'Top Chef' star Shirley Chung is closing Ms. Chi Cafe in Culver City during treatment for tongue cancer. She's having radiation and chemo instead of surgery.
Former “Top Chef” contestant Shirley Chung is pausing operations at her Culver City restaurant, Ms. Chi Cafe, while she undergoes treatment for Stage 4 tongue cancer. The Beijing-born celebrity chef, 47, revealed her diagnosis Friday on Instagram, sharing a video of her shaving her head in preparation for chemotherapy. In the clip, she jokes about what kind of egg she most closely resembles, later quipping about her buzzcut, “It’s kind of sexy.
“I was extremely focused on getting all the tests and scans as fast as possible, so I can start on the treatment plans.” But when she began discussing treatment plans with her oncologist soon after, she said, she “broke down, crying, trying to put thoughts together and ask questions but physically couldn’t.
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