Erling Wu-Bower is chef partner LinkedIN at Maxwells Trading in Chicago.Acclaimed Chef Erling Wu-Bower Is Opening a New Restaurant Ashok Selvam, November 10, 2023 He is a four-time James Beard Award finalist.Here Are Chicago’s 2025 James Beard Award Finalists Block Club Chicago, Leen Yassine, April 2, 2025
Education Wu-Bower attended the University of Notre Dame to study philosophy.
Career Wu-Bower began his career with Paul Kahan at avec. He worked at The Publican from its inception followed by serving as opening chef de cuisine at Nico Osteria. Wu-Bower has worked at The Outpost and Green Dolphin Street in Chicago, and Cetrella in Half Moon Bay, California. He has staged at Quince in San Francisco. In 2018, Wu-Bower opened Pacific Standard Time in Chicago.
Personal life His mother is cookbook author and food writer Olivia Wu, who emigrated from China as a child.Erling Wu-Bower Celebrates Lunar New Year – and His Mother's Cooking – with Star Chefs at Maxwells Trading WTTW, Daniel Hautzinger, January 16, 2025
Awards and honors Wu-Bower was nominated as a finalist for Best Chef: Great Lakes at the 2025 James Beard Awards.OUR CHICAGO: THE CITY'S JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEES ABC7, Kay Cesinger 15 June 2025The James Beard Awards are back. Here’s where you can mingle with chefs. Courtney Kueppers, WBEZ/ Chicago Sun-Times, June 10, 2025Here Are Chicago’s 2025 James Beard Award Finalists Block Club Chicago, Leen Yassine, April 2, 2025
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