Andrew Le
The Pig and The Lady - Honolulu, HI
Andrew Le is creating and adding his own flair to Hawaii’s culinary scene by using his cultural roots to inspire his tastes. Creator, owner and chef, Le is the mastermind behind the innovative restaurant, The Pig & The Lady. Le innovates by accentuating his cuisine with Southeast Asian flavors through an Asian American lens, a foundation built on delicious memories first introduced by his Vietnamese immigrant mother. As of November 2019, Le’s culinary footprint has expanded internationally with the opening of The Pig & The Lady in Tokyo, Japan.
Born and raised in Honolulu, Le attended the Culinary Institute of America in New York, and graduated in 2006. Soon after, he landed a job at Chef Mavro, working under the tutelage of namesake Chef George Mavrothalassitis, founding member of the Hawaii Regional Cuisine movement. After five years working at Chef Mavro, Le decided it was his time for people to experience his own cooking and launched The Pig & The Lady in the summer of 2011, causing an immediate buzz and following among foodies.
A “rising star” by national online magazine StarChefs.com, Andrew Le is also a 2014 James Beard Foundation “Rising Star Chef of the Year”, 2015 & 2025 “Best Chef: West” semifinalist and most recently 2022 “Outstanding Restaurateur” semifinalist. Le has also won several local awards including winning Gold for Honolulu Magazine’s Hale Aina Best New Restaurant in 2015, Best Oahu Restaurant 3 times in a row, 2017 – 2019, and was honored Restaurateur of the Year in 2017.
Along Le’s gastronomic journey, he’s learned how cooking can bring people together: everyone from the farmer, to the rancher and fisherman, and of course, to the restaurant staff and the diner.
