Mei Lin

Acting

Mei Lin

Born

1985-11-29 (40)

Place of birth

Guangdong Province, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

17 titles

Mei Lin (born November 29, 1985) is a Chinese-born American chef and television personality, best known as the winner of the twelfth season of the Bravo television network's reality television series, Top Chef. After winning Top Chef in 2014, Lin worked as a personal chef for Oprah Winfrey before going on to open her first restaurant, Nightshade in Los Angeles in 2019. She has competed on Tournament of Champions.

Known for

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster
4.9

Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Hell's Kitchen poster
6.9

Aspiring restaurateurs brave Ramsay and his fiery command of the kitchen as he puts the competitors through an intense culinary academy to prove they possess the right combination of ingredients to win a life-changing grand prize.

Hell's Kitchen

2005

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives poster
6.8

Host Guy Fieri takes a cross-country road trip to visit some of America's classic "greasy spoon" restaurants — diners, drive-ins and dives — that have been doing it right for decades.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

2007

Top Chef poster
6.9

An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.

Top Chef

2006

Tournament of Champions poster
8.0

Host Guy Fieri gathers the world's greatest chefs for the most-intense culinary competition ever held. Emotions run high in the single-elimination, sudden-death bracket tournament as the competitors face off in head-to-head battles to stay alive. As the pressure mounts, shocking surprises unfold both inside and outside the arena. All the chefs have the talent and skill to walk away with the ultimate championship title in food, but only one will win the Tournament of Champions.

Tournament of Champions

2020

Wildcard Kitchen poster
10.0

Three chefs bring $5,000 each to play three hands of an underground culinary poker game, creating dishes based on the cards they are dealt and betting with their own money. With unpredictable challenges and wildcard elements, chefs must rely on their instincts to impress mystery guest judges through blind taste tests and win cash from their fellow competitors.

Wildcard Kitchen

2024

Film credits

Series credits

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster
4.9

Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Hell's Kitchen poster
6.9

Aspiring restaurateurs brave Ramsay and his fiery command of the kitchen as he puts the competitors through an intense culinary academy to prove they possess the right combination of ingredients to win a life-changing grand prize.

Hell's Kitchen

2005

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives poster
6.8

Host Guy Fieri takes a cross-country road trip to visit some of America's classic "greasy spoon" restaurants — diners, drive-ins and dives — that have been doing it right for decades.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

2007

Top Chef poster
6.9

An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.

Top Chef

2006

Top Chef poster
6.9

An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.

Top Chef

2006

Tournament of Champions poster
8.0

Host Guy Fieri gathers the world's greatest chefs for the most-intense culinary competition ever held. Emotions run high in the single-elimination, sudden-death bracket tournament as the competitors face off in head-to-head battles to stay alive. As the pressure mounts, shocking surprises unfold both inside and outside the arena. All the chefs have the talent and skill to walk away with the ultimate championship title in food, but only one will win the Tournament of Champions.

Tournament of Champions

2020

Wildcard Kitchen poster
10.0

Three chefs bring $5,000 each to play three hands of an underground culinary poker game, creating dishes based on the cards they are dealt and betting with their own money. With unpredictable challenges and wildcard elements, chefs must rely on their instincts to impress mystery guest judges through blind taste tests and win cash from their fellow competitors.

Wildcard Kitchen

2024

Supermarket Stakeout poster
10.0

Alex Guarnaschelli hosts as chefs square off in a competitive pop-up kitchen outside a grocery store. To make their challenge dishes, the chefs must size up shoppers as they exit the store and negotiate for their grocery bags.

Supermarket Stakeout

2019

Bobby's Triple Threat poster
8.8

Features one competitor per episode who enters Bobby's secret kitchen to compete against professional chefs in three head-to-head rounds. If the competitor can out-cook the titans and earn more points, they take home the cash prize.

Bobby's Triple Threat

2022

Without A Recipe poster
NR

The Try Guys compete against each other to try and create foods without a recipe.

Without A Recipe

2017

Phoning It In poster
NR

Phoning In It is a new cooking format where professional chefs go head to head, only they are stuck in a …phone booth? Who will reign supreme?!

Phoning It In

2022

Phoning It In poster
NR

Phoning In It is a new cooking format where professional chefs go head to head, only they are stuck in a …phone booth? Who will reign supreme?!

Phoning It In

2022

Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend poster
7.3

The legendary Iron Chef series is reborn with a supersized approach to the ground-breaking culinary competition that started it all. It’s been called the toughest culinary challenge a chef will ever experience. This is where world-class cuisine meets high-octane sports. Five new trailblazing Iron Chefs will welcome brave Challenger Chefs to the reimagined Kitchen Stadium, where they'll face off and be pushed to the limits of endurance and creativity, as they cook up extraordinary culinary creations. The competition’s most successful Challenger will return to battle in a grand finale for the chance to be named the first ever "Iron Legend."

Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend

2022

Top Chef: The Dish With Kish poster
10.0

Kristen Kish hosts Top Chef: The Dish with Kish, a weekly show discussing Top Chef episodes, featuring guest chefs creating unique dishes inspired by challenges.

Top Chef: The Dish With Kish

2024

Top Chef: The Dish With Kish poster
10.0

Kristen Kish hosts Top Chef: The Dish with Kish, a weekly show discussing Top Chef episodes, featuring guest chefs creating unique dishes inspired by challenges.

Top Chef: The Dish With Kish

2024

Dinner Budget Showdown poster
NR

Co-hosts Sandra Lee & Jordan Andino challenge three home cooks to create a five-star meal on a two-star budget. Who will make the best, least expensive dish and win free groceries for a year?

Dinner Budget Showdown

2024