Lucas Sin

{{Short description|Hong Kong chef}}

Lucas Sin is a Hong Kong chef and food blogger.{{Cite news |last=Morgan |first=Richard |date=2020-08-18 |title=In This Dinner Series, Chinese Food Is at Home Worldwide |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/dining/chinese-food-lucas-sin-junzi-kitchen.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Sin is the host of Street Eats, a Bon Appétit show documenting global street food.{{Cite web |last=Kim |first=June |date=2023-07-07 |title=Watch Street Eats, a New Travel Show From Bon Appétit |url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/street-eats-free-streaming-samsung-roku |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Bon Appétit |language=en-US}}

Born in Hong Kong, Sin attended Chinese International School. He graduated from Yale University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in cognitive science.{{Cite web |last=Kipnis |first=Daniel |date=2015-09-18 |title="Everyone Loves Food" with Lucas Sin |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2015/09/18/everyone-love-food-with-lucas-sin/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Yale Daily News |language=en}} He joined Junzi, a small Chinese restaurant chain based in Connecticut and New York, during his final semester at Yale.{{Cite news |last=Fabricant |first=Florence |date=2020-08-25 |title=Nice Day Opens in Greenwich Village |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/dining/nyc-restaurant-news.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Krishna |first=Priya |date=2020-09-10 |title=Opinion {{!}} How to Save Restaurants |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/opinion/sunday/restaurants-indoor-dining.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} In 2020, Sin opened Nice Day, a pop-up serving Chinese-American cuisine, in Greenwich Village.{{Cite web |last=Warerkar |first=Tanay |date=2020-08-21 |title=Junzi Kitchen Reworks American-Chinese Classics At New Greenwich Village Pop-Up |url=https://ny.eater.com/2020/8/21/21395847/junzi-kitchen-nice-day-american-chinese-restaurant-opens |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Eater NY |language=en}} He has since exited the restaurant group.

In 2024, Street Eats won the 2024 James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Award.{{Cite web |author=Eater Staff |date=2024-06-08 |title=Here Are the 2024 James Beard Foundation Media Award Winners |url=https://www.eater.com/24173865/james-beard-foundation-awards-2024-media-winners-cookbooks-journalism |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Eater |language=en}}