Ching He Huang

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Ching-He Huang^[1] MBE (Chinese: 黃瀞億; pinyin: Huáng Jìngyì; Wade–Giles: Huang² Ching⁴-i⁴; born (1978-04-08) 8 April 1978 (age 43)), often known in English-language merely as Ching, is a Taiwanese-born food writer and TV chef. She has appeared in a variety of television cooking programmes, and is the author of nine best-selling cookbooks. Ching is recognised as a foodie entrepreneur, having created her own food businesses. She has become known for Chinese cookery internationally through her TV programmes, books, noodle range, tableware range, and involvement in many campaigns and causes.^{[2][ISBN missing]}

Early life[]

Born in Tainan, Taiwan, Free area of the Republic of China, Ching spent most of her early childhood (up to age six) in South Africa, before her parents moved to London, England, when she was 11 years old.^[1][3] Educated at Queen Mary and Westfield College of the University of London, England,^[1] and Bocconi Business School in Milan, Italy,^[1] Ching graduated with a first class economics degree^[4][5] and set up her own food businesses, Fuge Foods,^[1] which was dissolved in 2014 with final abbreviated accounts for the year ended 30 June 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Broadcasting career[]

Ching is known for her appearances on various cookery programmes, including ITV's Saturday Cooks and Daily Cooks,^[1] and UKTV's Great Food Live.^{[citation needed]}. She is a regular guest on the BBC's Saturday Kitchen^[1] hosted by Matt Tebbutt (and previously hosted by James Martin). Ching has also hosted Saturday Kitchen in 2016. She makes regular guest appearances on ITV's This Morning and Lorraine. She has also appeared on Food and Drink hosted by Tom Kerridge, ITV's John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen, Channel 4's Sunday Brunch, CBBC's The Munch Box, BBC's and Spring Kitchen, Channel 4's Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose, UK Food's Market Kitchen, as well as guest appearances on Ready Steady Cook and Cooking the Books. Ching has cooked live for Melanie Sykes on Grand Designs Live. She appeared as an occasional guest on Sky Television food show Taste, hosted by Beverley Turner.^{[citation needed]}

In the USA, Ching is a regular guest on the NBC's The Today Show, as well as a guest on The Rachael Ray Show on CBS.^{[citation needed]} She has been a judge on Iron Chef America on the Food Network primetime.^{[citation needed]} She has also been a guest judge on Poland's Top Chef.^{[citation needed]}

Ching has hosted eleven international television programmes. Her first being , which was originally shown on UKTV Food in 2006.^[1]

In 2008, Ching hosted the thirteen part series Chinese Food Made Easy for BBC2.^{[citation needed]} This television series was subsequently licensed into The Cooking Channel (USA), New Zealand, Germany, Iceland, Poland, Australia, and Belgium, and was also allocated to the BBC's Lifestyle channel for all its Asian feeds, including China, Hong Kong SAR, Republic of China, Singapore, and Korea.^[6]

In 2010, Ching hosted a new thirteen part cookery series on Five. The series Chinese Food in Minutes was based on her book 'Ching's Chinese Food in Minutes', published by HarperCollins in September 2009. It included a branded microsite, with video, recipes, episode guides, and competitions, plus additional exclusive content websites.^[7]

In 2011, her thirteen-episode series Easy Chinese San Francisco by Ching He Huang debuted on the Cooking Channel.^{[citation needed]}

Ching returned to BBC2 in 2012 for Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure, which showed her travelling and exploring China's culinary culture with Cantonese chef, Ken Hom. There is an accompanying book to the series. Ching has described this as her most enjoyable television production.^{[8][ISBN missing]}

On 2 June 2012, Easy Chinese: New York and LA, another thirteen-part series premiered on the Cooking Channel.^{[citation needed]} It was for this series that she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Awards for best culinary TV host (USA).^{[citation needed]}

Easy Chinese: New Year Special San Francisco, a one-hour special about the Ultimate Chinese Feast aired on 10 February 2013 on Cooking Channel.^{[citation needed]}

