A celebrity chef’s face was tenderized outside a Manhattan strip club.
Viet Pham — who has been featured on the Food Network’s “Iron Chef America” — was standing in front of Scores on West 28th Street near 11th Avenue on Monday at around 3 a.m. when he was punched in the face by a stranger.
“I was just standing outside and holding a bunch of coats and he just came up to me and hit me. I didn’t know the guy,” Pham, 35, told The Post.
Pham said he wasn’t seriously injured but his glasses fell to the ground and broke. He refused medical attention at the scene.
According to his Twitter account, he was there for chef Josh Skenes’ bachelor party.
Pham owns Forage Restaurant in Salt Lake City.
He was a finalist on “Food Network Star” and a winner on “Iron Chef America.”
The assailant is described as 5-foot-9 and 200 pounds, police said.