Thi Le

Chef Thi Le is a significant voice in shaping Australia’s cultural dining landscape. She has consistently championed the progression of Vietnamese cuisine in our culinary psyche since opening her restaurant, Anchovy, in 2015. Her aim is to use her platform as a restauranteur in the industry to advance the identity and ethos of Vietnamese and South East Asian cuisine.

Since opening Anchovy, Thi has been recognised within the industry with a spate of awards including Gourmet Traveller Chef of the Year 2023 and Melbourne Food and Wine’s Trailblazer 2023 . Thi has most recently opened Jeow (2022, Laotian cuisine) and Ca Com (2021, wood-fired banh mi) to much media and industry recognition.