Chef Bill Yee Inspires Alhambra

Alhambra Culinary Foundation Chef Bill Yee joined the 2023 Alhambra Lunar New Year Festival as a key gure at the inaugural Lunar New Year Culinary Stage at the Alhambra Lunar New Year Festival, sponsored by Southern California Edison. e induction cooking stage allowed Chef Yee to showcase his culinary expertise as well as his skill as a crowd-pleasing host. He kept the audience entertained with compelling stories and intentional jokes for the audience’s delight.

Chef Yee’s leadership extended beyond his own omelette demonstration, as he also was able to arrange for his colleagues from the Alhambra Culinary School and the American Culinary Federation, where he serves as Executive Director of the Los Angeles Chapter. Lejan Torres, part of Chef Yee’s professional chef team, closed out the day-long culinary stage programming with her famous beef Pho that warmed the bellies of the eager audience members who were able to sample her savory soup. e stage, with Chef Yee’s participation, was a hit with Festival attendees.

As artistic director of the Alhambra Performing Arts Center (APAC), which dedicated the previous night's sold-out Beatlemania Concert to the victims of the tragedy, Chef Yee was able to donate funds from his January Beatlemania performance to the victims fund. And during the Festival, Chef Yee was also able to personally present local Alhambra hero Brandon Tsay with a $500 check from the R.W. Johnson Trust as a small token of gratitude for thwarting the gunman from taking many more lives here in Alhambra after the tragedy in Monterey Park.