DOCTOR BY DAY
CHEF BY NIGHT
journey with chef dr lo
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the lo down
You will journey through some of the best hole-in-the-wall restaurants NYC has to offer to some of its best fine dinings. Follow along and share a meal with the neighbors of your community.
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Recipes
Healthy, yet delicious meals.
Chef Dr. Lo handpicked these recipes to transform your home kitchen into a professional restaurant. Your taste buds will thank us later. -
Spy C Cuisine
Chef Dr. Lo is a partner and culinary director of Spy C Cuisine, a restaurant in Forest Hills, NY. It’s been featured in the NY Times and is a recipient of the Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2020.
“On 9/11, I was working at Morgan Stanley on the 73rd floor of the World Trade Center. It was actually my birthday. When the second plane hit my building, I felt the entire building shift and sway. I thought we were going to topple over. I thought, “I’m not going to survive this.””
IN the press
Heather Sten for The New York Times
Alumni In China Lead Effort To Procure PPE For Medical Workers In New York
NPR - All Things Considered
Hospitals are facing widespread shortages of personal protective equipment, or PPE, for health care workers. Columbia University alumni associations are raising money to purchase much needed N95 masks, seen here, gowns and other gear.
9/11 Survivor Now Working On Coronavirus Front Lines
Peter Haskell Radio interview
Over the past 20 years, New York City has been ground zero for two incomprehensible disasters.
Thomas Lo, of Queens, has been in the middle of both of them. "Man, what are the chances that I survive 9/11, but now with coronavirus, I'm on the front lines?" Lo said.
DOCTOR BY DAY
CHEF BY NIGHT
WELCOME TO THE LO DOWN
TV/Media Appearances:
Iron Chef America on the Food Network. Served as a Sous Chef for challenger chef Mehta against Iron Chef Morimoto, in the “Coconut” battle.
Several episodes of VH1’s show, Let’s Talk about Pep with Sandra “Pepa” Denton of Grammy award-winning rap group Salt-N-Pepa.
Winner of Food Network’s Kitchen Crash, Episode 2 “Bringing Heat to The Street”.
NPR’s All Things Considered, “Alumni In China Lead Effort To Procure PPE For Medical Workers In New York” April 9, 2020
Awards:
Columbia Alumni Association Medal for Distinguished Service
Museum of Chinese in America. Asian American Voices Resisting the Tides of Racism’s OneWorld COVID-19 Special Collection Exhibit
Keynote Speaker:
Asian Columbia Alumni Association. “My Story of Resilience”
