef — who hails from Little Saigon in Orange County, California — has gone from “714 to 713” from his OC roots to Houston.
Classically trained in French cuisine, Pham graduated from Le Cordon Bleu in Hollywood and devoted his early years to fi ne dining. He worked in Michelin-starred kitchens including Providence in Hollywood under chef Michael Cimarusti. He opened more than a dozen quick-service restaurants in Southern California with Trill Burgers partner Andy Nguyen before settling on his fi rst love, burgers. Chef Mike’s fi rst restaurant project out of culinary school was Savori Burgers, which he opened in his hometown of Fountain Valley, Calif., when he was 22 years old.
Pham, 35, is a husband and father of three. When he’s not cooking, he loves surfi ng, camping and spending time outdoors with his family.
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