Owner & Chef, Jackrabbit Filly & King BBQ
Charleston, SC
Participating In: From Screen to Table: The Second Serving
Born in Beijing, China and raised in Queens, NYC, Shuai Wang has always been surrounded by amazing food. He attended the Art Institute of NYC, and honed his cooking skills in the busy restaurants of Manhattan. Today Shuai shares his love for food with the people of North Charleston, South Carolina. Working closely with local farmers and fishermen, his cuisine is inspired by his grandmother, mom and his Chinese heritage. Shuai is a winner of the 2016 Eater Young Guns and Best New Chef awards and his food truck Short Grain was named one of the America’s Top 50 Best New Restaurants by Bon Appetit. In 2017 he was nominated for a James Beard Award for Rising Start Chef. More recently Shuai and his wife Corrie won StarChef Charleston Restauranteur of the Year 2024. Shuai is the owner and chef of Jackrabbit Filly, a heritage driven New Chinese American Restaurant in Park Circle, North Charleston, and King BBQ, a Chinese BBQ restaurant with southern smoke, which won Top 10 best new BBQ restaurant of 2024 by Southern Living Magazine, and 2024 Top 20 Best New Restaurants by Bon Appetit.