With fierce passion and a natural talent for cooking, Chef Jinhee Lee inspires the innovative culinary creations exciting her dinners wherever she goes. Hailing from South Korea, Jinhee first moved to Calgary with sights set on a corporate profession before finding herself in SAIT’s professional cooking program.

Over the years of her cooking career, Jinhee has impressed many with her inventiveand refined approach to food where she continues to draw from the cuisine of her heritage as well as other Asian influences. Known for creative flavours and thoughtful dishes, she earned a spot on Avenue Calgary’s Top 5 People to Watch in Calgary’s Food Scene in 2016.

Collecting numerous accolades, Jinhee was the winner of the 2012 Calgary Stampede Dueling Chefs competition and the 2013 Art Gallery of Calgary Cooks critics’ award. Notably the only female chef at the 2015 Gold Medal Plates competition, Jinhee took home an impressive silver and following year, took home gold at the 2016 GoldMedal Plates.Jinhee is the gold-medal winner of the Canadian Culinary Championships 2017. She is the first woman to take the top prize since 2007. Also, she is the 2017 Garland Canada International Chef Challenge winner at PEI international shellfish festival. Her style is clean, uncomplicated food combining exceptional ingredients todevelop incredible flavors that respect tradition.

Jinhee had been a chef de cuisine at Raw Bar over 3 years. During the time, Raw Bar had earned a spot on Avenue Calgary’s Best Top 10 Restaurants 2015 and 2016. She was an executive Chef of Foreign Concept. A new modern Pan-Asian restaurant.