Tam Pham is a Vietnamese American Miami-based chef and restauranteur. [1] [2] In 2024, Pham was named as the MICHELIN Guide Florida 2024 Young Chef Award Winner and his restaurant was designated a Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant. [1] [3] [4] [5]
Pham was born in Saigon, Vietnam. [2] He moved to the United States in 2008.
Pham attended Florida International University's school of hospitality and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2013. [6] [5] He subsequently graduated with a master's degree from FIU in 2017. [6] That same year, Pham met his husband Harrison Ramhofer, who also graduated from FIU in 2013. [5] [2] [7] [8]
Around 2019, Pham began a supper club with his husband called Phamily Kitchen Supper Club to highlight Vietnamese cuisine. [1] [2] Later on, Pham worked with his husband Ramhofer to open a pop-up Vietnamese restaurant called Tâm Tâm (Tam Tam), where they first garnered attention at 1-800 Lucky, a food hall located in Wynwood. [2] In 2023, Pham opened a permanent location for Tâm Tâm in Downtown Miami, located on 99 NW 1st St, which used to be the location of Diana's Cafe that served a Cuban cuisine. [2] [5] [9] That same year, Pham participated in the South Beach Food and Wine Festival, sponsored by Food Network, where he hosted a Vietnamese cooking class. [8] [10]
In February 2024, Tâm Tâm was designated a Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant and in April that same year Pham was named as the Michelin Guide Florida 2024 Young Chef Award Winner. [11] [1] In September 2024, Pham assisted Valerie Chang for The James Beard Foundation's Taste America series, which highlighted Chang's downtown Miami restaurant, Maty's. [7] Also in September, Bon Appétit named Tâm Tâm one of the "20 Best New Restaurants of 2024" [12] and The New York Times called it one of the best 25 restaurants in Miami. [9] On November 10, 2024, Pham participated alongside 20 other chefs in the 14th Annual Heritage Fuego festival at the Miami Biltmore Hotel . [13]