Vietnam: Morning to Midnight

Jerry Mai is a Vietnamese–Australian chef living and working in Melbourne, Australia. She has spent 20 years working in some of Melbourne’s greatest kitchen institutions including Longrain, Gingerboy and Seamstress. In 2009, Jerry set off to London to work in Michelin-starred restaurants, starting at Nahm, where she excelled under the watchful eye of David Thompson, before moving onto Zuma, the acclaimed Japanese restaurant frequented and loved by London rockstars. Her experiences overseas refined her skills and allowed Jerry to bring her own signature style back to Melbourne and apply it to the Vietnamese food she so dearly loves, in a manner never before seen in Australia. Jerry owns and runs two restaurants offering different Vietnamese food experiences – the cool, casual street-food of Pho Nom, and Annam, Jerry’s pimped-up Vietnamese restaurant showcasing her mother’s recipes, all intertwined with her own unique food experiences.