Martin Yan

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Biography:

Celebrity Chef Speaker, Martin Yan, is a renowned Chinese-born Hong Kong-American chef and food writer.  The current host of the award winning cooking show, Yan Can Cook, began his career at the young age of twelve, cooking at his uncle’s Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong, where he learned many of the traditional methods of Chinese barbecue he still uses today. During this time, he earned his diploma from the Institute of Cookery of Hong Kong, before leaving Hong Kong to continue studying in Canada, then in California at the University of California, Davis, where he received a Master of Science in food science.  Yan then began teaching Chinese cooking, his area of expertise.  He began appearing on Canadian talk shows doing cooking demonstrations and then went on to get his own PBS cooking show Yan Can Cook, which is broadcasted in over 50 countries, and has seen much success.  Since 1978, he has hosted over 1,500 episodes of the show and counting. Currently, Yan also hosts Martin Yan – Quick & Easy, a program from the Food Network Canada, as well as Martin Yan’s Chinatown Cooking, where he tours Chinatowns around the globe.  The talented chef has also made several appearances as a guest judge on popular culinary competition shows, Iron Chef America, Top Chef, and Hell’s Kitchen.  In addition to his television programs, Celebrity Chef Martin Yan has his own chain of Yan Can Restaurants and established his own cooking school in the San Francisco Bay Area called the Yan Can International Cooking School.  He is also the author of over two-dozen cookbooks and has earned the accolade of Master Chef by the American Culinary Federation.  Yan’s talents in the kitchen have garnered many prestigious awards including a Daytime Emmy Award for best cooking show, James Beard Award for best TV Food Journalism, James Beard Award for Best TV Cooking Show, and the Antonin Careme Award by the Chef’s Association of the Pacific Coast.

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