ABC7 News anchor Kristen Sze was at the banquet honoring "Chef Chu's" in Los Altos.
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Chef Lawrence Chu turned a laundromat into a Chinese take-out counter in 1970.
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Since then he's expanded into a full restaurant and has published three cookbooks.
He's even served russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev and tennis star Serena Williams.
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Sunday's guests also included Chu's son Jon Chu the director of the film "Crazy Rich Asians."
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