Thomas Ho
Taiwan Ambassador
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Thomas Ho, Taiwan’s first winner of the International Sommelier Competition, is the founder of LE SOMM, a sommelier consulting brand that collaborates with several Michelin-starred restaurants on wine list curation, food and wine pairing design, and education and training. Clients include prestigious restaurants such as Mountain and Sea House, Fujin Tree Taiwanese Cuisine & Champagne, Liberté, Yuen Ji, Le Beaujour, FirePlay, and other fine dining establishments across Taiwan.
From 2010 to 2018, Thomas served as Head Sommelier at Le Moût Restaurant – one of Asia’s ‘50 Best Restaurant and a Relais & Châteaux organisation. In 2016, Thomas passed the ASI Sommelier Diploma and represented Taiwan at the fifteenth World’s Best Sommelier Competition in Mendoza, Argentina. He also had the privilege of studying the sommelier profession under Master Sommelier and Master of Wine Mr Gérard Basset in the UK, in 2018.
Currently, Thomas serves as an Assistant Professor at the National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism (NKUHT) and Taiwan Wine Academy (WSET Educator of The Year 2019), where he teaches wine knowledge and the art of the sommelier profession. In 2022, he published PAIROLOGY — A Sommelier’s Guide to Matching Food and Drink, a professional guide to food and wine pairing.