Sam Choy

Sam Choy
Sam Choy during a meeting with Eni Faleomavaega
EducationKapiʻolani Community College
Culinary career
Cooking stylePacific Rim cuisine
Current restaurant
  • Sam Choy's Kai Lanai
Television show
  • Iron Chef America
Award won
  • James Beard Foundation Award for America's Classics (2004)

Sam Choy Sr. is an American chef, restaurateur, and television personality known as "the godfather of poke" and a founding contributor of Pacific Rim cuisine.