Ching He Huang

Ching-He Huang ((born 8 April 1978), often known in English-language merely as Ching, is a Taiwanese-born British 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 recognized 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.

Born in Tainan, Taiwan, 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.

Ching has hosted eleven international television programmes, her first being Ching's Kitchen, which was originally shown on UKTV Food in 2006.

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.

Educated at Queen Mary and Westfield College of the University of London, England, and Bocconi Business School in Milan, Italy, Ching graduated with a first class economics degree and set up her own food businesses, Fuge Foods, which was dissolved in 2014 with final abbreviated accounts for the year ended 30 June 2008.

Ching is known for her appearances on various cookery programmes, including ITV's Saturday Cooks and Daily Cooks, and UKTV's Great Food Live..

She is a regular guest on the BBC's Saturday Kitchen hosted by Matt Tebbutt (and previously hosted by James Martin).

In 2008, Ching hosted the thirteen part series Chinese Food Made Easy for BBC Two.

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.

In 2008, she published a second recipe book to accompany a six-part peak time television series Chinese Food Made Easy, commissioned and shown by BBC Two and BBC HD.

Chinese Food Made Easy aired in June 2008, and was an instant success, attracting millions of viewers.

Her book, also called Chinese Food Made Easy, was published alongside the series, and was a number one best-seller for six weeks.

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.

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

In 2010, Ching hosted a new thirteen part cookery series on Five.

In 2011, her thirteen-episode series Easy Chinese San Francisco by Ching He Huang debuted on the Cooking Channel.

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.

Ching returned to BBC Two 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.

Ching has hosted other television shows and series including Easy Chinese: New York and LA (2012) Easy Chinese: New Year Special San Francisco(2013), Restaurant Redemption (2013 and 2014), The Big Eat, for the Food Network UK (2015) and Ching's Amazing Asia (2015).

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 Harper Thorsons, promising simple, nutritious dishes that will detoxify and nourish your body.

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 Christmas Kitchen 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.

In the US, Ching is a regular guest on the NBC's The Today Show, as well as a guest on The Rachael Ray Show on CBS.

She has been a judge on Iron Chef America on the Food Network primetime.

She has also been a guest judge on Poland's Top Chef.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Again winning best UK Chinese Cookery book at the Gourmand Awards 2020.

In January 2021, Ching is due to release her tenth book, Asian Green for Kyle Books.