Mike Chen

Chen was born in Xi'an, China and moved to the United States when he was 8 years old. He grew up in the American Midwest, working at the Chinese buffets that his parents owned. During his time there, he also served as a resident assistant. After graduating from college, he worked at Morgan Stanley as a financial analyst but left after a year in 2006. ==Career==

Once Chen departed from Morgan Stanley, he worked as the head of digital strategy at the non-profit media company New Tang Dynasty Television. In 2013, Chen began making vlogs about food, which eventually led him to create multiple YouTube channels dedicated to food vlogs, such as Cook With Mikey (previously Pho the Love of Food), Eat With Mikey, and Strictly Dumpling. In addition, he also runs Beyond Science, a video series discussing strange phenomena, In addition, Chen, Dan, and Yang created The Double Chen News (commentary on current events in China) and Awesome Toy Review! (toy reviews) as sub-channels. In 2016, Dan and Yang left all three channels to return to New York, while Chen continued The Double Chen Show and The Double Chen News, rebranding them as The Chen Dynasty and The CheNews respectively based on fan suggestions. He also announced he plans on opening Karne, a Korean steakhouse, in Dallas, Texas. ==Personal life==

Chen lived in New York while working with New Tang Dynasty Television, but after leaving in 2015, he moved to San Francisco, California. A Legal Separation was filed by Christine Ahn against Chen in September 4, 2025, including a note on the filing of a temporary restraining order. Chen is a practitioner of Falun Gong and cites it as a reason why he started doing non-profit work with New Tang Dynasty Television. Due to his views on the Chinese Communist Party, in 2021, comedian Nigel Ng deleted their video collaboration and apologized on Weibo for not realizing Chen's remarks about China. ==References==