Wong exchanged one creative calling for another when she abandoned her career in fashion design to attend The French Culinary Institute in 2000. She has since returned to the school as the Executive Chef of Event Operations at the French Culinary Institute where she now composes original menus of her modern global fusion style, drawing on her artistic background for inspiration. In this post, she draws on her creativity to design and customize one-of-a-kind menus for the clients of the school’s International Culinary Theater. She also plays an important part in the education of the students at The French Culinary Institute as the host and coordinator of the school’s Chef Demonstration Program, working side-by-side with the culinary world’s leading luminaries such as Jacques Pepin, Andre Soltner, Tyler Florence, and Martin Yan. In late 2005, Lee Anne flew out west to film Bravo’s new reality series “Top Chef”, a culinary competition showcasing some of the nation’s top new talent. These days Chef Wong is as busy as ever, recently completing culinary consultation on the new Warner Brothers remake of “Mostly Martha”, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart. Chef Lee Anne is also playing a vital role in the design of The FCI’s Culinary Lab, a state-of-the-art laboratory and classroom outfitted with today’s most cutting edge technology and equipment, slated to open in October of 2006. Here, she will work alongside visiting chefs and The FCI’s Director of Culinary Technology, David Arnold, in continuing to develop and showcase the next generation of avant garde cooking techniques.