Charleston, South Carolina Chef Shuai Wang Competes on ‘Top Chef’ Season 22 on Bravo
by Erin Perkins is Eater’s Editor, South, covering Atlanta, Nashville, Miami, New Orleans, and the Carolinas
Bravo dropped its teaser video for Top Chef season 22 this afternoon, and a familiar face stood out among the cheftestants — chef Shuai Wang of North Charleston’s Jackrabbit Filly and King BBQ appears in the test kitchen lineup.
In 2014, Wang, along with his wife Corrie, moved to the Lowcountry from Brooklyn, with the promise of jobs from a friend opening a new restaurant. When that opportunity fell through, the couple started the “untraditional Japanese” food truck Short Grain. It was almost an instant hit. Wang later told Eater, “Our food was a little strange — there was nothing like it around here, but we just had to find our people to love us for who we are.”
With the success of Short Grain, the couple opened Chinese American restaurant Jackrabbit Filly in 2019 and recently upgraded to a larger space on East Montague Avenue. The Wangs also opened King BBQ in 2023 with chef/pitmaster Brandon Olson to offer Chinese-meets-Southern barbecue.
On this season of Top Chef, the crew of contestants, along with host Kristen Kish and judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons, head to Canada to explore the cuisines of Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, and Prince Edward Island.
Season 22 starts on Thursday, March 13, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.
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