Chef Lien Lin was born in Hong Kong to ethnically Chinese parents raised in Vietnam. Lin arrived to the United States as a toddler and was raised on a farm in upstate New York where her family ran an upscale Chinese restaurant. Lin honed her culinary skills at The California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. After graduating, Lin worked at the Slanted Door Group for ten years, advancing from line cook to Executive Sous Chef. In 2013, Chef Lien Lin opened Bricolage, a modern Vietnamese gastro pub in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She is the Executive chef and co-owns the restaurant with her husband, Ed. Lin has also been working to collaborate with other local Asian chefs, and is a part of a network called “The Asian Food Mafia”, working to grow awareness and debunk stereotypes on Asian food. Brooklyn vietnamese restaurant, The California Culinary Academy alumni, Brooklyn gastro pub, “The Asian Food Mafia”