Eddie Huang Biography

Eddie Huang is a versatile personality of American nationality who is best known for being the owner of Baozi restaurant in the East Village of Manhattan. He is a restaurateur, foodie personality, chef, writer, lawyer, and a well-liked celebrity. Huang initially began his career as a lawyer and later built his career in various fields.

Early life and education of Eddie Huang

Eddie Huang was born Edwyn Charles Huang to Louis Huang and Jessica Huang on March 1, 1982 in Washington DC His birth sign is Pisces. His Taiwanese immigrant parents raised him with his brothers, Evan Huang and Emery Huang in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Before her birth, her parents moved to Orlando, Florida and ran a steak and seafood restaurant. Huang became interested in hip-hop at a young age and got into several fights that led to his arrest.

In 2004, Huang earned a BA in English and Film from Rollins College. While studying at university, she won the Barbara Lawrence Alfond English Awards and the Zora Neale Hurston Award . She was also the sports and humor editor for the college newspaper.

Huang then joined the University of Pittsburgh. In 2008, she received a JD (Juris Doctor degree) from Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law.

In the early phase of his career, Huang served as chair of Minority Law at the Innocence Project and later won a New York City Bar Association Minority Fellowship.

Eddie Huang’s career

lawyer

Eddie Huang began his career as a lawyer working in corporate law at Chadbourne & Parke in New York City. Huang also worked as a summer associate in 2006 and 2007 and later began doing stand-up comedy.

After the financial crisis of 2007-08, he began working as a comedian and marijuana dealer.

Clothing designer

Huang worked as a clothing designer and ran a company called Hoodman clothing initially called Bergdorf Hoodman from 2006-2009. Along with graphic designer Ning Juang, he used to create clothing designs for his company.
Chef and Restaurants

Huang was interested in cooking from a very young age. She learned to cook from her mother and different chefs from different cultural backgrounds.

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He opened his first restaurant BaoHaus in 2009 and then another called Xiao Ye. He has been the owner of the Baozi restaurant for the past few years and is notably known for the success of the culinary fraternity.

In 2013, Huang was listed on the show’s 13 Food Influencers list due to his efforts in the restaurant business.

Author

Huang created a blog, Fresh Off the Boat , and later published a book by the same name. Her book received positive reviews from various publications. Later, her book became one of the best-selling books in America.

In addition, he also hosted several shows including Cheap Bites on the Cooking Channel.

Eddie Huang Net Worth

The net worth of the extremely talented personality, Eddie Huang, is estimated at $2 million. He has managed to amalgamate this amount of net worth from his multiple profession.

According to some sources, Huang earns $41,000 a month and $500,000 a year. He earns a decent amount from his books:

• Fresh off the boat: One memoir = $15.08 hardback, $7.68 paperback, $45.00 audio CD, and $7.30 Kindle.
• Double Cup Love: On the Trail of the Family = $23.35 on Kindle, $11.55 on paperback.
• Food and Heartbreak for China = $23.35 on Kindle and $11.55 on paperback.
• Damn, It’s Delicious: An Annotated Guide to Eating Well = .03

Huang owns a Scion iA valued at $16500 at $18k.

Eddie Huang’s personal life

The versatile and talented personality, Eddie Huang is not yet married. According to some sources, Huang is close with the beauty director of Elle.com. Julie Schott in the last days. Huang captioned a photo with Schott,

Double date night with @therealmamahuang @julie_schott.

The couple, however, have not uttered a word about their relationship. Before this, he was engaged to his girlfriend, Todo . The couple was about to start their married life but called it off for some undisclosed reasons.

Bullying

In 2017, Eddie Huang opens up about his experience of sexual assault. He was assaulted at the age of 14 by a church companion. During that time, he was invited on a ski trip by his friend with his church. Even if he doesn’t belong to the religion, he decided to join his friend.

According to him, the companion came out naked in front of him and his friends. At that moment, he was really scared and humiliated. He wanted to fight, but the companion was three times bigger than him.

Criticism

Huang was involved in controversies with the police, as well as with the African and black race. In 2015, he made a comment about a black woman during a Real Time interview with Bill Maher where he says,

“I feel like Asian men have been so emasculated in America that they basically treat us like black women.”

Huang was heavily criticized for his comment.