In autumn 2013, Ching filmed her fourth television series in partnership with the Cooking Channel. This new series titled Restaurant Redemption saw, over the course of twenty-five (25) half-hour episodes, Ching travelling across the USA to meet failing restaurateurs who own Asian restaurants, and help them save the businesses they love.^[9] This TV series has been aired in the United States, United Kingdom, and across the Asian Food Channel, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.^{[citation needed]}

Following the first series in autumn 2014, the second series of the Restaurant Redemption premiered in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Ching also appeared briefly in one episode of a six-episode documentary: Eat: The Story of Food, for National Geographic Channel in the United States, alongside unknown chefs in November 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Ching hosted a ten times 30-minute series: , for the Food Network UK, which aired on 16 February 2015.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2015, Ching filmed a new ten-part series for Scripps Networks LLC. Produced by Sentient Films, and co-produced by Ching and Jamie Cho, the ten times 30-minute series aired in over 100 countries around the world, and premiered primetime in EMEA, Asia, and USA in 2016.^{[citation needed]}

Ching-He Huang was appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to the culinary arts.^[10]

Publications[]

Ching-He Huang launched Click & Cook, an online video recipe library, offering exclusive step-by-step nutritious Chinese fusion recipes for people to cook themselves at home.^{[when?][citation needed]}

In 2006, she published her first recipe book, China Modern: 100 cutting-edge, fusion-style recipes for the 21st century (pub: Kyle Cathie), which contained a variety of Chinese influenced recipes.^[1]

In 2008, she published a second recipe book to accompany a six-part peak time television series Chinese Food Made Easy,^[11] commissioned and shown by BBC Two and BBC HD.^[12] Chinese Food Made Easy aired in June 2008, and was an instant success, attracting millions of viewers.^[13] Her book, also called Chinese Food Made Easy,^[14] was published alongside the series, and was a number one best-seller for six weeks.

Chings's third book, Ching's Chinese Food in Minutes, was published on 3 September 2009.^[15]

In 2011, Ching's Fast Food (UK edition), and the US version Ching's Everyday Easy Chinese were released featuring her most memorable childhood experiences, intertwined with Chinese superstition, etiquette, and original suggestions for exciting variations on classic recipes.

In 2012, Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure was published. The book accompanied the BBC TV series, following Ching and 'godfather' of Cantonese cooking, Ken Hom, as they travelled and explored China’s culinary culture.

In March 2015, Ching released Eat Clean: Wok Yourself to Health for , promising simple, nutritious dishes that will detoxify and nourish your body.

In September 2017, Ching released Stir Crazy: 100 deliciously healthy wok recipes for Kyle Books. Promising simple, nutritious dishes, it won best UK Chinese Cookery Book at the Gourmand Awards 2018.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2019, Ching released Wok On: deliciously balanced Asian meals in 30 minutes or less for Kyle Books, containing delicious balanced Asian meals in 30 minutes or less. Again winning best UK Chinese Cookery book at the Gourmand Awards 2020.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2021, Ching is due to release her tenth book, Asian Green for Kyle Books. The book contains everyday plant-based recipes inspired from across Asia to create delicious simple, healthy, vegan dishes that everyone can enjoy.

Other writing[]

Ching has also written for several food magazines; such as Olive,^[1][16] and Delicious.^[1][17] Her magazine contributions include a red carpet report from the Emmy’s for Grazia, BBC Good Food,^[1] Women's Health, , Jamie, OK!, Hello!, Sainsbury’s, Stella at The Sunday Telegraph, The Sun TV, Metropolitan Global Times, Chinese Weekly, , Which?, , and The Mayfair Times.^{[citation needed]}

Ching has also contributed to online publications including; BBC World Service (Chinese), LoveFood.com, BA digital, Sous Chef, Bloomberg.com, Business World, as well as websites such as Good Food Channel and Food Network.^{[citation needed]}

Notable appearances[]

In 2015, she was asked to demonstrate to the HRH Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall the art of dumpling making on their royal visit to Chinatown in London in celebration of Chinese New Year on 19 February 2015. In 2007, she was also asked to conduct the food tour of Chinatown, London, for the Duke and Duchess's first visit together.^{[clarification needed][citation needed]}

