Ching He Huang facts for kids

Ching-He Huang (born 8 April 1978), often known simply as Ching, is a famous British food writer and TV chef. She was born in Taiwan.

Ching is known for her many TV cooking shows and has written nine best-selling cookbooks. She is also a successful business owner, having started her own food companies. Ching has helped make Chinese cooking popular around the world through her TV programmes, books, and even her own line of noodles and tableware. She was also given an award called the MBE for her amazing work in cooking.

Ching's Early Life

Ching-He Huang was born in Tainan, Taiwan. She spent her early childhood, until she was six years old, in South Africa. When she was 11, her family moved to London, England.

Ching studied at Queen Mary University of London and SDA Bocconi School of Management in Italy. She earned a top degree in economics. After finishing school, she started her own food businesses.

Ching's TV Career

Ching is very well-known for appearing on many cooking shows. She has been on ITV's Saturday Cooks and Daily Cooks, and UKTV's Great Food Live.

She is often a guest on the BBC's Saturday Kitchen. She even hosted Saturday Kitchen herself in 2016. You might also have seen her on ITV's This Morning and Lorraine. She has appeared on many other shows too, like Food and Drink, Sunday Brunch, and Ready Steady Cook.

In the United States, Ching is a regular guest on NBC's The Today Show. She has also been a judge on Iron Chef America, a popular cooking competition show. She was even a guest judge on Top Chef in Poland.

Ching has hosted eleven different TV shows around the world. Her first show was Ching's Kitchen in 2006.

In 2008, she hosted Chinese Food Made Easy for BBC Two. This show became very popular and was shown in many countries, including the USA, New Zealand, Australia, and China.

In 2010, Ching hosted Chinese Food in Minutes on Five. This show was based on her cookbook of the same name.

Her show Easy Chinese San Francisco by Ching He Huang started in 2011 on the Cooking Channel.

In 2012, Ching returned to BBC Two for Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure. In this show, she traveled around China with chef Ken Hom to learn about Chinese food culture. Ching has said this was her favorite TV show to make.

She has also hosted other shows like Easy Chinese: New York and LA (2012), Restaurant Redemption (2013 and 2014), and Ching's Amazing Asia (2015).

In 2020, Ching-He Huang was given the Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) award by Queen Elizabeth II. This award recognized her great contributions to cooking.

Ching's Other Writing

Besides her cookbooks, Ching has also written for many food magazines. These include Olive and Delicious. She has also contributed to magazines like BBC Good Food, Women's Health, and Jamie.

Awards Ching Has Won

Ching has won many awards for her cooking and books:

• Chinese Food Made Easy was named the Second Best Chinese cuisine book in the world in 2009.
• Chinese Food in Minutes was the 3rd Best Chinese cuisine book in the world in 2010.
• Her show Chinese Food Made Easy won a NAMIC Vision Award in 2011.
• Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure won the Best Food Broadcast Award in 2013.
• She was nominated for Best Culinary Host for Easy Chinese in 2013.
• Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure also won a Gourmand Award in 2013.
• Stir Crazy was named the Best Chinese cuisine book in the UK in 2018.
• Wok On won the award for Best Chinese cuisine book in the UK in 2020.
• She helped set a Guinness World Record for an online sandwich making relay in 2020.
• In 2020, Queen Elizabeth II made Ching a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her work in cooking.

Ching's Personal Life

Ching-He Huang lives in Surrey, England, with her husband, who is an actor named Jamie Cho.

Ching's Books

Books

• Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure. London. BBC Books. 7 Jun 2012. ISBN: 978-1-84990-498-8.

See also

• BBC Food
• List of cooking shows