WELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS

creating healthier places in which to learn

WITS Featured Chef


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Eddie Huang: 

This season we are excited to feature one of our new chef partners, the explosively popular, and occasionally controversial, Eddie Huang. Chef Huang came to WITS after he met the team at the 2011 Eater Awards, where WITS was featured as the event's charity partner. He is the co-owner and Executive Chef at NYC's popular sandwich spot, Baohaus, located on Manhattan's Lower East Side, which Huang and his brother Evan opened on Christmas Eve 2009. As kids, they worked in their father's Steakhouse down South but instead of staying, they decided to share the homestyle Taiwanese-Chinese food they ate at home. When Eddie quit his jobs as an attorney/street wear designer, the Huang brothers decided to set up shop in a 400 square foot, subterranean, bomb shelter-esque location they now call home. They didn't do it just to sell baos, but instead create a mouth piece for the social, cultural, and political issues they cared about.

What started as a simple shop celebrating authentic Taiwanese-Chinese flavors has transformed into a a cultural symbol, a monument to fresh Taiwanese/Chinese ingredients, and a media Mecca. For Evan and Eddie Baohaus is more than just a restaurant, in their words its a "futuristic YMCA where brothers in snap backs and Nike boots can find motivation." Put simply, its the kind of place the Huang brothers wish existed in their neighborhood when they were growing up.

Now that both Baohaus' and Chef Huang's stars are on the rise, thanks in part to a much-celebrated feature on Anthony Bourdain's new show "The Layover" and the recent launch of Huang's new Cooking Channel show "Cheap Bites", the team is looking to give back by working with groups like WITS to inspire kids to eat healthy, but still creative and delicious foods (and drinks!). Read the press release for Eddie's cold-pressed juice event at PS112 here. 

Click here to view Eddie's cold-pressed "Green Juice" recipe, debuted at our own PS112!


WITS will feature one of our chef partners each season, showcasing their history and their recent accomplishments as well as including a featured recipe for all our WITS fans. Please check back seasonally to learn about another one of our amazing chef partners, the chef working with your school might be next!