Paul Qui (born 1980) is a Texas-based chef and owner of Austin restaurants Otoko, Kuneho (previously Qui), Thai Kuhn, and East Side King, . In 2011, he won the ninth season of reality TV cooking competition Top Chef. He is also a James Beard Award winner. In 2016, he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his then girlfriend while intoxicated.Qui was born in Manila, Philippines and moved to the United States as a child. He attended high school in Springfield, Virginia and completed his culinary training at Le Cordon Bleu in Austin, Texas. His initial forays into cooking professionally led to a job with Tyson Cole, chef/owner of Uchi and Uchiko restaurants in Austin. During his time in the kitchen, Cole became Qui's mentor, and Qui eventually worked his way up to become the chef de cuisine and executive chef at Uchiko. Wikipedia
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