Grace Choy
Grace Choy (traditional Chinese: 蔡孫美華; simplified Chinese: 蔡孙美华; born 1967) is a Hong Kong chef.
Early life and early career
[edit]Choy was born in 1967 in New Territories, Hong Kong.[1][2] She has four brothers and two sisters and is the second youngest of the siblings. Her father, who ran a business selling mahjong tables and sets, died when she was five years old.[2] Choy received a degree in secretarial information management at a university in the United Kingdom.[3] Choy worked as a secretary for 10 years.[4] She married Ken in 1998 and moved with him to Guangdong and Northeast China, assisting him with his Mainland Chinese business.[1][4] She returned to Hong Kong in 2006 and joined Miele as an administrator in 2008 where she worked for two years.[1][4]
Career
[edit]Choy started a 16-seat restaurant in Yuen Long in 2011. Named ChoyChoy (Chinese: 蔡菜館), the restaurant offered breakfast and light meals.[3] The South China Morning Post said ChoyChoy was one of Hong Kong's top private kitchens.[5] ChoyChoy relocated to Nishi azabu, Tokyo, in 2019.[6][7][8][9]
She in 2018 wrote the cookbook Grace's 60 Recipes, which was awarded "Best Woman Chef Book" by Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in 2019.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kwong, Yuet-kuen 鄺月娟 (2014-12-24). "私房女強人" [Private kitchen strong woman]. East Week (in Chinese).
- ^ a b Whitehead, Kate (2024-05-06). "Profile {{|}} Grace Choy enjoyed cooking so much she opened a restaurant, wrote an award-winning cookbook, then left Hong Kong for Japan". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2025-01-06. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ a b Yao, Shun 姚舜 (2023-07-22). "名．店．新．菜－香港私房菜女王Grace Choy客座紫艷中餐廳" [Name. Shop. New. Cuisine－Grace Choy, the Queen of Hong Kong's Private Cuisine, is a guest at Yen Chinese Restaurant]. China Times (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ a b c Au-yeung, Hiu-sze 歐陽曉思 (2014-04-26). "賞味：10萬粉絲 村屋飄香" [Appreciation: 100,000 fans, the fragrance of the village house]. Apple Daily (in Chinese). p. E8.
- ^ Keshia Hannam, for (13 June 2016). "Hong Kong's 10 best private kitchens". CNN. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "隠れ家レストラン界の女王が西麻布にやってきた！グレース・チョイに突撃インタビュー". GQ JAPAN (in Japanese). 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "香港セレブも夢中の優しい中華──「チョイ チョイ キッチン」。【犬養裕美子の食ガイド】". Vogue Japan (in Japanese). 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ Keshia Hannam, for (13 June 2016). "Hong Kong's 10 best private kitchens". CNN. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "Five of the best Hong Kong hidden private kitchens". South China Morning Post. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ Ziegler, Owen (2023-06-03). "At Grace Choy's table, a tantalizing portal to Cantonese cuisine". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-03-21.