Also passionate about her charity work, Ching regularly supports a number of organisations, including: Mothers' Bridge of Love – Help Chinese Children, the international charity Tzu Chi, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), British Lung Foundation, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Macmillan Cancer Support, and a charity for deaf-blind children.^{[citation needed]} Ching is also an Ambassador for Centrepoint.^{[citation needed]}

Awards[]

• Chinese Food Made Easy won the award for Second Best Chinese cuisine book in the world at the 2009.^[18]
• Chinese Food in Minutes won the award for 3rd Best Chinese cuisine book in the world at the 2010.^[19]
• Chinese Food Made Easy 2011 NAMIC Vision Awards Winner - Lifestyle Category^[20]
• Best Food Broadcast Award for BBC 2's Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure at the .^[21]
• Best Culinary Host nominee for Cooking Channel's Easy Chinese in .^[22]
• for BBC 2's Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure.^[23]
• Stir Crazy won the award for the Best Chinese cuisine book in the UK at the 2018.^[24]
• Wok On won the award for Best Chinese cuisine book in the UK at the 2020.^[25]
• Guinness World Record for participation for an online sandwich making relay by Al Roker and friends on NBC's Today Show on 6th August 2020.^[26]
• In the 2020 Birthday Honours, Queen Elizabeth II made Ching a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), for services to the Culinary Arts.^[10][27]

Personal life[]

Ching-He Huang lives with her husband, actor Jamie Cho, in Surrey.^[28]

She is also an avid supporter of Traditional Chinese Medicine. On 5 October 2010, she signed an online petition against the impending European Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products, adding the comment: "This is absurd! I grew up using herbal medicine. More money into research and let the people decide."^{[citation needed]}

Published works[]

Books[]

1. China Modern: 100 cutting-edge, fusion-style recipes for the 21st century. London: Kyle Cathie. 2006. ISBN 978-1-85626-673-4.
2. Chinese Food Made Easy: 100 simple, healthy recipes from easy-to-find ingredients. London: HarperCollins. 2008. ISBN 978-0-00-726498-8. OCLC 851769953.
3. Ching's Chinese Food in Minutes. HarperCollins. 2009. ISBN 978-0-00-726500-8.
4. Ching's Chinese Food Made Easy (paperback). HarperCollins. April 2011. ISBN 978-0-00-726499-5.
5. Ching's Fast Food: 110 quick and healthy Chinese favourites. HarperCollins. April 2011. ISBN 978-0-00-742627-0. OCLC 879330911.
6. Ching's Everyday Easy Chinese: more than 100 quick & healthy Chinese recipes. New York: William Morrow Cookbooks. 4 October 2011. ISBN 978-0-06-207749-3.
7. Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure. London. BBC Books. 7 Jun 2012. ISBN 978-1-84990-498-8. OCLC 779245900
8. Eat Clean: Wok Yourself to Health: a revolutionary East-West approach to eating well. London: . 26 March 2015. ISBN 978-0-00-742629-4. OCLC 920666891.
9. Stir Crazy: 100 deliciously healthy wok recipes. London: Kyle Books. 11 September 2017. ISBN 978-0857834263.
10. Wok On: deliciously balanced Asian meals in 30 minutes or less. London: Kyle Books. 26 September 2019. ISBN 978-0857836335. OCLC 1083579987.
11. Asian Green. London: Kyle Books. 21 January 2021. ISBN 978-0857836342. OCLC 1140724414.

E-book[]

1. The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics (e-book). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. 2014. ISBN 9780470655344. OCLC 905563884.

Video[]

1. Chinese Food in Minutes (2 videodiscs). Australia: Direct Holdings / Time Life. 2010. OCLC 727838421.
2. Exploring China: a culinary adventure (DVD). Australia: Madman. 2013. ISBN 9322225190467. OCLC 908172824.CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link)

See also[]

• BBC Food
• List of cooking shows

References[]

External links[]

• www.ChingHeHuang.com — official personal website
• Chinese Food In Minutes — official website at five.tv (Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd. 2013), via archive.is
• Ching He Huang profile — at VisibleChinese.com, via Archive.org